6/28/05 Brewers (Davis) @ Cubs (Zambrano) 7:05 CST

[JET15]

Cubs bullpen is ranked 22nd in MLB in OPS against.

 

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Don't give up hope

[rluzinski]

That ump sure like the outside pitch today. Some of those look WAY off the plate. Brewers have NO chance if they have to go fishing.

 

EDIT: O look, Hall then gets ejected after ANOTHER pitch off the plate rings him up.

[brewers19]

Go Billy!!

[bjkrautk]

Looks like Hall will be sitting down for a few games.

[stkmtimo]

Yeah Billy!

[1992casey]

Hall ejected?

[brewers19]

Kinda sad that this is pretty much the only way that JJ will see any playing time.

[rluzinski]

Queue Bill:

 

"That's a tough pitch to take with 2 strikes."

 

WOW, thanks Bill for that kernal of knowledge. I've NEVER heard you say THAT!

[endaround]

Yep. Really quickly

[AJAY]

Give 'em hell Billy.

 

(But please don't get suspended)

[endaround]

Almost as useful as Bill talking about how a hitter is trying to pull the ball too much.

[rluzinski]

Hall 1.0 is starting to show himself a bit offensively and defensively. Fight the urge, Hall!

[1992casey]

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"That's a tough pitch to take with 2 strikes."

 

WOW, thanks Bill for that kernal of knowledge. I've NEVER heard you say THAT!

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Take a drink, everyone!

[endaround]

Sandy Alderson's replacement needs to be found and soon. And his name is not Laurel.

[stkmtimo]

I wanna go nuts everytime I see Zambrano's ugly mug.

[rluzinski]

Helms apparently got the start based on a sample size of 7 AB. He's 0-2 today, but Sutton says the 4-9 shows that he "handles" Zambrano.

 

EDIT: Helms K's on a ball WAYYY outside. He's 4-10 now. I guess, since he's batting .400 against Zam he's still "handling" him.

[AJAY]

That slider is getting nastier as the game goes on.

[Schmidlap]

Helms couldn't have looked any worse in that at bat.....Somebody please pick up that slider and lay off it!

[stkmtimo]

Does it scare anyone that the only two hits we have are from Lyle Overbay and Doug Davis? At this point, we should start Doug at 3rd whenever he's not pitching against Zambrano!

[rluzinski]

The TV guys made a good point (crazy, I know). The Ump was very professional about the Hall boot. He kicked him out right away, let him yell a bit and just stood there. Classy. Not like SOME umps that cause confrontations.

[ja002h]

Wow, huge dp.

[stkmtimo]

Nice, heads-up baseball by Rickie.

[stkmtimo]

If the ump is relying on that outside called strike, Zambrano should have been gone just then.

[chowyo123]

What else could Wes Helms have done? The ump woulda called it a strike anyways.

 

Is anyone else a little tired of calm Ned? He never seems to back up his players.

 

Is Fielder still up here? I haven't heard if he's been sent down yet. If he's still here, it would have been nice to see him pinch hit instead of Durrington..

[AJAY]

I hope Prince is getting loose.