2016-05-08 Brewers (Guerra) at Reds (Lamb), 12:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 5-4]

[MrTPlush]

And that should about wrap up any doubts on Lucroy's bat.

 

If there ever was. He has been hitting incredibly well for his standards this early in a season. Just wait till he heats up in June/July, yikes.

 

Scared the crap out of me last night when he took that foul ball straight in the mask...

 

It could happen just that easily, one more concussion makes him damaged goods, which is why I am all for trading him as soon as the right offer comes down the pipe...

 

That is the only concern with Luc. He is one of the best offensive catchers when healthy...but another concussion would be bad.

[MrTPlush]

WOW...Lucroy with a good throw to 2nd? Amazing.

 

Hope scouts were in attendance today!

[1992casey]

Great throw by Luc and a great tag by Hill. First CS for Hamilton on the season.

[topper09er]

This is why instant replay sucks. You can never be excited by calls on the field, everything is wait and take another look. And now a default challenge because the game ended, this sucks.

[MrTPlush]

This is why instant replay sucks. You can never be excited by calls on the field, everything is wait and take another look. And now a default challenge because the game ended, this sucks.

 

You know what sucks worse? When they get the call wrong.

[brewmann04]

Great job by luc keep it up.

[topper09er]

This is why instant replay sucks. You can never be excited by calls on the field, everything is wait and take another look. And now a default challenge because the game ended, this sucks.

 

You know what sucks worse? When they get the call wrong.

 

I disagree, they get the call wrong all the time, it doesn't make a difference. Why do you watch baseball if not for entertainment? Instant replay always devolves into nit picky crap being challenged and wasting everyone time. If it was truly there only for obvious bad calls that would be fine, but its not.

 

They should change it so that if the defense challenges and is wrong, the pitcher must be removed. If the offense challenges and is wrong the player involved in the play must leave the game. Then they would only review egregious mistakes, not every 1/8" inch at the expense of almost all excitement after every close call.

[brewmann04]

I just wonder if they will be getting offers from other teams soon

[MrTPlush]

They should change it so that if the defense challenges and is wrong, the pitcher must be removed. If the offense challenges and is wrong the player involved in the play must leave the game.

 

That doesn't sound entertaining.

[MrTPlush]

I just wonder if they will be getting offers from other teams soon

 

I wish, but that just isn't how things work. No team will pull the trigger this soon. Though a lot of teams might start framework for a potential deal.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I honestly think this team has a pretty good shot to get the #1 pick if this kind of pitching continues. If we were to trade Lucroy, Braun, and Carter maybe the people claiming we have a shot at the worst record in franchise history aren't that crazy.

 

I mean we are getting slapped around by the Reds on a daily basis(pitching wise)

 

They might have a shot at losing 100 games, but they'd have a REALLY hard time being worse than the Braves....

 

I mean the offense is pretty shotty as it is. I can't fathom a Braun/Lucroy/Carter-less offense with this pitching staff.

 

If you take the top 3 hitters from any team they wouldn't be very good. But scooter, Santana and villar have been servicable. Neiuwinhuis and Presley have been decent in small samples. Hill has started to come around. Everyone is contributing lately, and the team is scoring runs.

[adambr2]

Replay isn't perfect, but it's better than getting the calls wrong, I agree. Regardless, it's here to stay, just like in every other sport. We have the technology to get the calls right.

 

I wouldn't be in favor of penalizing for failed challenges, but I do agree some reviews are unnecessarily long. If you can't tell in 30 seconds, to me, it's not conclusive.

[jerichoholicninja]

I don't care why they wore them but the pink tinged uniforms are the ugliest load of crap I've ever seen and whichever marketing genius thought it up should be fired.

[MrTPlush]

I don't care why they wore them but the pink tinged uniforms are the ugliest load of crap I've ever seen and whichever marketing genius thought it up should be fired.

 

All of the event uniforms are disaster this year. So ugly.

[FVBrewerFan]

This is why instant replay sucks. You can never be excited by calls on the field, everything is wait and take another look. And now a default challenge because the game ended, this sucks.

 

IR ruins the excitement of great plays. Great TD catch...but wait for IR. What a throw from RF to nail a guy at the plate! Well, no, maybe, wait a few minutes to see.

 

That's not how sports should be, it's about seeing things and reacting real time. IR ruins the excitement, not worth a wrong call here and there.

[adambr2]

Tell that to Andres Gallaraga. Or wait til someone loses the World Series on a botched call.

 

Replay doesn't hurt drama and excitement. If anything, it adds to it.

 

Everyone remembers Rodgers hitting Janis with a Hail Mary and Janis snagging it between 2 defenders. I don't think anyone really cares that they reviewed it.

[DuWayne Steurer]

A play being exciting shouldn't be trumped by the play being called correctly.

[1992casey]

Replay doesn't hurt drama and excitement. If anything, it adds to it.

 

Yeah, fans have the opportunity to be excited twice.

 

We had members clamoring for replay for years. I was pretty skeptical. But since it's been implemented, for the most part, I've been happy with it. The tweak that I think is needed is getting rid of the ones that last four minutes. Two minutes ought to be plenty of time.

 

A cool bonus is that fans have the opportunity to see close plays on the stadium video boards. That didn't work out well before calls could be overturned.

[FVBrewerFan]

Yea, I know I'm in the extreme minority. I don't pretend to tell others how they should feel, as there's no right or wrong answer. Most like it, I don't. Honestly, I think it actually works better in MLB than it does in the NFL. Way too many situations where you can't even us it, they still get the call wrong too often, and often times it takes too long.

 

As for MLB, what has the biggest effect on a game? Ball/strike calls. And that can't be reviewed. I would be fine with it if limited to playoffs, where one wrong call could cost a team a series. But in the course of a 162 game season, any bad calls are likely to even out.