2010-05-17 Brewers (Gallardo) at Reds (Cueto), 6:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 6-3]

[BrewCrewForever]

Of course if Gallardo's pitch count didn't get out of control again he would have been pitching in the 7th.

[jjkoestler]

Was the HBP intentional?

[Invader3K]

Not sure why Coffey was still in. Axford was warming earlier in the inning. I guess Macha wanted him to work out of it, but it sure didn't look like he had much.

[PrinceEatMeat]

So how many more losses before Macha gets canned?

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Was the HBP intentional?

Oh yeah it was...Gomes was doing a little sightseeing on the homer, but mostly it was frustration.

I miss the days when they were plunking us for showing off.

 

[Invader3K]

So how many more losses before Macha gets canned?

I think we'll know by the end of the week.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

So how many more losses before Macha gets canned?

I don't think the results would be different, save a game or two. I'd argue that Melvin's shoddy attempt at a pitching staff is more responsible than the managing.

Blow the whole damn thing up. Can't get much worse.

 

[wibadgers23]

So how many more losses before Macha Melvin gets canned?

Fixed.

[brains and braun]

What happened? I was listening to the game until the top of the seventh, come to hop on here and we are getting destroyed. Almost did a double take when I saw the score. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Invader3K]

Hart is on fire right now. 7th homer on the year.

[Gobias Industries]

Corey Hart has been great this year. One of the few bright spots imo. He looks like the 2007 version.

[MillerParkSouth]

Can Corey Hart pitch?

[ELCABALLO45]

Very good to see this from Hart.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Hart is on fire right now. 7th homer on the year.

One bright spot right now for this team. Great to see him hitting again.

[hawing]

Soup's not batting for himself?

[stalton]

Question is...is this a real rally or a fake rally

 

Good though to at least force them to use CoCo

 

Edit: Fake Rally

[Gobias Industries]

We've done this a lot lately. Shutdown threw the whole game and throw up 2 or 3 in the ninth to make it look like pitching is our only problem.

[Gobias Industries]

Wow, weeks behind an 89 slider. Seriously, he must be hurt.

[Invader3K]

Yeah, Weeks has looked bad lately. I don't know why Counsell can't start at 2B once in a while, especially since he's still hitting well.

[Invader3K]

Well, so ends the fake rally I guess.

[ELCABALLO45]

Nice fake rally by the brewers in the 9th.

 

This team is depressing

[jimmyjeromehardy7]

Another fake rally. This team needs to stop teasing me with these or I just need to realize they aren't going to win ever again.

[brewmann04]

another failure i am sure Mark is going to make some type of move team just bad.

[DHonks]

marc newfield of dreams, I don't get why it'd be different. The team is still virtually the same as it was in our playoff year. Yet that team exceeded expectations. The pitching staff--on paper--is actually better!

 

1- Yo=Sheets

2- Wolf=Suppan

3- Bush=Bush

4-Davis/Parra=Villanueva/McClung

5- Suppan/Narveson=Parra

 

Through 38 games they were 19-19. They were without Gallardo and were almost 2 months from acquiring Sabathia. This year they are now 15-23. To say we're only maybe underachieving by 1 or two games is foolish....unless that 2008 squad was overachieving by 5-7 games? Yost was nearly fired in Boston for a 20-24 record. Both teams featured a closer meltdown (Gagne and Hoffman). Both featured underperforming pitchers. Without analyzing middle relievers and setup men, the major differences are Hardy v Escobar, Hall v McGehee, Kendall v Zaun/Kotteras, Cameron v Gomez, and allstar Hart v. "pretty darn good" Hart. Of those offensive changes, we're currently better at 3b and C. SS is a wash since Hardy was in his usual awful 1st half (since he always likes to be a pull hitter in the first half). The only downgrades are RF and CF. Guillermo Mota wasn't very good in the pen, so it wasn't a perfect pen.

 

I just don't get it. I feel weird. For the second straight year I'm unhappy with the team's effort. I remained optimistic through 90 and 100-loss seasons, always finding the positives. Yet I am on the verge of giving up before June for the second straight year! I hate giving up, because I'm a diehard and optimist...but these two years have given me no reasons for optimism

[brewmann04]

Doug Poor Fielding and poor excution ie Base running and two go along with Horrible pitching all around.