2019-06-09: Pirates (Brault) at Brewers (Anderson) [Brewers win, 5-2 -- Crew completes the sweep; Yelich hits HR #24 & Moose hits HR #20; Anderson mostly cruises; bullpen is excellent once again]

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[adambr2]

Not sure what the heck Yelich went up there looking for.

[wildcat83]

Has the site been down a lot for anyone else?

[OldHeidelberg]

Has the site been down a lot for anyone else?

 

Yeah I think there was/is a DNS issue, going right to brewerfan.net still doesn't bring you here. I couldn't get here for a couple of days.

[John Jahahaha]

Chase looked sharp in the 1st, good to see.

 

Although, does anyone else find it hilarious that he seems to love the same necklaces that I did when I was in 7th grade?

[adambr2]

Well that was a bomb.

[OldHeidelberg]

Oof

[Greenleaf1]

Credit those 2 ER to the umpire, please.

[wildcat83]

One bad pitch is 2 runs when the previous batter walks on strike 3.

[wildcat83]

Good patient AB by Perez.

 

Really need Aguilar to get hot. Hopefully the PH double the other night can be the spring board.

[adambr2]

Arcia has had a nice plate approach lately, but not so much that AB. Got 3 outside corner fastballs and tried to pull every one.

[wildcat83]

This guy is like a left handed Freddy Peralta. Can survive at times with nothing bu 92 mph fastballs.

[BruisedCrew]

One bad pitch is 2 runs when the previous batter walks on strike 3.

 

How much would you love to see how an automated ball/strike caller would compare to what the umps call, and focus on pitches where the calls are different. It doesn’t seem like it would take much for the automatic calls to be better, or at least more consistent. If nothing else it would remove any personal bias that an umpire might have for or against certain hitters and pitchers.

[wildcat83]

One bad pitch is 2 runs when the previous batter walks on strike 3.

 

How much would you love to see how an automated ball/strike caller would compare to what the umps call, and focus on pitches where the calls are different. It doesn’t seem like it would take much for the automatic calls to be better, or at least more consistent. If nothing else it would remove any personal bias that an umpire might have for or against certain hitters and pitchers.

 

Hopefully the minor league trials go well and it’s here sooner than later.

[homer]

Has the site been down a lot for anyone else?

 

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[BruisedCrew]

It’s not often that you see a guy go from carrying the offense on his back, like Aguilar did for awhile the first half of last year, to being a complete dead weight in the order, like he is now. If he got a hit every time he hit the ball hard he’d still have trouble topping the Mendoza line.

[Bulldogboy]

The by product of the Shaw Thames combo and swapping out Keston Hiura is lefties are going to be a problem. Grandal and Moose are going to be quieter and Aguilar is no longer playable. Another right handed option would be huge.

[adambr2]

Unless you are Brandon Woodruff if you are a pitcher and you manage to get into a 3 ball count you should almost always be taking all the way until you either walk or strike out. Anderson just took a wild hack at Ball 4 and it wasn't close to being a strike.

 

Really poor offensive day so far. Brault is the very definition of just a dude, and he'll walk guys if you let him.

[pacopete4]

Cain might need a mysterious 10-day IL trip.

[Bulldogboy]

Cain might need a mysterious 10-day IL trip.

Yep.

[Bulldogboy]

Of course Yelich. Amazing.

[yourout]

Finally bats are walking up.

[adambr2]

Damn it.

[yourout]

That was a textbook definition of a tailor-made double-play.

[Bulldogboy]

That fizzed out fast.