2009-07-03 Brewers (Suppan) at Chicago (Zambrano) : 1:20 PM CT [Brewers lose, 2-1]

[jwill535]

How Brewers of them. They have to lead the majors with not scoring with men on 2nd or 3rd and no outs.

[naivin]

Seriously, 2 foul pop ups with bases loaded no one out. Ouch.

On two pitches no less.

[jeffy]

I just think it is stupid to use career numbers for someone if they are from 10 years ago. I dont care if Kendall maybe hit Zambrano well when he was an all star in Pittsburgh, he is that player anymore and could not hit .300 against any pitcher anymore. Same thing when you try to use Bill Hall's stats from 2006, he is not that player anymore, those numbers dont apply.

Don't need to go back 10 years. From 2004-2008 Kendall is bating .292 vs. Z and Hardy is at .105. Not that this necessarily means much, either.

[naivin]

What a joke!

[phxMILWfan]

3 weak pop ups... thanks for atleast drawing a walk Corey.

[nate82]

1 run with 0 outs and the bases loaded. All three outs pop outs. Did any of the balls even leave the infield?

[logan82]

I'd bump him up in the lineup. I don't think that is crazy.

 

If you are talking about otherwise similar or close to similar hitters like say Hart, Hardy,Cameron, I would agree only because it doesn't matter much. When you are talking about a guy who is clearly a worse hitter than anybody on the team outside of the pitchers, it is wrong.

[fondybrewfan]

Well make that three pop outs on 5 pitches. At least Corey of all people was able to show some semblence of patience

[cheesecup22]

seriously, cam and casey needed to take some pitches.. especially after zambrano just loaded the bases on a HBP

 

frustrating end to an inning that should have been more than 1 run

[sheethead]

OK, either the Brewers make some 2-out magic and Z's head explodes, or he gets out and Suppan gets tagged in teh bottom half.

I was just coming on here to post this same thing. At least Corey had the right approach against an ailing Zambrano. Hopefully one run is enough to stave off the inevitable whiplash effect of not scoring with bases loaded and nobody out. I was expecting Suppan to get tagged in the bottom half had they not scored.

[phxMILWfan]

Mike Cameron teaming up with Usher? Like R&B guy Usher? That's pretty cool, I guess when I think of a Brewer player teaming up with Usher I think of an elderly guy showing fans to their seats.

[naivin]

Very smart by Suppan there

[southpaw121505]

thank you soup

[phxMILWfan]

1 run with 0 outs and the bases loaded. All three outs pop outs. Did any of the balls even leave the infield?

 

nope.

 

 

 

How about Soup there? Very nice. This team needs someone to toughen up. I'm not saying throwing at guys heads but the Brewers do get hit by pitches way too much and our pitchers never retaliate. They left Braun hung out to dry against the Pirates by not backing up his comments at all.

[pebadger]

I don't like it as a practical matter right now. Soup has bee crusiing. Why give them a free runner?

 

As i THought, he'll walk Bradley now.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Normally I'm not a fan of that, but nice job Soup.

[sheethead]

The only thing I don't like was it only grazed Lee.

[jeffy]

It was nice of the umpire to wait for the retaliation to occur, before giving the warnings, otherwise the team that does it first gets a freebie...or it carries over to another game.

[sheethead]

That is an easy DP if Lee isn't on the move. Bummer.

[PrimeTime955]

Still a good move by Soup regardless. You have to defend your teammates.

[pebadger]

Way to work out of it, Soup.

[sargennm]

Man, nice to see the Brewers be on the right end of the inning-ending double play for once.

[phxMILWfan]

Yes! Really glad hitting Lee didn't cost a run.

[naivin]

Gonna be very interesting to see if Zambrano can keep it together (especially with Suppan due up).

[Mr QL]

Like the move by Soup. You hit our guy, we hit yours. That should be the end of it.