2021-10-12 (NLDS Game #4): Brewers (Lauer) at Braves (Morton) [Brewers lose, 5-4 -- Freeman’s 8th inning HR off Hader breaks tie, and hearts]

[The stache]

Oof.

[PinaMadness]

Maybe their is some truth to Yelich getting tipped off on pitches.

That's my suspicion too.

[Bulldogboy]

If Garcia isn't healthy he should be on the bench. He isn't hitting anyway.

[The stache]

We sure seem to look at a lot of strike threes.

[adambr2]

Rowdy is a strong man. That ball went a long way.

 

Man, that was mean and I was fooled. I figured I was behind and you had me excited for a second.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

This has wonderful, classic, thrilling finish for the other team all over it.

[Joseph Zarr]

Another taken strike 3 right over the plate. Amazing.

[WinkelsasVsSoriano]

Too many strikeouts looking in this series. Looks like everyone is just praying for a walk.

[PinaMadness]

Does Haines not tell them to protect the plate with two strikes?

[jason21nl]

Would be nice to fight off two strike pitches. But no. Continue to watch them.

[Jopal78]

Is it more Yelich's back at this point, or is the knee still bothering him somewhat? I know firsthand how much a broken knee can continue to ache after a bad fracture. But he just looks lost up there.

 

Yeah, he doesn’t run anymore he just limps along with a stiff knee.

[timpep]

Maybe their is some truth to Yelich getting tipped off on pitches.

 

No idea if it's true or not but the last couple of years sure do seem like karma after he jumped on Darvish and said he didn't need to cheat to beat him (or something similar).

[The stache]

Rowdy is a strong man. That ball went a long way.

 

Man, that was mean and I was fooled. I figured I was behind and you had me excited for a second.

 

Haha, sorry about that.

[tomwopat]

Hard for me to ignore the what-ifs around the Brewers having the means to pay for Castellanos instead of Garcia.

[Bulldogboy]

I don't care if it's Haines fault or not we need a new mindset and approach at the pate. Please fire that man.

[Joseph Zarr]

This has wonderful, classic, thrilling finish for the other team all over it.

 

Sadly, this certainly feels like a significant possibility.

[roadcrew3]

I thought Garcia was one of the fastest guys on the team. Looked like he had a small piano on his back trying to run that one out.

 

I don't think he was running that hard...maybe there is an injury there otherwise would piss me off seeing a teammate not busting it down the line in an elimination game on a ball that he could make a close play

[owbc]

The one thing I'll say about Garcia is that he's faster than he looks.

[Pugger]

Garcia is so slow.

 

It wouldn't surprise me if we learn after this season Garcia has been playing hurt.

[WinkelsasVsSoriano]

Let this be like the Bucks-Nets game seven where it felt like they were going to lose but miraculously scratch one out.

[timpep]

Is it more Yelich's back at this point, or is the knee still bothering him somewhat? I know firsthand how much a broken knee can continue to ache after a bad fracture. But he just looks lost up there.

 

Yeah, he doesn’t run anymore he just limps along with a stiff knee.

 

I would say running and swinging are two completely different motions so it's still completely possible. I don't believe the guy forgot how to play over night, if his knee doesn't hurt, or it's not his chronic back pain it's very possibly a mental issue because he's paranoid of reinjury.

[adambr2]

Hard for me to ignore the what-ifs around the Brewers having the means to pay for Castellanos instead of Garcia.

 

Having spent 200M on anything but Christian Yelich would look like a good investment right now.

[MrTPlush]

Maybe their is some truth to Yelich getting tipped off on pitches.

That's my suspicion too.

 

Unlikely. You don’t go from MVP two years (basically) to a pile of trash worse than you were prior to becoming an MVP because you stopped being tipped on pitches.

 

Even if you know the pitch you still have to hit it well. Even if he was getting pitches tipped you can’t tip anywhere near every pitch.

 

Just know way you can become that good under those circumstances.

[chickinbrickin]

Sad, sad display of hitting. It hurts my head watching them take pitches over the plate and swing at trash out of the zone.

[The stache]

Is it more Yelich's back at this point, or is the knee still bothering him somewhat? I know firsthand how much a broken knee can continue to ache after a bad fracture. But he just looks lost up there.

 

Yeah, he doesn’t run anymore he just limps along with a stiff knee.

 

I can run just fine, if I need to. I can't put any torque on my knee. Different kind of stress.