2019-07-07: Brewers (Anderson) at Pirates (Musgrove) [Brewers lose, 6-5]

[Eye Black]

Anything but a double play here Manny.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Anderson was not taken out during the rain delay. Claudio had pitched an inning before the delay.

 

D'oh, you're right. My bad.

 

Only thing I can figure was they didn't want Chase to got through the order a third time, and were looking to cash in a run. Probably not a great move in retrospect. Sorry BC92.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Anderson was not taken out during the rain delay. Claudio had pitched an inning before the delay.

 

It had already been raining steady at that point for a while. It was pretty inevitable the game was going to get halted. Getting an ab for Anderson's spot wasn't a bad call. (Imo)

[Eye Black]

Anderson was not taken out during the rain delay. Claudio had pitched an inning before the delay.

 

It had already been raining steady at that point for a while. It was pretty inevitable the game was going to get halted. Getting an ab for Anderson's spot wasn't a bad call. (Imo)

I also thought it was more about trying to anticipate the rain delay and getting a pinch hitter into Anderson’s spot (which was Arcia).

[HarveysWBs]

I don’t understand all this talk about who you would rather be. People talk like the Brewers are a moribund franchise. They have a few holes after some things didn’t pan out this year. But apart from Braun, there are no albatross contracts on the roster. Players can bounce back or grow, and some holes can be addressed in the offseason. The Cardinals, meanwhile, have some bad contracts and haven’t been strong contenders for years, despite all our mental scarring about them being the boogeyman.

 

For the rest of the division, it is rather silly to remove this topic from context—which is what it took to get where all these teams are now. The Cubs are looking like paper tigers, and sure, they won their title, but now they are saddled by a litany of questionable contracts, especially for pitchers. We talk about the spending advantage of the Cubs, but big deals to Hayward and Darvish especially look like handicaps not advantages. All of this brings me to my main point: the Cubs’ success—and the talent, such as it is, of the Reds and Pirates—owe mainly to years of absolutely woeful products on the field during prolonged rebuilds. This is the most important context which the “who would you rather be right now?” question ignores. I’d rather not be a fan of a franchise that milks the fan base for years while not even trying to field a competitive club, all while lying about how it was the only way to build a contender. And we know it is a lie, because we saw the proof in 2017 and 2018. The Brewers/Stearns method, call it an abbreviated tear down, or accelerated rebuild, or “not putting limits on the team” kept the lean years to a minimum, netted an MVP caliber player and the most wins in the league last year. I’d much rather see that than the hell the Cubs, Reds, and Pirates fans lived under recently.

 

Put me down as still being proud of these Brewers. I wouldn’t be nearly as proud of any of those other clubs, and it isn’t even close.

[wildcat83]

When your starter is rolling > DONT take him out after the 4th inning, with a slumping bullpen.

 

Again, he was taken out because there was a rain delay. It was the smart move. Crappy luck for the Brewers and Anderson, but sometimes it just happens.

 

Can't do much about the rain unless you have a retractable roof or a dome... Counsell was in a bad spot NOT of his making... made the best call he could.

 

Again, he wasn’t pulled during the delay.

 

Counsel might say he pulled him for a PH knowing rain was coming and wanted offense in case the game was called.

 

Claudio pitched prior to the delay.

[Eye Black]

Did he pull his foot from the bag??

 

Edit: Doesn’t look like it.

[PinaMadness]

I would think you'd have to send Saladino at some point and stay out of the DP

[PinaMadness]

I would think you'd have to send Saladino at some point and stay out of the DP

Too late.

[jason21nl]

Heck of a call by the first base ump

[mtrebs]

Need a straight on view to really see if his foot came off

[Eye Black]

This one really stinks.

 

Unfortunately a second consecutive year of spending the All-Star break not feeling so great about Brewers baseball.

[PinaMadness]

Thanks Guerra. At least we got the salvage game on Friday.

