05/26/2004 - Brewers (Capuano) vs. Dodgers (Perez)

[homer]

Way to run yourselves out of an inning, donkeys!

 

Bill James is spinning in his, uh, chair.

[danzig6767]

Amazing

[scoop53714]

Homer I agree. Yost puked again.

 

Man on 2nd and NO outs. You essentially have 3 shots to get a single with Hall, Spivey and Jenks. I dont like the bunt there at all.

 

Win or lose the Brewers should be ashamed of their effort today.

[AJAY]

Hall bunting even though Podsednik is in scoring position?

 

Absolutely ridiculous.

 

They deserve to lose.

[7rebmun]

I guess if all these things were going our way I wouldn't be ********, but not getting the bunt down and then running yourself out of the inning is horrible!

[colbyjack]

Man, which inning was worse, the 10th or 11th? Thank God for our bullpen. Too many wasted opportunities, which you could also say for last night's game. In close ballgames like this, that really is a shame.

[DuWayne Steurer]

They have been making a SUPREME effort to NOT win the last 2 nights. Un-)*(@&^%$#&( -believable.

[The Big Cheese]

Would someone please tell me why the hell Bill Hall is bunting when Scott Podsednik, one of the fastests guys in the NL, is ALREADY in scoring position at 2B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

I mean what the....................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[colbyjack]

You can't blame this one on Yost.

[endaround]

How many times does Hall need to be caught stealing before Yost decides he really can't steal?

[colbyjack]

Would someone please tell me why the hell Bill Hall is bunting when Scott Podsednik, one of the fastests guys in the NL, is ALREADY in scoring position at 2B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I'm not against the call at all. Get a runner at 3rd with less than 2 outs & there are so many different ways you can score. The most obvious ones being a sac fly & a squeeze play.

 

Of course, the execution sucked, and this team has struggled getting runners home from 3rd with less than 2 outs all season.

[colbyjack]

Again, you can't blame Yost for any of the late inning schenanigans, as he was tossed from the game in the first inning.

[danzig6767]

Thank god Gagne isnt coming in

[batman]

Rich Dauer makes me yearn for the days of Nedley Yost.

 

~Bill

[endaround]

My problem with the call is that Podsednik can steal third easily. so why give up the out?

[scoop53714]

Colby....did Ned NOT have Hall bunt in that situation? Thats a wussy call in that situation.

 

Jenks play was truely awesome. Many times there are occasions where a guy dives when its not needed. They can make that play look cool for ESPN but they know damn well they could have stayed on their feet. jenks had to go airborn. Very nice. How about a walk off for 5 now.

[scoop53714]

OOPS! my bad. I got called into work and missed the 1st 6 innings!! sorry ned!

[RyDogg66]

Colby - you answered your own question. What makes us think that we could get Scott home from 3rd with one out when we couldnt get Jenks home from third with no outs one inning earlier.

 

Having Hall bunt is a 50/50 call so I won't complain about it but...

[scoop53714]

OOPS! sorry! my bad. I got called into work and missed the 1st 6 innings!! Sorry NED!

[batman]

What is up with all these steals and hit and runs? I know we're struggling to score, but this whole "make things happen, yo!" mentality is costing us baserunners like crazy.

 

Jenkins can't steal bases. Period.

 

~Bill

[colbyjack]

My problem with the call is that Podsednik can steal third easily. so why give up the out?

 

Personally, I'd rather bunt him over than take the risk of having him thrown out on a stolen base attempt. Of course, the bunt sucked, and he was thrown out anyway. Poor execution, but not a bad call IMO.

 

C'mon, 3rd time's a charm...

[RyDogg66]

Geoff Jenkins has zero power. I feel another double play now.

 

 

EDIT - ok a walk. Now Keith Gimper - redeem yourself!!

[scoop53714]

2 on and no out. LA has us right where they want us. If they dont score this inning it will be pretty demoralizing.

 

Come on Ginter.

[homer]

Again, why is GINTER BUNTING??????

[colbyjack]

Colby - you answered your own question. What makes us think that we could get Scott home from 3rd with one out when we couldnt get Jenks home from third with no outs one inning earlier.

 

Yup, I know I did, but I still bunt in that situation. If we were on the road, I might have a bigger beef against it when you should really go for as many runs as you can. At home, you play for 1.