2011-04-18 Brewers at Phillies - [Brewers win, 6-3, 12 innings; Marcum and Kintzler post-game audio at tail end of thread]

[ninja33]

Please, please, please...can we PLEASE trade Fielder already? I cringe every time he has the ball in his hand. His hitting doesn't make up for all of these errors and unmade plays. Plus, he has a temper that runs even hotter than T.Plush (Go ask Manny Parra)! Get that jerk off of my team already!

are you serious? How does his hitting NOT make up for the occasional error? He's averaged like 4.5-5 WAR for the past four years...factoring in crappy defense. why wouldnt you want that "jerk" on your team.....?

[brains and braun]

So that's what good D looks like.

[umphrey]

awesome that Philly is giving Kotsay a free base

[cheesecup22]

nice, walk kotsay to get to lucroy

[trwi7]

Intentionally walking Kotsay to get to Lucroy? Not that Lucroy is a great hitter but he's better than Kotsay.

[Oldcity]

When's the last time someone IBBd Kotsay? 2005?

[PrinceEatMeat]

Haha intentionally walking Kotsay to face Lucroy.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Would've liked a hit there, but I'll take the run.

[brains and braun]

Loving Charlie M. issuing the intentional walk to Kotsay. Where is the laughter emoticon?

[endaround]

Not since the intentional walk to Nieves...

[brettac1]

I don't think walking Kotsay to get to Lucroy is a bad idea. For force purposes it makes some sense.

[trwi7]

When's the last time someone IBBd Kotsay? 2005?

 

Would you believe three teams (Toronto, Boston and Cleveland) were dumb enough to intentionally walk him last year?

[Hammer]

are you serious? How does his hitting NOT make up for the occasional error? He's averaged like 4.5-5 WAR for the past four years...factoring in crappy defense. why wouldnt you want that "jerk" on your team.....?

Yep, 100% serious. I'm not sure if you can search my posts or not but I have been calling for the team to trade him for 2-3 years already. He plays zero defense, quite possibly ruined Manny Parra's career (look at the pre-dugout fight stats and the post-dugout fight stats) and is so amazingly streaky that he is not an asset to the offense. Sure, when he is hot he is scorching. When he is in a funk he is good for 2-3 pitches per at bat with either a K, a pop-up or a lazy 4-3 grounder. This team will not miss him.

 

Edit: ...and it's not just the "occasional error". He is possibly the worst 1b in the league right now. He doesn't even make the routine plays anymore...

[dlk9s]

2nd and 3rd w/ nobody out...if they don't score here I'm done w/ this team for a few days. It's just not worth watching.

Well, I, for one, am truly relieved that the Brewers scored so that you'll stick around.

[brains and braun]

Also, saying "Charlie M." reminded me of that scene in Casino with the vice, where the guy refused up until the very end to give up Charlie M.

[brettac1]

Oh, my. I seriously think RR is going to force Loe's arm to fall clean off.

[umphrey]

even if we win this game, scoring only 3 runs when you have RISP in 5 innings is still an offensive failure

[Oldcity]

Loe's going to be burned out by July.

[brettac1]

Didn't yesterday scream "I need a few days off" for Loe? He was up in the zone the entire time.

[Glennron]

Loe's going to appear in 100 games this year.

[trwi7]

Why oh why does Roenicke designate Loe as our "set-up guy?" Braddock is a much better option here, at least until Francisco comes up.

[endaround]

Not having a lefty face Howard is just insane

[ELCABALLO45]

Why is Loe facing Howard...?

[Oldcity]

Why Loe against Howard? Where's the lefty!

[trwi7]

Bill just described Betancourt as an "athlete", I suppose that's true, but certainly not in the way Bill meant it.

 

Also said he makes some "acrobatic plays."