2011-07-10 Reds (Willis) at Brewers (Wolf) - [Brewers win 4-3, Counsell walkoff SF]

[natronek8780]

I know Chapman has a tendency to be wild sometimes, but man is his stuff flat out nasty. 100+ with a hard breaking 92 mph slider

[Funketown]

His FB is actually down a bit this year, at 97.9 MPH average. I'm really happy Melvin didn't spend $30 million on Chapman.

[bucksman4]

I know Chapman has a tendency to be wild sometimes, but man is his stuff flat out nasty. 100+ with a hard breaking 92 mph slider

How did the Reds beat out all of the other teams out there for Chapman's services?

[brewmann04]

Cards winning not that it matters at this point the Bottom line is we just need to worry about what the brewers do

[ilovebeer]

Maybe Braun can pinch hit in the 9th and hit a walk off.

[natronek8780]

Maybe Braun can pinch hit in the 9th and hit a walk off.

It sounds like they're afraid to use him because if he doesn't respond well by Thursday, they could put him on DL retroactive to last Sunday and he'd only have to sit out 7 more days.

[pebadger]

Braddock looking sharp!

[brewmann04]

some people spend to much time worrying about what the others team do and like its almost ok if we lose as long as the teams around us lose.

[Raw Biz]

Wow, what is going on with Braddock? Is this sleep thing really that bad?

[brewmann04]

Now you see the difference between their Left who nasty and our who plan stinks.

[bucksman4]

Wow, what is going on with Braddock? Is this sleep thing really that bad?

With him, it's all mental. Literally.

[Glennron]

I'm just glad RRR isn't going with an "8th inning guy". But yeah, Zach wasn't close on any of those.

[The Truth]

good to see Roenicke yanking Braddock out quickly

[topper09er]

Why cant RRR do this when Loe's sinker is obviously not sinking and he is just leaving everything up for a whole inning hoping for a Jeff Suppon "hit em really hard but right at someone" inning

[endaround]

Yes Braddock isn't Chapman. Then again neither is anyone else.

[DocLuna7]

Now you see the difference between their Left who nasty and our who plan stinks.

I'm getting very tired of Braddock's ineffectiveness as well. I think finding a lefty out of the pen not named Herrera has to be a priority for Doug at the deadline.

 

[natronek8780]

DM's needs to address: 1) A lhp who consistently gets out lefties 2) A ss with a good glove and at least a pulse at the plate 3) A good bench bat to replace Counsell (Wilson can more than fill Craig's shoes to play the utility IF role).

 

Make it happen Doug. You didn't go "All In" with Marcum and Greinke to not improve the team now did you?

[Raw Biz]

Wow, what is going on with Braddock? Is this sleep thing really that bad?

With him, it's all mental. Literally.

Why is his fastball 5-6 MPH slower?

[umphrey]

It looks they have a robot that somehow detects suspect material and deletes it right away.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ClueBot_NG

What if somebody messed with the robot's page? It would probably explode.

random: you can go to any Wiki page, click the first word in the article after the parenthesis, keep doing this, and end up at Philosophy every time

[DocLuna7]

Maybe Braun can pinch hit in the 9th and hit a walk off.

It sounds like they're afraid to use him because if he doesn't respond well by Thursday, they could put him on DL retroactive to last Sunday and he'd only have to sit out 7 more days.

IMO, they should have DL'd him right after the injury. His type of injury is a nagging one and one that you knew that he was going to be missing some games from. Why weaken our bench by having him unavailable to play and yet using a roster spot?

 

[markedman5]

Braddocks command is a problem....we need a loogy to go with SS and 3rd Base

[bucksman4]

Nice FSN shot right there getting Saito in action-mode trying to kill bugs in between his clapping hands.

[COBrewerfan]

Those are all easier said than done. If you listen to the board Wilson and Boggs could do the last two immediately. Which is completely wrong but are said quite often. They are just tough things to add without having great prospects and a bunch of money to spend. We really have neither. I would say just look for a solid bullpen arm and just live with the weak spots we have. That is what you should expect at least.

[natronek8780]

Nice job Loe. That was a good 3 outs.

[pebadger]

This is what Loe does. He's like the Brewers in general. When he's good, you see things that aren't there and ignore the obvious problems hiding just beneath the surface.