Game Thread (4/9/2022): Brewers (Woodruff) at Cubs (Steele) - 1:20 PM CDT

[yourout]

You just know Steele is going to get lit up in his next start.

Probably won't last 4 innings.

[HarryDoyle]

And there it is.

[NBBrewFan]

  On 4/9/2022 at 9:20 PM, yourout said:

You just know Steele is going to get lit up in his next start.

Probably won't last 4 innings.

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Do they play the Cardinals next?  Then it's a certainty.

[yourout]

  On 4/9/2022 at 9:15 PM, brewers888 said:

Maybe just maybe its true that Haines sucks and that this lineup is trash. This offense failed the team down the stretch and in the playoffs yet Stearns did nothing to improve it.

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I wanted Haines gone and i willing to give the new guys some time to fix the mess.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Ugh ... all this is doing is prolonging this crapfest.

[markedman5]

Well that was predictable……..

[CheezWizHed]

  On 4/9/2022 at 9:14 PM, HarryDoyle said:

I'm sure the Cubs will retaliate by hitting our best hitter as soon as they figure out who that is.

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Well now we know...

[yourout]

When you hit that many guys in one game there's going to be retaliation whether they're intentional or not.

[HarryDoyle]

  On 4/9/2022 at 9:25 PM, CheezWizHed said:

Well now we know...

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Cutch was my first guess so I'm not surprised at all.

[NBBrewFan]

If a player is ejected for throwing at another, they should give the next pitcher zero warmup tosses.  Just start throwing.

[adambr2]

The good news is now with having two hitting coaches, they each only need to shoulder 50% of the blame for this putrid offense. 

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

  On 4/9/2022 at 9:30 PM, adambr2 said:

The good news is now with having two hitting coaches, they each only need to shoulder 50% of the blame for this putrid offense. 

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But which one is going to be the scapegoat/easy target?

[timpep]

  On 4/9/2022 at 9:31 PM, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

But which one is going to be the scapegoat/easy target?

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Why not both?

[NBBrewFan]

  On 4/9/2022 at 9:31 PM, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

But which one is going to be the scapegoat/easy target?

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The one that tells the hitters to watch the first two pitches down the middle of the plate then swing at anything after that.

[brewers888]

  On 4/9/2022 at 9:31 PM, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

But which one is going to be the scapegoat/easy target?

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The blame for this offense goes to Stearns since it was obvious to most that we needed to improve the lineup and he flat out failed.

[brewers888]

Luckily this game only counts as one. Lets wake up tomorrow and get things going on the season.

[BruisedCrew]

You know your offense is bad when you’ve hit into almost as many DPs as you have hits. 

[HarryDoyle]

One game closer to 160-2.

[yourout]

Well on the bright side I don't think it could get much worse than this one.

[BruisedCrew]

Cubs are likely to equal or top their 2021 win total against the Brewers by the end of the month. 

[BruisedCrew]

  On 4/9/2022 at 9:51 PM, yourout said:

Well on the bright side I don't think it could get much worse than this one.

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Wait until tomorrow when this offense has to face a good pitcher. 
Peralta struggled in spring training too and we’re seeing that it isn’t as easy as just flipping a switch when the season starts. 

[SomewhereInTime]

  On 4/9/2022 at 9:54 PM, BruisedCrew said:

Wait until tomorrow when this offense has to face a good pitcher. 
Peralta struggled in spring training too and we’re seeing that it isn’t as easy as just flipping a switch when the season starts. 

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As long as it's not a lefty and we don't have to deal with the 0 run platoon lineup.

[Jim French Stepstool]

  On 4/9/2022 at 8:11 PM, Julio Muchacho said:

This being said, this ump is classically giving nothing near the corners. Come on, mahnnnn.

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That's true. But one team is taking advantage of that fact, and the other isn't. Not that it would've made a difference today, but sometimes we expand a strike zone all by ourselves when hitting. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

  On 4/9/2022 at 9:23 PM, yourout said:

I wanted Haines gone and i willing to give the new guys some time to fix the mess.

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I agree. People rail against "change for the sake of change". But, unfair or not, nowhere in the history of this planet has that strategy worked more often than in sports. Let's get Urias back in the fold, get some games under our belt & see what happens. Today stunk, but after the first few innings I thought the quality of most of the AB's was OK on Thursday. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Well, no comeback? That stinks. On to the next. Let's hope Freddy is hot and the bats heat up.