09/18/2004 - Brewers (Glover) at Astros (Munro)

[batman]

09/18/2004 - Brewers (Glover) at Astros (Munro)

 

Sheets vs. Oswalt, Glover vs. Munro. We sure are blessed with some incredible pitching matchups this series... I'm not sure which one is more compelling - I gotta give the nod to Gary versus Pete, though, I think. I mean, it's Glover versus Munro!

 

No local TV again. Go team.

 

~Bill

[batman]

Standard operating procedure.

 MILWAUKEE HOUSTON AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Scott Podsednik CF .245 11 35 Craig Biggio LF .287 22 57 Keith Ginter 2B .239 14 44 Carlos Beltran CF .258 23 50 Lyle Overbay 1B .307 14 79 Jeff Bagwell 1B .269 24 79 Geoff Jenkins LF .262 24 83 Lance Berkman RF .316 27 97 Brady Clark RF .272 7 41 Jeff Kent 2B .288 22 98 Russell Branyan 3B .259 10 23 Mike Lamb 3B .297 14 58 Craig Counsell SS .234 2 22 Jose Vizcaino SS .274 3 31 Gary Bennett C .224 3 20 Brad Ausmus C .251 5 31 Gary Glover RHP .000 0 0 Pete Munro RHP .074 0 1 (1-0, 4.70) (4-6, 5.28) 

I wonder if Dave Krynzel is healthy, yet. I doubt he'd play anyway, 'cause that would seriously jeopardize the integrity of the playoff race.

 

~Bill

[tomwopat]

will the brewers clinch the #6 draft pick?

[brewmann04]

yes that what i hoping for

[950opsLHcatcher]

will the brewers clinch the #6 draft pick?

 

I'm still hoping for #4.

 

We can do it!

[edod]

I thought this game was supposed to be on ESPN2? All I see is college football.

[edod]

Nevermind, that's tomorrow.

 

Blah.

[tomwopat]

*** is donnelly doing sending the slowest player to score?

[MassBrew]

Watching on MLB.com...

 

Gary Bennett is the slowest human being on earth!

 

Bases loaded, one out in the first, nothing!

 

A gift error in the second, Bennett out at home. You'd have to see him chugging to believe it -- Ueck is in utter disbelief.

 

This is Bad News Bears sad...

[DHonks]

I just got confused by the gameday. What a sad 2nd

[MassBrew]

Donnelly's choice looked fine.

 

I swear I saw Bennett almost come to a stop preparing for the slide, huffing and puffing.

 

Geez, maybe we can bring Ted Simmons out of retirement.

[davego]

This season is starting to numb my mind.

 

I'm making the trek on Thursday. Going to be me, a buddy of mine and lots of old people wandering around.

[MassBrew]

Ugh -- the bunt defense has been ugly all season -- Overbay comes in so wildly, he's all over the place.

[DHonks]

Mass, who is slower, Moeller or Bennett? I guess I had Moeller in the elite class with Julio Franco, Carlos Baerga, and Eddie Perez.

[MassBrew]

Wow, so quiet for a very "happening" top and bottom of the fifth inning.

 

That's what's sad, is we'd probably have a true game thread and some chat room action if / when the team was in contention.

 

Can't blame folks for finding other things to do on a Saturday night....

[DHonks]

Pods on base not once, not twice, but thrice thus far

[MassBrew]

That was an incredible collision at the plate with Pods -- Ausmus really looks like he could have a concussion, I'd be shocked if he remains in the game.

 

Has Rich Donnelly had more men thrown out at home in September than he had the rest of the year prior?

[bullox]

Overbay has two doubles so far, giving him 48 on the season, just one shy of Robin Yount's team record of 49 in 1980.

[DHonks]

Has Rich Donnelly had more men thrown out at home in September than he had the rest of the year prior?

 

I'm pretty sure Mass. I never had thought of Bonds, Berkman, or Beltran as having great arms. Still, besides the finish of last night's game, the rest were out because of perfect throws. When you can't score runs, you need to take some chances

[MassBrew]

Diving catch by Clark was even better than Ueck described -- great sprawl, took every inch of him coming in towards the line.

[MassBrew]

Even down a run, this game has been very entertaining -- a reminder that the game can still overcome the season-long status of the club you're rooting for.

[DHonks]

and Ueck sure was excited, too.

 

Hey Mass, who was the pregame guest, anyone exciting?

[batman]

This has been another pretty sweet game... great series, so far, at least in terms of enjoyability.

 

How does it impact the integrity of the playoff race when we take out both of the Astros' catchers on successive days? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

EDIT: Beat me to the punch on the enjoyability factor, MB. It has been fun, though, hasn't it? Now if we could just inch out a win...

 

~Bill

[DHonks]

first off, good to see Branyan with a hit.

 

Secondly, isn't Hendrickson scheduled to pitch early next week?

 

Finally, congrats that on this slow evening, we are on page 2 of the thread, potentially able to reach #3

[batman]

Lil' Ben is going to start one of the games against St. Louis, as is De La Rosa.

 

And agreed re: the game thread... I wonder what percentage of the WTMJ/radio network audience is currently on brewerfan? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

~Bill