2021-09-11: Brewers (Burnes) at Indians (Plesac) [Brewers win, 3-0 -- Burnes (8 IP) & Hader (1 IP) combine for NO HITTER]

[FidoMcCokefiend]

Would have sent Burnes out for ninth.

 

No hitter is cool regardless.

 

33 games over. Single digit magic number.

 

All is great man.

[82brewcrew82]

Magic number down by two tonight.

[Baldkin]

And? How does that disprove my point? Most teams have worse attendance? Badgers were sold out week 1, Bucks were sold out with thousands of people outside. And everyone was talking about them. That's buzz. Maybe, probably, that will build as the Brewers march through the playoffs but it's not there now.

The Badgers have like 6 games at home each year... The Bucks have half as many regular season games to fill as the Brewers and their arena holds less than half as many people as AFF... and you're referencing all the people outside the arena during the playoffs compared to regular season baseball games... these are not good comparisons.

 

The Bucks didn't go to full capacity until the conference semi finals vs the Nets. They also seat 16,000. It is ridiculous to compare a that to a weekend regular season series against the Cards.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Magic number down by two tonight.

 

At this pace, it is very possible that the division could be clinched by sometime next weekend. After that, I couldn't care less what the Reds do. In fact, I wouldn't mind them sneaking in and grabbing a Wild Card spot, as they'd be taking it from an actual good team. The Cardinals are pretty bad this year, but that possible Cardinals playoff juju still scares me.

[82brewcrew82]

MLB.com home page sure looks like the Brewers threw a no hitter tonight.

[AdvantageSchneider]

 

We have witnessed a complete game shutout, a walk off grand slam, and a no hitter in the past week. This team is so freaking special

 

I don't know about you but Vogelbach's walk off grand slam was ruined for me because he didn't call his shot before he hit it.

[82brewcrew82]

Magic number down by two tonight.

 

At this pace, it is very possible that the division could be clinched by sometime next weekend. After that, I couldn't care less what the Reds do. In fact, I wouldn't mind them sneaking in and grabbing a Wild Card spot, as they'd be taking it from an actual good team. The Cardinals are pretty bad this year, but that possible Cardinals playoff juju still scares me.

I think we start to see some short starts and "Sunday" lineups from here on out. Time to start getting things lined up to the extent they need to be.

[82brewcrew82]

 

We have witnessed a complete game shutout, a walk off grand slam, and a no hitter in the past week. This team is so freaking special

 

I don't know about you but Vogelbach's walk off grand slam was ruined for me because he didn't call his shot before he hit it.

It wasn't really a walk off grand slam because he didn't start the game.

[82brewcrew82]

MLB.com home page sure looks like the Brewers threw a no hitter tonight.

CBS Sports home page as well. I'm starting to think they did actually throw a no hitter tonight.

[FVBrewerFan]

We really comparing the Bucks to the Brewers? Lol

 

All the people outside were just there to get drunk and be trendy. Once Giannis is gone and the Bucks are back to being irrelevant no one will care about them. Heck, if they don’t make another finals it will only take a couple years.

 

One of the biggest moments in franchise history and people are trying to be negative and flex weird takes

 

Trendy, yes. That's what real buzz is, when casual fans or even non-fans become interested and jump on the bandwagon. That's what happened during the last couple playoff runs. Everyone's talking about attendance, but it's more than that. Like I said, that will probably change after they start winning in the playoffs, but it's just not there yet.

[markedman5]

Rowdy re-aggravated an injury that has bothered him earlier in season according to CC…..he will get an MRI tomorrow.

[Dragonbait]

Think 90s Braves.. winning tends to become common and expected.

 

For the casual fan, after 5 straight playoff years, itll take a WS appearance to get them really excited now.

[FVBrewerFan]

Think 90s Braves.. winning tends to become common and expected.

 

For the casual fan, after 5 straight playoff years, itll take a WS appearance to get them really excited now.

 

I do think this is a big part of it. Playoffs? Nothing new anymore. World Series on the other hand...

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

People can certainly feel how they want. Enjoy it (or don't) your own way.

 

For me:

 

Burnes was dominant. Threw 90 percent of a no-no with one walk and 14 Ks. What!? That is incredible. The fact that Harder finished the last 10 percent and made it an official no-hitter is icing on the cake.

