2008 Vent Thread (part 6)

[GormanHarvey]

I think Bill Hall should be relegated to overly complex handshake and butt slap duty from here on...til he is no longer a Brewer

[jjfanec]

How sad is it that I would rather have Craig Counsel starting than Bill Hall? I just expect Hall to get out every time he is up.

[moofnelson]

Bill Hall and Rickie Weeks have "Kansas City Royals" written all over them.

[AJAY]

Cameron, Hall, Weeks, Kendall, and the pitcher's spot is really going to kill us in the postseason. Especially when we have to face elite pitching. I know it sounds dumb to complain when you make the playoffs, but I just really hate the composition of our offense. I would do anything to add someone like Mike Fontenot to our lineup. We just don't have that line drive contact hitter other than Durham.

 

I just hope Doug Melvin does some serious overhauling this offseason.

[rluzinski]

Cameron, Hall, Weeks, Kendall, and the pitcher's spot is really going to kill us in the postseason.

 

Thank god for Counsell.

[Yaz]

Uh, this is the way the Brewers have been playing since they got to 80-56. The team is just not HITTING! Hit for stinking average and get some butts on the bases. Do any of these guys know how to hit singles and doubles and not try to hit it out of the park every stinking time? 4 HITS AGAIN! How do you win games with 4 HITS??!!! (Ok I know 2 hits last week and 4 hits on Sunday)

 

I didn't see the game, so I missed Weeks making another boneheaded play. thank God! Bill Hall batting 2nd and in the playoffs to boot. Sigh is Ned still running this team?

 

They go out there tomorrow and get no-hit for 5 innings again this series is over.

[Jay Zahn]

Uh, this is the way the Brewers have been playing since they got to 80-56. The team is just not HITTING! Hit for stinking average and get some butts on the bases. Do any of these guys know how to hit singles and doubles and not try to hit it out of the park every stinking time? 4 HITS AGAIN! How do you win games with 4 HITS??!!! (Ok I know 2 hits last week and 4 hits on Sunday)

Fail to try for a lead runner you can get on a bunt, then have the 2nd baseman drop the throw for an error. Then after a double that's nearly caught, walk in a run.

[DatHoser]

<---see my avatar

 

Plus, for a majority of our starting lineup, I've seen better plate discipline from my son's little league team - seriously.

 

Thank God for the vent thread. I can whine a little and lower my blood pressure a few points.

[brewmann04]

please don't get swept in this series is all i can ask for now.

[liveforoctober]

I can never forgive Corey Hart for that at bat in the 1st... never.

[naivin]

I am really bummed that this is most likely the way CC is gonna go out as a Brewer. After the unbelievable performace the past few months, this just seems a very unfitting end for his Brewer career.

 

Oh, and Corey Hart makes my hair hurt.

[brewmann04]

i bet he wished he took the brewers offer back in April

[Schlitz001]

That pitch that Stetter struck Howard out with was consistently called a ball for CC.

 

EDIT: I thought this was the IGT......but it's true the strike zone for CC kept shrinking.

[Yaz]

Well the Brewers once again are NOT HITTING! Geez, this just plain sucks.

[WisconsinSportsRule]

Unbelievable display of poor patience at the plate, but it's not like we displayed that anyway.

 

I just don't want to get swept.

[brewmann04]

i do have to saty the Home plate Ump did seem to miss some questionable strike calls.

[bbaehman]

That ump blew it on the Myers at-bat. He got caught up in the crowd cheering and CC couldn't get a call and it made a difference.

[RyDogg66]

The offense needs to be majorly overhauled in the offseason. We need to send Hall, Weeks and Hart packing. They are a big problem with their inability to work counts and get on base. Weeks has a good eye but is an awful hitter. Hall is a great leader but his head is in the clouds. Hart is a good hitter but awful at working the count. That makes all three USELESS and we need to get rid of them. PRONTO!!

[HurricaneBraun]

nt

[Ennder]

The offense has stunk for sure but it also stinks that we lost 1 game by an error on an easy play and another on the umpire squeezing our starter majorly for an inning.

[Diskono]

Uh, this is the way the Brewers have been playing since they got to 80-56. The team is just not HITTING! Hit for stinking average and get some butts on the bases. Do any of these guys know how to hit singles and doubles and not try to hit it out of the park every stinking time? 4 HITS AGAIN! How do you win games with 4 HITS??!!! (Ok I know 2 hits last week and 4 hits on Sunday)

Fun fact: Gary Bennett once had 4 hits in a game for the Brewers.

[PKBadger]

I am not going to blame the umpire unless he was telling Kendall what pitches to call.

 

Every pitch in that at-bat should have been a fastball. The guy had virtually the same batting average as Ben Sheets, but we pitch to him like he's Ryan freaking Howard? Idiocy.

[cracklins]

two words: premature e-bat-ulation

[adambr2]

Corey Hart: "We're trying to see pitches and see what we can do. ... I'm not going to sit there and walk, though."

 

Yeah Corey, we noticed.

 

 

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[craigharmann]

What Corey Hart said: I'm not going to sit there and walk, though."

 

What Corey Hart meant: I'm going to flail away at sliders and pitches low and away. Along with that, I'm going to almost always swing at the first pitch.

 

 

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