2008 Vent Thread (part 5)

[wisconsinfan47]

Off-topic vent:

 

Do we need background music/electronic organ music between every freakin' pitch? Do we need to play a player's at-bat song before every single AB? If I have to hear "International Harvestor" or that godawful Moby song one more time, I'm going to scream. Do we really have to play "Hate to Say I Told You So" after every freakin' strikeout? Do we really have to play "Stand Tough" everytime after someone fouls off one two-strike offering? Sorry, it's not entertaining -- it's flatout annoying. Let's keep it to a minimum.

Also, the "Make Some Noise" in every semi-key situation. Miller Park gets loud enough when it matters...this isn't Arizona or Houston where the scoreboard needs to tell us when to cheer.

[PeaveyFury]

Do we need background music/electronic organ music between every freakin' pitch?

 

Maybe it would be better if the organist played a better variety of songs. It seems like by the 9th inning, he's played Hava Nagila so many times I wonder if there's a Bar Mitzvah going on.

[Invader3K]

Dear Brewers,

 

Please remember that just because the Cubs are losing doesn't mean you also have to lose your games in order to be good sportsmen. Thanks.

[naivin]

We need a win.

[jwill535]

Some word of advice, when a pitcher is out there walking people left and right, feel free to take some pitches..cough Braun, Fielder cough.

 

Speaking of Fielder, if Melvin doesn't insist that Fielder lose 25-40lbs in the off season I will be highly disappointed. You are either blind or in denile if you think that he is the same size that he was as a rookie. The added weight is really effecting his fielding and hitting. His balance is way off when he swings( I was there the night he feel flat on his face swinging).

[fondybrewfan]

I was at the game last night so I guess maybe you can take my word for it. Brewers officials were hosting a group from Coors and they got to talking about Fielder. I don't know who the Brewer official was he didn't look fimilar nor did I recognize his name, but he did specifically mention that he wouldn't be suprised and he has heard some rumblings that Fielder is gone next year because of his weight issues. He specifically said Fielder isn't keeping himself in shape and is only in this to get a pay day. So the fact that he isn't staying in shape before getting a pay day might tell you something about the guy if and when he does get paid. I don't know what department the guy was in, I suppose he could have been just talking out of his $(D and really has no inside knowledge at all but I thought I would pass it along

[PrestigeWorldwide]

Rickie Weeks. You will not find a coach at any level of organized baseball that would instruct you to try to field a ball the way he did last night. That is why it is hard to remain optimistic about him becoming significantly better on defense. I'm sure the fundamentals of playing 2B have been drilled into him since the moment he signed his first contract, but when it counts he reverts back to that crap. Move your feet! Get in front of the ball!

 

Offense. I don't know what to say, other than please start clicking soon, or this is going to be a long month. Please turn things around to make this the enjoyable month that all Brewer fans deserve!

[BrewerTerp]

CC just win tonight so everyone can step off the ledge. Everyone will feel 100000% better after tonight.

[brwrsfan]

If we DON'T win with CC on the mound tonight...it's going to get very, very ugly.

[biedergb]

I just ask for a hit or two with runners in scoring position.

Sac flies and homers are cool, but a single is just as effective.

 

Tom H. got it write with his in game blog last night:

"Three up and three down for the Brewers. Guess they figured it was no use getting anyone on base because they don't drive them in. Why bother?"

[brewmann04]

I agree we all know CC id Due and if he losses tonight this can really snow ball into a mess,especially the way the crew is playing terrible baseball( lack of any type of clutch hitting is going to doom this team)

I really would not be shocked or suprised to See Weeks and Prince moved in seperate deals during the offseason.

[Bring Back the Stein]

Poor-to-mediocre defense. Bad approaches at the plate, contributing to poor clutch hitting. Weird management. And, dare I say, overall flatness. Not fun to watch. Not after we've come this far.

[RU Rah Rah]

CC just needs to go out and show how it's done, basically. I think that will break this mini-funk.

[brwrsfan]

Brewers: it is OK to actually get a hit with the bases loaded...or, I know it's hard to fathom, but a HR would be perfectly fine as well.

[biedergb]

I just ask for a hit or two with runners in scoring position.

 

So I get the two hits, and then they decide to stop. I better ask for more next time.

[PeaveyFury]

My God, when is enough enough? It's practically bad enough that Gagne is still on the dang team, but Ned's insistence on running him out there in crucial situations is a testament to his blinding incompetence that is hindering this team every freaking season.

[DougJones43]

Gagne? With a small lead?? Again???

Some men, you just can't reach...

http://deadspin.com/assets/images/deadspin/2008/05/nedyost.jpg

[JohnA17]

I have to say it, how is a pitcher with a 6 and half ERA still pitching for a playoff contender down the stretch? I have seen nothing from Gagne all year except the occasional luck that any pitcher gets now and then. Again and again he gets hammered when he goes out there and we just put him out there in a 2-1 game that we HAVE to win. It's politics, no reason he should be on the team except to cover the GM's ass for signing him and it may cost us the playoffs.

[PeaveyFury]

So, we can let CC throw 130+ pitches in a game where we have a big lead, but in a tight game as they're growing more and more important, and he's yanked for Gagne at 106?

 

Mindnumbing.

[ELCABALLO45]

I cant stand Ned Yost right now, and I cant stand Eric Gange.

 

What in the world is Yost thinking?

[Postseason2006]

UNREAL. And people think Ned Yost should be manager of the year? He has single handedly lost games because of his ignorance of pitching the 10 million dollar man.

[Mike Felder]

It's OK for CC to throw an inordinately high amount of pitches when we're winning a game by a lot, but in a 2-1 game in the midst of a potentially devastating losing streak, he gets lifted for Eric freaking Gagne. Sounds about right.

 

EDIT: Peavey beat me to it...but the point still stands. I imagine a lot of people are thinking the same thing right about now.

[JohnA17]

What's funny is how so many of us thought "what do we have to lose?" when we signed Gagne. The thinking being if he blows up it is only a one year deal. Wow.

 

OK it's not funny it's really very sad.

[Postseason2006]

500 relievers in the pen including LH pitchers to face the Padres best hitters and we go to gopher ball Gagme.

[Mr QL]

I don't care if we win the World Series this year, I still want Yost fired.