 

The no-hitter is a cool achievement, but it also involves luck and is relative. CC didn't get one because of a silly scoring decision. AJ Burnett once threw one with 9 walks! That is way less impressive than Burnes, even if he threw 129 pitches and finished the ninth.

 

This is a VERY LEGIT no-no based on SP performance. Everything is relative. Some single-guy no-hitters are more impressive, sure, but some are less. This team is for real and a boatload of fun. I'm going to watch this again and again. I was 1 the last time this happened. Failure is baseball's norm. I will hang on to every success.

[yfinn6]

It's just a strange time to come onto a message board and say you don't like the product.

[mtrebs]

I know ticket demand is down this year. I haven’t been able to utilize my 10-pack this season and it’s been a struggle to sell out tickets is StubHub. We actually ate one set of tickets that we had priced at half the face value for Club level tickets. I’m guessing it’s mostly due to COVID and probably a little due to the Brewers being good for multiple years now so making the postseason is now the “norm”.

 

The Brewers are going to win the World Series this year so you’ll be seeing some big crowds in a month and a half.

 

BTW, pulling Burnes was the right call, regardless of how you feel about combined no-hitters. They’ve been very careful with limiting the starting pitchers’ pitch counts all season, so to deviate from that now isn’t going to happen.

[brewmann04]

I think it’s time to rest guys who are a bit dinged to get healthy for the big playoffs run also with the arms

[LouisEly]

One of the biggest moments in franchise history and people are trying to be negative and flex weird takes

Here I was thinking I would come home to a big celebration on BF.net of the Brewers throwing any kind of no hitter (*officially) for the first time in 34 years.

 

If combined no-hitters aren't anything special, how come the Brewers hadn't had one in the history of the franchise?

[AdvantageSchneider]

The Brewers no hit the Indians!

 

Brewerfanet posters: "Yeah with two pitchers, pffff"

 

[Fear The Chorizo]

If combined no-hitters aren't anything special, how come the Brewers hadn't had one in the history of the franchise?

 

The simple answer to that is up until the last season or two, if a starter had a no-no going he wasn't coming out of the game no matter what his pitch count was until he gave up a hit.

 

The only opportunities for something like this previously would have been games delayed by weather long enough for a starter to give way for relievers to finish the game.

 

I'm not discrediting this no hitter for the Brewers as a team by any means...but it just will have that disclaimer with it on Burnes' resume that he didn't get all 27 outs, and I wish he would have been given that chance.

[yfinn6]

One of the biggest moments in franchise history and people are trying to be negative and flex weird takes

Here I was thinking I would come home to a big celebration on BF.net of the Brewers throwing any kind of no hitter (*officially) for the first time in 34 years.

 

If combined no-hitters aren't anything special, how come the Brewers hadn't had one in the history of the franchise?

 

To be fair, it was only really one poster.

[A Swing and A Drive]

How many of you thought/think Madison Bumgarner's 7 inning no hitter should count?? I for one don't, it was 7 innings...I feel the same way about a "combined" no hitter. Everything now is about pitch counts, it's ridiculous.

 

As far as having a bigger picture in mind(A world series), you can't have both?? Corbin pitching a no hitter and the brewers winning the World series?? I agree with others who say, I want to see the statistical evidence that allowing Corbin to throw another 10-15 pitches diminishes their WS chances one iota.

 

This is my thoughts exactly.

 

With that being said, this team is special and it was still something the team hasn't accomplished in 34 years.

That's like half a lifetime fellas. Enjoy it.

[Sixtofan]

unbelievable, the Brewers have a no hitter for the first time since 1987, the second time ever - and people are complaining. I had tears in my eyes. I wasn’t able to see Nieves’ gem, listened to it on the radio at work. Was afraid I would never see a Brewers no hitter. This is a great night.

[PeaveyFury]

 

Trendy, yes. That's what real buzz is, when casual fans or even non-fans become interested and jump on the bandwagon.

 

But that didn't really happen for the Bucks this year until the Nets series in the playoffs. I highly doubt that for the fan that hasn't gotten engaged in the Brewers as of this point, the difference between a no-hitter and a combined no-hitter would be the thing that prevents them from or causes them to get engaged with the team, IMO.

[nate82]

If you would have asked during the first month and a half of the season who would get no hit more the Brewers or the Indians. I think you would have the majority voting for the Brewers.

 

Kind of amazing how far this teams hitting has come since then.