2014-08-14 Brewers (Fiers) at Cubs (Jackson), 1:20 PM CDT [Brewers win, 6-2; 14 Ks for #TEHFIERS]

[fondybrewfan]

Fiers has been ridiculous. I would let him go another inning. Its great that he appears to have all his confidence back and is really throwing the ball fantastic. He could be a huge asset down the stretch in the rotation of bullpen.

[SRB]

That Wendy's commercial, the pretzel Bun one that spoofs the Mr. Big song "be with you" is driving me insane! That song sticks in my head for hours.

I have that Mr. Big CD in my car. And Nelson. I'm pretty awesome.

 

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[Bigblast]

On another note Estrada has pitched well in the long relief role. Much better then Wang obviously. There were many on here that said the brewers would not make up an injury for Wang. So obviously Wang must be very injured to not be back now. lol

[fondybrewfan]

Jeez that was a nice quick inning; let him try to go 7. 14 K's, is that the most since Ben's 18K game in 2004?

[topper09er]

14 K through 6, Fiers has a chance at the all-time record. LEAVE HIM IN!!!!!!!!!

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Mike Fiers giving baseball fascism a chance today. 14 Ks through 6 IP. Have a day, Mike!

[Bombers]

Wow Mike. Brewers talking about pushing Lohse next start back. With the 2 off days and how well Fiers has pitched. We have Nelson, Gallardo, Peralta lined up vs dodgers. I would then do Fiers on Tuesday vs Blue Jays. And then Gallardo on Wednesday vs the Jays. Then Lohse return on Friday vs the Pirates.

[BuckyBrewer61]

Roenicke should consider Fiers as throwing a no hitter. Until he no longer had a chance at 21, he stays in the game.

 

Obviously this will not happen though.

[coolcool]

Too bad his pitch count is so high. Not a lot of walks and hits either.

 

Edit: its a 5-0 game and his count is over 100 and the rotation is banged up. It would be a bad idea to put him out simply to get closer to a record he's not touching today anyways.

[MadScientist]

Fiers is only only the 5th Brewer's pitcher to have 14+ strikeouts in a game and he's done it in 6 innings. 14 of 18 outs via the K. Too bad his pitch count is up there or he'd be going for team or even MLB record.

[TURBO]

Hopefully, our bull pen won't wreck this beauty for Fiers...

 

What a joy this game has been to watch!

[SRB]

Jeez that was a nice quick inning; let him try to go 7. 14 K's, is that the most since Ben's 18K game in 2004?

 

Wow, 14 K ties second-most in Brewers history. Gallardo had 14 K in July 2012 (7.0 IP), and Moose Haas had 14 K in April 1978 (9.0 IP). Sheets has the record with his 18 K game in May 2004 (9.0 IP).

[TURBO]

Breaking news:

 

Pirates just got Axford from the Indians:

 

 

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports that the Pirates have acquired reliever John Axford from the Indians.

 

No word yet on what the Indians will receive in return. Axford began the year in the closer role with Cleveland, but has dropped in the pecking order since the early part of May. His ERA was down to 3.14 for the year before he gave up a grand slam against the Yankees on August 8. He could be a useful mid-to-late inning option down the stretch.

 

Source: Ken Rosenthal on TwitterAug 14 - 4:20 PM

[Bombers]

Uhg. The pulled him. 106 pitches - you can't give him 120?

[fondybrewfan]

Booooo. Fiers is a big boy and you have a 5 run lead; just let him pitch and have someone ready in the bullpen.

[TURBO]

Agreed, one more inning!!!

 

(It's probably wise to take him out though, not knowing how much we may have to rely on him from this point on...)

 

When we get to full strength, with Gallardo, Lohse, Garza, and Peralta, and Fiers continues to dominate, does he take Nelson's spot? It's a good problem to have!

[coolcool]

That Wendy's commercial, the pretzel Bun one that spoofs the Mr. Big song "be with you" is driving me insane! That song sticks in my head for hours.

 

I hear you. I hate the commercial, yet was just sitting in my recliner singing along.

 

The worst commercial is that Leinies radio commercial where there's two guys talking about absolutely nothing. They mention grilling or cooking or something... If I sat next to these two guys at a bar I'd go absolutely crazy.

[topper09er]

Can someone please show me any evidence that pitch counts correlates with injuries? If it did then why to relievers need to have Tommy John surgery. The whole thing is total crap that just allows weak people to avoid blame for a player getting injured.

[SRB]

Can someone please show me any evidence that pitch counts correlates with injuries? If it did then why to relievers need to have Tommy John surgery. The whole thing is total crap that just allows weak people to avoid blame for a player getting injured.

 

I don't know about that, but I do wonder whether the one size fits all approach is smart. If you're throwing upper-90s, then a 100 pitch cut-off seems reasonable. But someone like Fiers who sits in the low-90s and is more of a command pitcher could probably go a bit further than normal.

[TURBO]

Well, that was disgusting... Why not put Segura in as a defensive replacement?

 

If this game gets close, I'm going to puke in a bag and send it to the offending players responsible!

[topper09er]

100 is an arbitrary number that does not correlate to anything. If we had a base 12 system as a society I'm convinced that an acceptable pitch count would 144 (in base 10)

[TURBO]

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!*

 

Man do I hate our bull pen. So predictably bad...

 

EDIT: Of course, the error at 2nd base is the reason for the runs being scored...

[Bombers]

Well, that was disgusting... Why not put Segura in as a defensive replacement?

Yes. He should. When we are ahead in the 7th / 8th inning. Weeks should be replaced by Scooter, Herrera should be replaced Jean, and Davis should be replaced by Gerardo. In this game, Weeks isn't playing and Parra is already in for Braun.

[bm1090]

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!*

 

Man do I hate our bull pen. So predictably bad...

 

EDIT: Of course, the error at 2nd base is the reason for the runs being scored...

 

Without being able to see the game, was this really on the bullpen? Was Herrera's error pretty routine?

[TURBO]

HR!

 

Nothing wrong with a little insurance Mark Reynolds!