2012-09-20 Brewers (Fiers) at Pirates (Rodriguez), 3:05 PM CDT [Hart returns to lineup; Brewers win, 9-7]

[topper09er]

You gotta love Nyjer being so into the game after going from basically a fan favorite starter to a bench warmer in 1 season

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Pittsburgh...an un-incorporated suburb of Milwaukee

[RobDeer 45]

giddyup! Great start.

[RobDeer 45]

Pitt has the classic post talk like a pirate day hangover.

[owbc]

Well to their credit, Pittsburgh has come a long way since they were the Cubs' AAA affiliate in the early 2000s.

[topper09er]

The board rejoices, Hart's foot prevented the contact play from being on

[RobDeer 45]

Ha, I was just going to comment on no contact play

[owbc]

Could have gotten more, hopefully Fiers is ok after sitting for 20 minutes.

[AZBrewCrew]

I really wish the Cardinals would stop winning

[topper09er]

And in that situation you have to consider something not accounted for in RE24 stats, you basically have the choice of

2 outs base loaded (~.8 runs expected) with the pitcher up,

or 2 outs 1st and 3rd (~.5 runs expected) with Segura up.

 

So is Segura at least a 60% better hitter than Fiers? I think so

 

However you do get the benefit of not having the pitcher lead off the inning

[brwrsfan]

Well to their credit, Pittsburgh has come a long way since they were the Cubs' AAA affiliate in the early 2000s.

 

This really made me laugh. Nicely done.

[owbc]

The Astros are set up for another bases loaded double play.

[topper09er]

Astros with another bases loaded 1 out down by 1 situation....

[trwi7]

Dangerous play by Segura. Just take the out at 1st.

[topper09er]

Nice work Jean Genie

 

http://991.com/newGallery/David-Bowie-The-Jean-Genie-320204.jpg

[trwi7]

You suck Altuve. Little piece of crap.

[trwi7]

You suck Altuve. Little piece of crap.

 

You too Wallace. Except replace little with big.

[dlk9s]

Altuve fanned a fastball down the middle and Wallace looked at a third strike fastball down the middle. Yay.

[brwrsfan]

How hard is it to hit a sac fly? Three straight innings they have a man on third one out and can't even hit a ball out of the infield. I know there is a reason they are so bad, but c'mon. These are major leaguers. Hit a sac fly already.

 

Fiers sure throwing a lot of pitches here early. That's not good. 25 already through the first inning.

[fondybrewfan]

So by my count is that now 4 times in the Astros game where they had a man on 3rd with one out and failed to score?

[topper09er]

Nice job keeping a stiff wrist on the flip from Weeks

[pebadger]

This is a long two innings for only 3 runs.

[topper09er]

leadoff single for the Astros

[topper09er]

I see between June 28 and Aug 9 the Astros went 4-35

[fondybrewfan]

Hey Astros thats what a SF looks like