9/11/2004 - Milwaukee (Santos) vs. Cincinnati (Hudson)

[tyguy20204]

Milwaukee (Santos) vs. Cincinnati (Hudson)

 

Yost is really starting to anger me. As I said in last night's thread, I wouldn't mind seeing him lose his job.

 

 MILWAUKEE AT CINCINNATI -- LINEUPS MILWAUKEE CINCINNATI AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Scott Podsednik CF .252 11 35 Felipe Lopez 3B .254 5 22 Bill Hall 2B .251 9 51 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B .265 10 56 Lyle Overbay 1B .310 14 77 Sean Casey 1B .334 23 90 Geoff Jenkins LF .262 22 79 Adam Dunn LF .268 41 87 Brady Clark RF .271 6 38 Austin Kearns RF .218 5 19 Russell Branyan 3B .242 8 20 Wily Mo Pena CF .259 24 60 Gary Bennett C .229 3 19 Corky Miller C .000 0 1 Craig Counsell SS .238 2 22 Andy Machado SS .250 0 0 Victor Santos RHP .061 0 0 Luke Hudson RHP .111 0 1 (10-9, 4.25) (2-1, 2.96)

[MassBrew]

Watching this one on MLB.com -- because no network in either Cincinnati or Milwaukee is doing the actual broadcast, MLB.com (and the Reds' cameramen and producers, I imagine) provide the video feed, including instant replay. The only difference is the video includes no graphics. It's actually nice to watch the game on a full screen without all the clutter, like it used to be. Imagine letting the announcers (Ueck and Powell, in my case) letting you know the count. And yes, there is life without pitch speed.

[batman]

Hmm. Couple things:

 

1> No Krynzel. Yost had indicated he would start either last night or tonight, or at least that's how Bill and Daron characterized it, so it is unfortunate that this isn't happening. Like I said last night, I don't understand why so much importance is being placed on not finishing last. Sure, that would be nice... but I don't think it should trump other goals (like getting playing time for players who the organization needs to evaluate for next year).

 

2> Hall second. Why? It really doesn't make any sense at all, and while it isn't that important in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't speak well to the competency of the field manager.

 

3> No Magruder. He's gotten only one start this month, a lot less than the two or three times a week Yost had slotted him for. Why?

 

EDIT: Interesting, MB. I saw that the game wasn't being televised and was wondering how MLB.tv was going to broadcast it. Sounds cool... I might buy a day pass and watch it tomorrow - depends on how this one turns out, I guess. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

~Bill

[tyguy20204]

So batman, did Beane make that grammatical error in his quote?

 

 

 

 

http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[950opsLHcatcher]

Well, this game is over.

 

Power 50 in a few hours.

[batman]

Well that was nice... Adam Dunn is good.

 

Not sure what you mean, tyguy... enlighten me?

 

~Bill

[Monty]

batman, I think he means the last word, dominate, does not sound right.

[950opsLHcatcher]

Not sure what you mean, tyguy... enlighten me?

 

pitchers who take hitters out of the strike zone are dominate

 

?

[MassBrew]

See, without the graphics reminding you of the score every moment, this game doesn't look so bad.

 

Anybody else nervous about penciling in Victor into next year's rotation?

[batman]

Thanks, Monty. I think you're right... should be "dominant."

 

Time for a new signature anyway. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

Thanks for pointing that out, tyguy.

 

~Bill

[950opsLHcatcher]

Anybody else nervous about penciling in Victor into next year's rotation?

 

You read my mind. I was just about to post something to that effect. He's OK, but he's hardly consistent with his pitches, and might well turn out to be one of those failed-starter-turned-good-reliever types.

[tyguy20204]

This is lousy.

 

Why didn't Krynzel start, again?

[tomwopat]

brewerfan.net gets the plug!

[batman]

Considering we're losing 8-0, wouldn't this be a fine time to give David Krynzel and Chris Magruder a few innings in the outfield and a couple of at-bats? Do Podsednik, Jenkins, and Clark have to play the whole game?

 

Boo.

 

~Bill

[stkmtimo]

They suck. Santos looked bad. Right now, Davis is the only pitcher (along with Sheets) who looks good. Who talked up Brewerfan.net?

 

Tim

[950opsLHcatcher]

Who talked up Brewerfan.net?

 

Dodgerblues.com.

[tomwopat]

11.1% of all of bill hall's walks this year have occured in this game.

 

15.3% of his career walks have occured in this month so far.

 

could this be a trend?

 

PLEASE?

[batman]

Well, it turns out Krynzel has a problem with his hamstring and so he can't play. How nice. Magruder is now in for Jenkins, so that's good.

 

~Bill

[batman]

EDIT: Not sure what happened there...

 

Anyway, Reds win 9-0. Fun.

 

~Bill

[DHonks]

Sounds like it's been bothering Krynzel for a while, but once again Yost had a reason for his "decision" that brewerfan.net users second-guessed.

 

And I'm not sold on Santos, but it'll be interesting to hear if it's that fingernail problem again

[MassBrew]

I'm kind of trapped in the den here at home, with others, including nieces and such, sleeping over and scattered throughout the house. So I stuck it out by default.

 

But certainly Bob and Jim joked about the number of folks who might be listening in the late innings of this 9-0 debacle.

 

So between weekend fun alternatives, college football, etc. -- any guesses?

 

Across that Brewers radio network, how many folks do you think were tuned in to the very end? Anybody know how many listeners for a "normal" game, let's say in midseason?

 

I'll guess 3,000 of us diehards for tonight's late innings...

[DuWayne Steurer]

3001 Mass. I had it on in the car.