5/12/08 Cardinals (Wainwright) at Brewers (Bush): 7:05 PM CDT

[MoneyballMan]

Gagne truly wants to be the closer again - 3-inning save!

Now that would be outstanding.

[iluvlamp]

Very nice inning. Maybe this should always be his role? LOL. Craziness. Was that his 5th clean inning?

[MoneyballMan]

Gagne's hands are a little different when he starts his windup. He is keeping his hand in his gloce longer. Before he held his hand out of his glove at the start of his windup.

Are you making this up or are you Mike Maddox on BF.net in the dugout??

[logan82]

And our wonderful Brewer fans are already booing Gagne. That'll learn him.

I am through defending our fans as a whole. They don't deserve it. There are good fans, but I will only defend them on an individual basis. They were doing the wave Sunday with a guy on first, Hart no less who can/will steal bases, and a 2 run lead in the 7th inning. It went around 3 times during one at bat. Then went back the other way half an inning later.

[iluvlamp]

Why is that kid wearing catcher and or ump gear? Man I usually reserve judgment on nerdy kids but this cat...

[hurricanecrush]

Anything less than a homer from Braun and I'm gonna be pissed.

[stoops17]

Why is that kid wearing catcher and or ump gear? Man I usually reserve judgment on nerdy kids but this cat...

I agree, very weird.

 

[hurricanecrush]

He broke his bat!!!

 

Bill, what were you saying about the umps not missing too many calls?

[endaround]

Braun looked safe

[davemakovec]

Looking at that Bill Hall home run, Adam Wainwright sure looked demoralized. Nice to see that Ned Yost isn't the only one leaving guys in too long.

 

Jim Powell sure thought Braun beat that one out.

[endaround]

You think FSN could explain how Izturis got to 2B?

[bucks2281]

And our wonderful Brewer fans are already booing Gagne. That'll learn him.

I'm done defending our fans after Saturday. They booed Yost/Gagne for IBBing Pujols with runners on 2nd & 3rd with one out. Utter stupidity, I tell ya.

[olsonnet]

I don't think they fixed it yet...

[MoneyballMan]

You think FSN could explain how Izturis got to 2B?

NO! They will only tell us what they want to tell us! And just be satisfied with that....

[iluvlamp]

Gagne never pitches 2 innings. Why now? Confidence was built in that nice frame he just had. Ah well.

[bucks2281]

Gagne never pitches 2 innings. Why now? Confidence was built in that nice frame he just had. Ah well.

The bullpen may have a rough 6 days ahead of itself. I'm all for conserving bullpen arms.

EDIT: Unrelated, but Rafael Furcal is on the DL for the Dodgers. Good news for the Crew

[MoneyballMan]

Wow, that last pitch was close!

I tend to agree with whomever said they should have just taken him out after 1 inning. Confidence boost for Bush - get him out while he's had a great game. Could have done the same thing with Gagne with one solid inning.

 

[iluvlamp]

I don't know. I see what you're saying bucks but I don't like it. The guy has had enough trouble so far. Now a 3 run homer could be really costly...

[MoneyballMan]

A third pitch from Gagne? Maybe they're going to stretch him out and make him a starter!

[iluvlamp]

OK. One more Gagne. A slider? hmmm.

[rluzinski]

Gagne just has NO control right now. It's like Turnbow 2.0. He needs to figure this out pretty darn quick.

[iluvlamp]

This inning is ridiculous. I feel like I am watching Kindergarten.

[funkyplaidcoat]

leave Gagne in for the save!

[dlk9s]

Ugly inning, but I'll give Gagne credit for getting out of it only giving up one run.

[Tailgat0r76]

Think Estrada makes that play?

 

Man, I know (or at least think) Kendall won't keep up his pace at the plate, but wow is he such an overall improvement from our catchers in the last few years.