[mtrebs]

Wow, 7-16 to finish off the first half? I knew it was bad, but didn’t realize it was that bad.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Dang! Well ... gotta recharge the batteries during the break. Come out firing next Friday. They are fortunate to only be a 1/2 game back. It is anyone's division right now.

[wildcat83]

Anderson was not taken out during the rain delay. Claudio had pitched an inning before the delay.

 

It had already been raining steady at that point for a while. It was pretty inevitable the game was going to get halted. Getting an ab for Anderson's spot wasn't a bad call. (Imo)

 

I get that train of thought, but it was being talked about like it was switched because of the delay.

 

I don’t agree with it because of the state of our pen and it being a day game. They were going to finish it. Let Chase pitch to the delay. If it was a night game where rain had a better chance of ending it early then I would agree with it.

[rondoman]

How the hell does Yelich not get an ab there instead of Pina?

[willie key]

That ends a disappointing first half

[rondoman]

Oh nevermind. Didnt know he was hurt.

[willie key]

How the hell does Yelich not get an ab there instead of Pina?

He’s hurt

[PinaMadness]

I could use four days off from the Brewers.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I could use four days off from the Brewers.

 

I think we all could. Things are pretty snarky around here. Hopefully things start anew on Friday.

[willie key]

Anderson was not taken out during the rain delay. Claudio had pitched an inning before the delay.

 

It had already been raining steady at that point for a while. It was pretty inevitable the game was going to get halted. Getting an ab for Anderson's spot wasn't a bad call. (Imo)

 

I get that train of thought, but it was being talked about like it was switched because of the delay.

 

I don’t agree with it because of the state of our pen and it being a day game. They were going to finish it. Let Chase pitch to the delay. If it was a night game where rain had a better chance of ending it early then I would agree with it.

 

It would have been one more inning no matter what. It wasn’t THAT big of a deal. My guess is Guerra pitches no matter what and he’s bad

[82brewcrew82]

I don’t understand all this talk about who you would rather be. People talk like the Brewers are a moribund franchise. They have a few holes after some things didn’t pan out this year. But apart from Braun, there are no albatross contracts on the roster. Players can bounce back or grow, and some holes can be addressed in the offseason. The Cardinals, meanwhile, have some bad contracts and haven’t been strong contenders for years, despite all our mental scarring about them being the boogeyman.

 

For the rest of the division, it is rather silly to remove this topic from context—which is what it took to get where all these teams are now. The Cubs are looking like paper tigers, and sure, they won their title, but now they are saddled by a litany of questionable contracts, especially for pitchers. We talk about the spending advantage of the Cubs, but big deals to Hayward and Darvish especially look like handicaps not advantages. All of this brings me to my main point: the Cubs’ success—and the talent, such as it is, of the Reds and Pirates—owe mainly to years of absolutely woeful products on the field during prolonged rebuilds. This is the most important context which the “who would you rather be right now?” question ignores. I’d rather not be a fan of a franchise that milks the fan base for years while not even trying to field a competitive club, all while lying about how it was the only way to build a contender. And we know it is a lie, because we saw the proof in 2017 and 2018. The Brewers/Stearns method, call it an abbreviated tear down, or accelerated rebuild, or “not putting limits on the team” kept the lean years to a minimum, netted an MVP caliber player and the most wins in the league last year. I’d much rather see that than the hell the Cubs, Reds, and Pirates fans lived under recently.

 

Put me down as still being proud of these Brewers. I wouldn’t be nearly as proud of any of those other clubs, and it isn’t even close.

This franchise has seen one World Series in it's history. One, and there have been plenty of extended periods of comically futile ineptitide. This franchise is the definition of hell as far as sports franchises go. I would gladly lose 100 games fora few years if it meant a world series win.

[adambr2]

After seeing Guerra put every pitch on a tee 2 days ago, not exactly shocking to see he was a dumpster fire today.