8/26/08 Brewers (Sheets) at Cardinals (Wellemeyer): 7:15 PM CDT

[kiwi brewer]

expect a lot of boos even if we shut them out soundly, after the untuckem.

 

http://www.stltoday.com/b...ucking-milwaukee-brewers/

 

wow. kendall. wow.

 

touchdown, field goal. maybe we can get a safety out of the next two guys.

 

not to brag but i called a safety. that will never happen again.

[Trowekamp]

Is Gagne pitching here because of the possibility he may be home with a baby the next couple of days or because they realized 12-0 is the appropriate time to pitch him.

[Bernman23]

Ben Sheets stepped up as requested - Big Ups.

[kiwi brewer]

untuckem

[ELCABALLO45]

W!!

[moofnelson]

Nice win Crew! Sure would be nice if we could bury them tomorrow and end this Cardinal nuisance.

[And That]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/39662948_294a484e0a.jpg?v=0

 

 

[trwi7]

Fantastic win! At worst we keep our 3.5 game wildcard lead!

[AJAY]

I can't tell you how pleased I am by what I saw tonight. I really wanted to win the first game just to set the tone and dent the Cardinals hopes. This was just outstanding.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/AJAY_02/BrewersFlag3.gif

[BrewCityUnit]

A win tomorrow or a loss by Washington elimates the Nationals from wild card contention.....one team down!

[Bernman23]

A win tomorrow by the Crew and the Cardinal's chances of making the playoffs are not looking good at all.

 

Quick, someone give me a good link to a Cardinal's in game thread! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

http://gatewayredbirds.co...topic.php?f=1&t=30550

[dlk9s]

Well, that's it. We're going to lose 5-1 tomorrow because of this outburst.

[clancyphile]

More important to ensure he leaves with a shutout, beloved, and raise his confidence than to give a higher probability at winning the game????

 

Sheets was already at 100 pitches and throwing 92 MPH. He was probably wearing down, so I don't think it really lowered the chance of winning much if at all. Nothing wrong with handing the game over to a nice, fresh pen.

OK... OK... seeing as the Brewers proceeded to light up two relievers in the 9th for seven runs, while having three relievers throw a total of 39 pitches...

 

Pulling Sheets now looks twice as bad.

[Bernman23]

Fantastic win! At worst we keep our 3.5 game wildcard lead!

Actually, we can have no less than a 4 game lead.

[olsonnet]

that new FSN green-screened studio looks just awful

[fondybrewfan]

OK... OK... seeing as the Brewers proceeded to light up two relievers in the 9th for seven runs, while having three relievers throw a total of 39 pitches...

 

Pulling Sheets now looks twice as bad.

I am not sure if that post was suppose to be in blue or not. Winning a game 12-0 turned out to be an ideal situation for taking out Ben earlier than usual.

[ELCABALLO45]

http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/images/2008/08/24/RfEYv8gV.jpg

[clancyphile]

OK... OK... seeing as the Brewers proceeded to light up two relievers in the 9th for seven runs, while having three relievers throw a total of 39 pitches...

 

Pulling Sheets now looks twice as bad.

I am not sure if that post was suppose to be in blue or not. Winning a game 12-0 turned out to be an ideal situation for taking out Ben earlier than usual.

Except three relievers were used. I'd have felt better had they let McClung go for a three-inning save in that sort of situation (assuming Ned still wants to pull Ben after six solid innings).

[Ennder]

We have the most rested bullpen in baseball and a day off in two days. I doubt it is a big deal.

[BrewCrewForever]

Thank you Ben!

 

Thank you offense!

 

Take that Cardinals! Maybe you should worry more about playing the game then about us untucking our jerseys.

[TauPentaRei]

OK... OK... seeing as the Brewers proceeded to light up two relievers in the 9th for seven runs, while having three relievers throw a total of 39 pitches...

 

Pulling Sheets now looks twice as bad.

how completely and uttlerly ridiculous.

 

these new $50 bills are too big for my wallet... this kobe beef burger is 3/10 of a pound, not 1/3 #%#*!@... my supermodel girlfriend decided to wear her ugly bikini to the beach today... my dog is only trained to grab me 1 beer from the refrigerator...

 

pulling sheets was so fundamentally anti-yostian that what mattered more to me than anything was seeing cognitive flexibility exercised in his cerebral cortex. personally i think it had more to do with the extra long top half of the seventh than pitch count.

 

Sabathia out after 96 thrown and Ben out after 99 and 2 ballgames won... now THAT is a - forest and the trees - late August turn of the top of the rotation. heck, i'd like to see a 6 man instituted to keep em octoberly fresh and spunky, but that's a conversation for another day.

[RobDeer 45]

I agree with the early pull. Man, there are always people on here that no matter what yost does, he's wrong. WE WON! Our bullpen has plenty of rest and we've had quite a few days off. They will be fine. Let's continue to pound these guys and get the game today!

[datrain711]

Agreed. Do people not realize that we have the most well rested bullpen in the major leagues? I love the fact that Yost got Ben out of there while he still had a shutout going, a great way to boost his confidence.

[RightFieldCoder]

Totally Yost's fault. He should have known we would score 7 in the 9th and not worried about using the bullpen.

[logan82]

Sheets pitched poorly, but had good results. He was missing his spots all night.

 

The home plate umpire was all over the place.