4/28/06 1:20 pm Brewers (Bush) @ Cubs (Maddux)

[DHonks]

de La Rosa's strikes the last 3 batters haven't come close to Miller's mitt. First batter or two he looked great

[True CryM]

I love JDLR's body language. Just priceless.

[honuswagner21]

Are we getting close to the point where JDLR will be wearing the uniform of another team?

[SeriesFinale]

Keep Hope Alive!

 

I feel pretty good that we can put another run or two up here on Eyre

[DHonks]

Eyre seems to have worse control than De La Rosa...only differnce is Eyre's misses somehow catch the corners. He's missing the glove by a lot, just getting lucky.

[davemakovec]

Prince strikes out again. Bad time to have a bad day.

 

I get a nasty feeling that we're about to see strikeout number three in the inning for Eyre.

[bsglorydays]

Eyre... doing his job and taking out the lefties. One more chance in the 9th.

[rluzinski]

Why doesn't Yost ever pinch hit his lefties when they have to face a lefty pitcher?

[DHonks]

never realized before that Lehr has a form of the typical A's mechanics. As his knee rises, so does his glove. Same mechnics Hudson, Mulder, Shane Komine, etc have.

[SeriesFinale]

Blech, well, back at em tomorrow

[davemakovec]

Does the ball also rise into the stands when the other A's pitchers go through their wind-up? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

This is really frustrating to watch. Hopefully this is one of the 50 and not one of the 62.

[TauPentaRei]

This good Tomo / bad Tomo... good Bush / bad Bush bologne sausage is a maddening recipe for a nice .512 season

 

not too mention the bad Davis...

[mikerollins]

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Why doesn't Yost ever pinch hit his lefties when they have to face a lefty pitcher?

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I dunno that it called for it in that situation. You pinch hit Hall for Koskie and they bring in Williamson. Williamson throws 3 of those sliders in the dirt and Hall goes down on 3 pitches. I liked Koskie to get on base against Eyre better than Hall to get on against Williamson. (especially with Billy's struggles as a pinch-hitter.)

 

Plus..I'd prefer to save Hall for a situation where he is the tying run (granted it might never get to that point).

[mikerollins]

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This good Tomo / bad Tomo... good Bush / bad Bush bologne sausage is a maddening recipe for a nice .512 season

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5 ER's in 6 innings isn't necessarily the recipe for a .500 season.

 

Teams have to find a way to win some of the games where the starter doesn't have his A stuff, but he is still able to give you 6 semi-solid innings with a chance to win a game 6-5.

 

Teams just don't have #5 pitchers that can toss a gem consistently.

[SeriesFinale]

they bring in Williamson. Williamson throws 3 of those sliders in the dirt and Hall goes down on 3 pitches.

 

We may find out

[Brewers77]

Please put brady out of his misery and use him as a pinch hitter. I cant watch him roll out to 2nd or hit anymore lazy flies in the infield.

[clancyphile]

That bases-loaded situation in the first looms pretty big...

[Brewers77]

I forgot those were the times he actually put the ball in play. He might be the only brewer I cannot stand to watch. Brady

 

R.I.P.

[Team Canada]

What a steaming pile of garbage. Blech.

[SeriesFinale]

12 strikeouts just don't cut the mustard

[mikerollins]

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12 strikeouts just don't cut the mustard

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Agreed. Gotta be able to put the ball in play and allow things (sac flies, errors, moving runners over, scoring on groundouts) to happen. Strikeouts can give you nothing positive.

[SeriesFinale]

Anyone else think maybe they should've sent JJ home in the 1st on Caballo's hit? It initially looked to me like he could've made it with a slide and if not in the 1st with men on and one out, when?

[mikerollins]

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Anyone else think maybe they should've sent JJ home in the 1st on Caballo's hit? It initially looked to me like he could've made it with a slide and if not in the 1st with men on and one out, when?

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Unfortunately I missed the top of the first and had to hear it on the radio. However, that was my first thought on the radio (without seeing the play) I wonder if we should have sent JJ there.

 

Oh well. It's over. Get em tomm.

[davemakovec]

I only followed the game on Gameday and I was a bit surprised that they didn't send JJ from 2nd.

 

I favor a more aggressive style of play than many, though, so take that for what it's worth.

[steve267268]

Don't worry... this was just one of those games we were supposed to lose. Maddux, Bush's first start at Wrigley, Prince due for a bad game, JDLR implodes with 2 outs. Game looked lost from the start, to me.

 

Now these next two games we REALLY need to win. We cannot keep giving up 2 for 1's to our Central Division rivals.

 

If Davis and Cappy are on, or just not totally off, we got a good shot to take this series.