2011-06-16 Brewers (Greinke) at Cubs (Garza) - [Brewers lose, 12-7]

[PrinceEatMeat]

And the ump takes one right to the stones. That cannot feel good.

[owbc]

Seriously guys--Rickie's having a bad game. He's not a moron, he's not cognitively disabled, and he's not blind. Can we give the players on our team a break? Is this how we should be treating our soon-to-be All-Star second baseman?

[wOOgiE22]

Rickie giveth, Rickie taketh away!

[PrinceEatMeat]

Well, now can everyone get back on the Weeks bandwagon? Guy has been making some amazing plays the last 2 days.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Fielder and Weeks both in the derby would be epic. I've wanted to see Weeks in a derby ever since he came up, and we all know what Fielder can do.

[chadomac]

Greinke definitely isn't locating, but you're going to have a lot of balls up in the zone when your catcher establishes very early in the game that he can't block a breaking pitch. The first one was indisputably Kottares' fault, and I think the second one was too.

[WisconsinSportsRule]

Nice to see Zack settling in, too bad it took 6 runs to do so.

[sheetswannabe]

Betancourt is terrible.

[PrinceEatMeat]

I hate Betancourt. I'd rather have him K there to give Kottaras a chance to go yard and give us the lead.

[Raw Biz]

Roenicke really needs to start benching Betancourt at least 3 games a week. We have 2 other SS on the roster, no reason Betancourt should start every game.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Roenicke really needs to start benching Betancourt at least 3 games a week. We have 2 other SS on the roster, no reason Betancourt should start every game.

Agreed. I thought it was gonna happen when Counsell got 2 starts in a row against he Cardinals, but no such luck.

[Ayt]

Greinke definitely isn't locating, but you're going to have a lot of balls up in the zone when your catcher establishes very early in the game that he can't block a breaking pitch. The first one was indisputably Kottares' fault, and I think the second one was too.

This is a stretch. He's thrown plenty of breaking balls. He's getting way too much plate with too many pitches.

[pebadger]

So on a pitch that isn't close to a strike and doesn't make the infield dirt, the Cubs end up with runners at 2nd and 3rd.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Stay hot Yuni

[Funketown]

Might today be a breaking point for Yuniesky Betancourt? I think it's clear at this point that even a dismal platoon of Craig Counsell and Josh Wilson should easily outproduce Yuniesky.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Get Betancourt out of the game. He had no play there. Idiotic throw.

[jjgott]

No way Yuni B was getting Campana out there. Just eat the ball and hope for another DP.

[Raw Biz]

See my previous statement.

[Ayt]

Yuni. Yuni. Yuni.

[COBrewerfan]

Prince doesn't even try to block or scoop a ball at first. Just awful.

[molitor fan]

Betancourt needs to be released.....a truly negative value player.....I wish Jeff Keppenger could play short because he would be a perfect trade candidate....could Izturis be available?

[WisconsinSportsRule]

Rick Kranitz looks pissed.

 

Infield in on a 1 run game and Bill questions it.

[Oxy]

Atta boy Kottaras! Nice block. Bill actually looked smart there. That's kind of like Nieves hitting a single there.

[Ayt]

Prince doesn't even try to block or scoop a ball at first. Just awful.

It short hopped right into him. He had no chance to catch it when the ball skipped up higher than you'd expect, but it at least hit him square. It was just thrown so hard it shot up into the air behind him.

[pebadger]

By my count, Greinke's BABIP today was .500 (7/14) and very little of that had to do with "bad luck".