2014-09-06 Cardinals (Lynn) at Brewers (Lohse), 6:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 5-3]

[adambr2]

Lohse pulled after 79 pitches. On a related note, if anyone finds a misplaced copy of Managing for Beginners, please return it to the Brewers dugout.

 

I'm not normally a defender of Roenicke but,

 

You've got the bases loaded with 2 out and have been struggling to score runs. Lohse has not pitched particularly well today anyway. You've got expanded rosters with plenty of extra help.

 

It was a no-brainer to make the move for the PH in potentially a decisive moment of the game.

 

 

I think he was being sarcastic/showing surprise that Roenicke deviated from his normal routine.

 

Doh. Don't know how I missed that.

[adambr2]

Braun sucks. We pay the guy to be our star, and he's been nothing but a choke artist lately.

[TGOTJ]

I think Braun needs to seriously consider surgery in the off season if there's a chance that it will fix his thumb. Because the many months he had over the suspension/offseason haven't been the solution.

[pacopete4]

I miss Ryan Braun the game changer. He was so fun to watch.

[BraunyBoy08]

Can we get Lucroy in here at least please?

[BraunyBoy08]

OOOOOOO

[Bombers]

Sedar should have waved Overbay to 3rd - he could have made it - blue

[Vgmastr]

Runner on 3rd, 2 out, all we need is a base hit to bring it within a run and we send up the guy with a .198 average.

[BraunyBoy08]

Why not save Reynolds for the 8th or 9th? we need base hits right now

[TURBO]

Why Reynolds? Why, why why?

[Bombers]

Runner on 3rd, 2 out, all we need is a base hit to bring it within a run and we send up the guy with a .198 average.

Ron digs the long ball. He has no interest in small ball

[DuWayne Steurer]

Reynolds is the guy you bring up when you're down 3 and you have 2 guys on and you need a 3 run dinger. Not the guy you bring up int the 6th when you just need a base hit. Even my son just now is like "We just need a base hit here? Why is he using Reynolds???"

 

Watching Roenicke manage is maddening.

[pebadger]

RR is a believer in the power of reverse analytics.

[folly412]

Gorzelanny has given up one earned run and is averaging more than one strikeout per inning. Is his arm taped on or has he developed crippling anxiety in high leverage situations that would explain why he has only pitched 19.2 innings in almost three months, much of those meaningless?

[Bombers]

Good news is we get to clear our 3 hole for a run at it in the 8th/9th

[pebadger]

Hey, another opportunity to strand a runner in scoring position!

[AZBrewCrew]

Sigh. This game was winnable too

[AZBrewCrew]

Way to work the count guys with the game on the line

[jjgott]

[pebadger]

This is old-school Brewer stuff here. Celebrating 1000 hit milestones while others are frying much bigger fish.

 

It's sad that in just over 10 days the magic number watch has turned into an E# watch.

[brewmann04]

well that one game winning streak was hugh .

[The stache]

Games like this one are precisely why I want Ron Roenicke gone. I have nothing against Ron Roenicke the man. He's actually quite likeable. And, I think he genuinely cares for his team. But, he just makes bad decisions, time and time again. And this team, while it is talented, is not so good that it can overcome the mistakes we make because of his managing.

 

I don't know if this team could be improved just by replacing a few coaches. We obviously need a third base coach, because we have Stevie Wonder there now. But I don't know if Ron Roenicke will replace his coaches. He feels a loyalty to them just like Mike McCarthy feels a loyalty to his coaches. But that loyalty clouds his judgement, and season after season ends because the game has passed defensive coordinator Dom Capers by. Well, Ron is guilty of the same. He accepts the status quo, and while this team has outperformed projections, the fact that we were 18 games over, but have lost that, and the lead we had--much of that because of poor baseball fundamentals that could be corrected--should not be lost. This team was good enough to beat every other team to 50 wins. That's not a fluke. But when we are not playing at our best, we simply are not good enough to overcome one mistake after another. The Brewers cannot beat a good team in more than one way, and I feel it's high time we correct that.

[Bombers]

I feel the same way stache' ... RRR is a likable person but just makes bad decisions.

[jerichoholicninja]

Ron has been a terrible decision maker (aside from going with KRod at the last minute) for 4 years yet still has a job. Unbelievable.

[pebadger]

There is a real possibiilty that the Brewer team finishes in the bottom half of MLB in terms of record. In fact, they're tied for spots 13-16 in the loss column right now.