2011-07-20 Brewers (Narveson) at Diamondback (Saunders) - [Brewers win, 5-2, 10 innings]

[razzzorsharp]

Watch for the wild pitch.

[FVBrewerFan]

Narveson from pitches 77-100 this year: .277/.358/.398. Its why he's not a top of the line guy, through 50 pitches he's really good. After that he struggles.

And pitches 77-90 were filthy TONIGHT. No struggle there. On average, yes Narvy struggles as his pitch count goes up. But that's why you need a manager in the dugout, to realize when something is happening outside the norm.

[topper09er]

OK now this is basically the definition of a bunting situation

[mastershake76]

w00t!

[PrinceEatMeat]

LMAO he balks them over for us.

[razzzorsharp]

Or a balk. Wow. 3rd with no outs, this is familiar.

[Glennron]

That's how much of a veteran Kotsay is, he induces balks.

[mastershake76]

I hope we have better luck in this situation than they did

[TheCrew07]

Wow, after Prince does his best to give the game away, AZ returning the favor. That Balk was huge.

[owbc]

Ok, so can the Diamondbacks do the same thing we did in the bottom 9th and get out of this? Against Morgan, Braun, Fielder?

 

Doubt it.

[azcheesehead]

With the amount of balls that fly out of Chase with relative ease, Narveson is limited to probably one base runner. Why not use K-Rod? Isn't that what we got him for? Do you want Narveson on 90 pitches or a fresh K-Rod? The real problem here is Prince Fielder. NOT RRR!!!!!!!

I'm not sure there is a right answer here, it depends what you believe in and what perspective you choose to take. Personally, I don't like the 100 pitch threshold for pitchers in their peak years and I hate defined bullpen roles and switching relievers for the sake of switching relievers. If you believe in defined bullpen roles, I have no problem with your opinion on it, most people like the whole "each reliever has his own inning" concept.

I personally subscribe to the "use your best pitchers in the best situation" theory. You have a couple of choices: You can take Narveson off of 90 or so pitches, who is throwing well, but as we all know is susceptible to blow ups. Couple that with playing on a glorified little league field. Or you can go with the combo of K-Rod and Ax who are two of the best relievers in the game this year. You play the percentages in my opinion and go with what historically works.

 

Hopefully this doesn't matter, cuz this dude is IMPLODING for the Dbacks.

[razzzorsharp]

I do feel bad for the kid.

[razzzorsharp]

cmon Nyjer. Need a run here otherwise it's a walk to Braun and Fielder vs. a lefty.

[FVBrewerFan]

What, no squeeze RRR?

[FVBrewerFan]

Wow strike 3

[razzzorsharp]

Huge non-strike call there. Could be a game changer.

[WisconsinSportsRule]

Thank you NYJER!!!

[azcheesehead]

Very Plush.....

[mastershake76]

NICE! Oh, and **THANK** you for not sending hart, Cedar...

[jason21nl]

T freakin Plush

[Raw Biz]

Gift right there but I'll add it to our other gifts so far this inning.

[TheCrew07]

Morgan comes through again.

[azcheesehead]

It's a good thing we didn't use Ax in the 9th, huh?

[yount19.u]

Thank you umpire and thank your Tony Plush.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Apparently Brett Carroll's brother just tweeted that he is the one getting the call to replace Gomez.