09/28/2004 - Brewers (de la Rosa) at D-Backs (Webb)

[Duff Man21]

So are the Brewers officially worse than a AA team?

[1992casey]

I knew there'd be trouble when Sutton said,

 

"And this game is...........

 

not over yet!"

[jeremyraz]

Well, there can't be too many more ways they can lose, can there?

[Duff Man21]

Well, there can't be too many more ways they can lose, can there?

 

Bad....bad question.

[jwaltz]

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Well, there can't be too many more ways they can lose, can there?

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You have to have known the answer to this before you finished typing the question. To answer you, yes the Brewers have a nack for finding new, interesting, and depressing ways to lose every week. Maybe that should be the marketing slogan for next season. "Come see your Crew lose in ways you never ever imagined!"

[pitchleague]

A few comments:

 

I was at the game last night and tonight and both games the Crew looked just wiped out. Even during BP, there was alot of just standing around and doing nothing.

 

Sheets looked only okay, as it appeared that he hit 94 tops on the gun. An insider informed me that Yost even had given the D-backs two different lineups on Monday--one with and one without Sheets. I didn't see/hear the broadcast so I don't know if they mentioned it on air, but Sheets was definitely not "on".

 

Tonight's game was fun (except the ending--but even that wasn't all that bad, since I'm a D-Back fan, too). Kolb just did not have it tonight. It was evident after one batter. Why Yost didn't pull him sooner is beyond me.

 

De la Rosa looked horrendous in the first inning. Probably worse than it looked on TV.

 

I'm personally sick of seeing Jenkins and Overbay swinging at pitches at their ankles. I've seen enough of that in 2 games.

 

I sat in front of several Brewers Instructional league players during BP tonight. It was fun chatting with them about their future and what a lot of fans expect. Many of them are good guys and I hope they do real well.

[SenatorShriv]

Pitch...

 

I think that there was a minor injury to Sheets that made him questionable before last nights game. ( An injury to his finger? But he was persistent about facing Johnson apparently.)

 

I'm personally sick of seeing Jenkins and Overbay swinging at pitches at their ankles. I've seen enough of that in 2 games.

I agree about Jenkins. But I think that think that the argument saying that Overbay is tired from his first full season is a valid point. As you pointed out, the whole team has lost any sort of enthusiasm (battle grit too!) I don't think that has done anything to help Overbay recover from his slump.

 

I was a fan of Yost when I was convinced that he was motivating players to (as over used and ridiculed as it is) battle and play hard every day. There doesn't seem to be any spark or motivation left however, and the poor game management decisions just seem to pile up...

[hawing]

I think that game was a test. If that uglyfest doesn't scare off Mr. Attanasio, nothing will.