2009-06-12 Non-Brewer Game Thread - Luis Castillo = Brant Brown

[Vgmastr]

So, it's Mets/Yankees, the big Subway series. Mets have a 8-7 lead in the bottom of the 9th. There are two outs, runners on 1st and 2nd. K-Rod is pitching for the Mets and A-Rod is at the plate. A-Rod hits a pop up to shallow right field. Castillo eases back for the easy catch, and it clanks out of his glove. Both runners score and the Yankees win 9-8. I think Brewerfan would implode if that happened to the Brewers.

[jvrocksaz]

Just saw the highlight of that... Unreal!

[pitchleague]

I didn't see the highlight, just reading what you posted. That's awesome. Nice job by the runner on first to be running out the pop fly and scoring on it! Like the hustle!

 

I don't like the Yankees, of course (or the Mets), but still pretty neat to see hustle on a pop up. I'm sure I'll see it later on.

[marquettefan13]

They just showed the Brant Brown play on MLB Network.

[hawing]

I love that googling "brant brown play" gets 359 results. "Brant Brown game" gets 2240 results.

[phxMILWfan]

Anyone catch the Milton Bradley lowlight reel today? First he made a base running error (which I didn't see) followed that up with losing one in the sun, dove for another and missed it (not his fault) then he catches a fly ball with runners on first and third and one out, poses and then throws it into the stands. I don't think I've seen that happen live. I remember Larry Walker or someone doing that but I had only seen the video aftewards. Pretty awesome to see the Cubs having the problems they are. Cub fans were letting Bradley have it.

[crewcrazy]

The Bradley gaffe was an all-time classic, really...it was great on so many levels:

 

- The way he just stood there after catching the ball, before slowly turning towards the crowd

- The view from the home plate camera that showed Derrek Lee waving his arms and jumping up and down to try to get him to stop

- Len Kasper slowly realizing with growing horror in his voice that Bradley didn't know how many outs there were

 

I was half expecting someone in the bleachers to throw the ball back and peg him in the back for his stupidity. I'm mildly surprised that Piniella didn't yank him from the game right there. Someone needs to make a GIF of that play.

[bucks2281]

I was following the game on gameday and I was perplexed. How could two runners score on a fielding error to a 2nd baseman?

 

And, yeah...if it happened to us it would rival the Ramirez HR game, the Soto HR game, and the Cordero in Texas game.

[crewcrazy]

If that happened to the Brewers, it'd easily spark the biggest explosion on this board in recent memory. The Ramirez HR game was just such a shock to the system that you felt more helpless than angry. Cordero in Texas was pretty bad for me, but mostly because it was my birthday and that lead was blown on like 42 consecutive seeing eye singles.

 

If a Brewer dropped an easy would-be third out that directly resulted in game-winning runs scoring, I think the board would crash. I can only imagine the carnage if said player was Bill Hall.

 

Edit: This needs to go into the FanGraphs Hall of Fame:

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/290612110_Mets_Yankees_130993451_lbig.png

[hawing]

That fangraph does inspire shock and awe.

 

Bugs and Cranks has a clip. The booing cub fan at 00:30 looks pretty ugly, but if any play justified the ugly boo, this might have been it.

 

May this not happen to a Brewer anytime soon.

[NeedMoreFans]

Who poses that way after a routine catch? Doesn't matter how many outs there are...it's not like he had to slide to catch that ball. Oh, Milton Bradley, go back to making board games.

[phxMILWfan]

Who poses that way after a routine catch? Doesn't matter how many outs there are...it's not like he had to slide to catch that ball. Oh, Milton Bradley, go back to making board games.

 

I hate defending him and I don't even know if I am defending him. BUT he had a routine fly ball hit to him that he lost in the sun and another tough play where he dove for a bloop hit and came up short. My thought on his reaction to his catch was that he was being playful with the crowd. Sort of like "I finally caught one". Still a moronic play.