8/12/07 - Brewers (Vargas) at Astros (Williams) - 1:05pm CT. Tribute to the Great Memories of Izzy Alcantara IGT

[adambr2]

Our offense has been completely silenced today by a guy named Woody and a reliever with a .328 opponents batting average.

 

And nice going Prince, not that he was having anything of a game today anyway.

[Sepolevne]

Well, that's frustration for you. Prince gets tossed for arguing balls and strikes.

[thablingster]

I saw that ejection coming miles away. I said to myself "don't get ejected, Prince." Ugh.

[CportBadger]

What did he do that will cause a suspension?

[phatmatt1215]

uh oh!!!!!!!!

[AJAY]

That was disturbing. He can't afford to get suspended, and his teammates and coaches need to be more aggressive in getting him out of there.

 

. . . and now Berkman goes deep.

 

YUCK.

[dlk9s]

According to the MLB.com Gameday tracker, all three of the strikes to Fielder were pretty much right down the middle.

[gypcasino]

Wow what happened? I'm listening to it on XM at work. I was finishing up a phone call and then I put my headphones back on and the Astros announcer is shouting "HE BUMPED HIM! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! THAT'S A SUSPENSION!"

[The Ignitor]

That's a great way to end a perfectly fine afternoon. Prince tossed, Berkman tosses first pitch.

[adambr2]

Looks like our streak without sweeping a team on the road will continue at 3 years, 2 months, and counting...

[adambr2]

Looks like our streak without sweeping a team on the road will continue at 3 years, 2 months, and counting...

[rluzinski]

Did umpires used to follow agitated batters around in the old days?

[Oldcity]

Bill drives me nuts with his umpire attacks. Prince was obviously deserving of being tossed there. He expects the ump to sit back while Prince chucks F-bombs at him.

[bucks2281]

Looks like our streak without sweeping a team on the road will continue at 3 years, 2 months, and counting...

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL200407010.shtml

 

That's the game that finished up the sweep of COL. It's been since July 1, 2004. That has to be the longest current streak in MLB.

[yogallardo43]

What did he do that will cause a suspension?

I agree if anything that umpire was just itching to throw Fielder out. That is terrible. By the way why is Villnueva in a tie game with a rested Turnbow. The perfect move would have been a double switch bringing Dillon into the game batting 9th and had the pitchers spot hitting 4th. Now if we reach 9th who is going to bat Mench vs a righty? Just bad

[LUKE232323]

He will not get suspended, no way no how. Didn't touch the umpire.

 

That ump can suck me, by the way.

[phatmatt1215]

Did umpires used to follow agitated batters around in the old days?

Not until the last 5-10 years start to become such snobs during arguments.

 

[Trowekamp]

I wouldn't right off the game too fast... our new good luck charm has entered the game at first.

[Trowekamp]

I wouldn't write off the game too fast... our new good luck charm has entered the game at first.

[MoneyballMan]

Bill drives me nuts with his umpire attacks. Prince was obviously deserving of being tossed there. He expects the ump to sit back while Prince chucks F-bombs at him.

I would normally agree (mainly because I disagree with Schroeder so often), but not in this case. Prince was on his way to the dugout and it would have been over if Wally Bell had not followed Prince. As Bill correctly pointed out, some of these umpires need to realize that fans aren't there to watch them be macho guys throwing players out. Wally Bell was completely wrong here and HE should be suspended.

 

[endaround]

So you have a young pitcher who hasn't been good in a while, you have to sub anyway, and yet you allow the young pitcher to face your opponents best hitter in a tie game.

[bucks2281]

David Wells was suspended 7 games for arguing excessively after being ejected last month. I wouldn't rule out a suspension.

[Trowekamp]

Not too stand up or the umps but with every game on TV now I am sure they are more sensitive whenever a player goes off... of course you think with the coverage they would be more concerned about looking dumb themselves.

[MoneyballMan]

He will not get suspended, no way no how. Didn't touch the umpire.

 

That ump can suck me, by the way.

Me too

 

[The Ignitor]

Is he saving Turnbow for a save if we comeback? Strange bullpen usage considering we have tomorrow off.