2012-05-17 Brewers (Marcum) at Astros (Happ), 7:05 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 4-0]

[crewcrazy]

it's amazing how pitchers who give up runs to everyone else are all of the sudden "on there game" against the brewers......

 

what a coincidence it must be.........

 

Yeah, the Brewers always struggle against Happ.

 

Oh wait.

 

And wait.

 

And wait.

[dlk9s]

Community was very good tonight.

[pete]

Looked out.

[crewcrazy]

Not sure I like Marcum throwing 30+ pitches in an inning when he had an injury scare before the game, but long relief options are lacking after Wolf's start. I smell a postgame roster move.

[Gobias Industries]

Can't blame that inning on Weeks.

 

Braun got a pitch to kill with the bases loaded and flat-out missed it.

That's being completely results oriented. Weeks had a very poor at bat there. If it weren't for Marcum's fluke baserunning we absolutely would have been blaming him.

 

Everyone's getting pitches to crush. The first two strikes to Weeks split the plate in half.

[pete]

Bunting down by 4...

[yfinn6]

Nice work, Aoki!

[Funketown]

Bunting down by 4...

 

Shaun Marcum was at the plate. He can't hit.

 

Nice baserunning by Izturis and Aoki there. Gotta do something here Weeks...

[pete]

FSN taunting with the replay

[yfinn6]

Good grief.

 

"He hasn't made any mistakes with that fastball tonight." - Yes he has, the Brewers just have not hit them.

[cnycerveceros]

Ugh. They are so bad right now.

[markedman5]

Does Rickie know that fastballs on the outside corner are still strikes and you should probably swing at them with 2 strikes and guys on 2nd and 3rd with one out?

[crewcrazy]

Weeks et al need to start adapting to the fastball on the outside corner. It might not be a strike, but it is tonight.

 

Doesn't help that Braun's trying to do way too much and has stranded a small village on the bases tonight.

[Gobias Industries]

Braun, I expected better from you tonight.

 

Weeks' last at bat was about the most predictable thing ever. I'm glad we had him up there instead of Lucroy. What a friggin joke this manager is.

 

ETA: I'm kinda bummed they ruled Rickie's second at bat a hit. I wanted to see him top his 0-22 streak.

[dlk9s]

My arthritic dog looks less pitiful than Rickie Weeks right now.

[pebadger]

Ugh. They are so bad right now.

 

It's worse than that. They're bad and boring. It's hard to even feel on most night's that they have some sort of puncher's chance, because they have no punch. It just seems like so many things have to line up for them to have a really good chance at winning.

[dlk9s]

Wait, wait, wait...there's THREE episodes of Community tonight?

[Funketown]

My arthritic dog looks less pitiful than Rickie Weeks right now.

 

Today I played a good game of ball with my dog. He stands about ten meters from me and I bounce him balls to jump and catch in his mouth. It's kind of like basic infielder fielding practice. I wonder if a shepherd dog can hit as well as our SS's...

[Funketown]

I just realized this game thread has about as many digressions as Uecker's radio calls back in 2002-2004. Yeah, this team looks absolutely horrible.

[RockCoCougars]

How many times has Ramirez grounded out to shortstop this season? He's got to be among the league leaders in that, so he's got that going for him.... plus, of all the Brewers, I've tabbed him 'Most Likely to be Caught on Camera Yawning'.

[dlk9s]

My arthritic dog looks less pitiful than Rickie Weeks right now.

 

Today I played a good game of ball with my dog. He stands about ten meters from me and I bounce him balls to jump and catch in his mouth. It's kind of like basic infielder fielding practice. I wonder if a shepherd dog can hit as well as our SS's...

 

The dog would likely have to be a pinch runner, silly. You know they can't hit.

 

Good news. The arthritis and pain meds seem to be working, so my dog has also been playing ball instead of limping like Verbal Kint. Osteo Bi-Flex works for dogs. Who knew?

[RockCoCougars]

I bet that they don't score here with runners on the corners, one out.

[owbc]

Which would you rather have?

Richie Sexson-Eric Young-Jose Hernandez-Tyler Houston (2002 infield)

Travis Ishikawa-Rickie Weeks-Cesar Izturis-Aramis Ramirez (2012 infield)

[yfinn6]

Nice work, Brooks.

[Gobias Industries]

CONNNNNRADDDDD. Such a beast.