8/30/07 Brewers (Parra) vs. Cubs (Lilly): 7:05 PM CDT

[brewcrewnation]

Get up get up get out of here for Rickie. lead off homerun

[MadisonBrewerBlue]

will rickie lead us to the promised land ? the dude is rocking

[JET15]

Gosh, I love it when they start like this http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[phatmatt1215]

Come on Brewers.... Please don't score TOO MANY runs this inning.

[brewcrewnation]

jj gets a hit, i think the ole brewers are back

[bucks2281]

Knock on wood, but it's nice to make Lilly work really hard this inning.

[crewcrazy]

Kill another lefty, Mench...it's the sole reason you were put on this Earth.

[jlau20]

Not a bad start so far...I like this Rickie...and Braun hit that ball hard...keep it up guys.

 

MENCHED

[thablingster]

MMMMMMM, Menched!

[JET15]

Oh, baby, this makes me sooooo happy

[phatmatt1215]

MENCHIE!!!!!!!!!!!

[brewcrewnation]

mench comes threw 2-0

[rluzinski]

There we go Mench! 27 pitches and one mound visit for Lilly, so far in the 1st.

[phatmatt1215]

Nor more runs this inning, please.

[MadisonBrewerBlue]

touchdown packers

[rluzinski]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/rluzinski/playoffprob.jpg

A win tonight will add 7% or 8%, and a lose will subtract the same. When you are talking about one game with a 15% playoff odds swing associated with it, it's a big game.

35 pitches for Lilly. he's got to be getting tired.

[crewcrazy]

Bases loaded for Damian...nice eye, Billy. I was totally expecting a 3-2 K there. 34 pitches for Lilly.

[thablingster]

I'm kind of disappointed we couldn't break it open right there and get a nice 3-4 run lead, but hey I'll take 2. Hopefully Parra pitches well.

[SeriesFinale]

Always hard to call a 2-run first "disappointing" but there you have it.

 

Let's get 'em Manny

[SeriesFinale]

Great minds, Blingster

[MadisonBrewerBlue]

wow is soriano over swinging or what

[dlk9s]

I'm kind of disappointed we couldn't break it open right there and get a nice 3-4 run lead, but hey I'll take 2. Hopefully Parra pitches well.

I am most definitely happy with that top of the first, but it was a tad frustrating to see Damian look at two meaty pitches for strikes and then whiff on a big curve. I'll take it, though. I'll take it every inning.

 

[JET15]

A win tonight will add 7% or 8%, and a lose will subtract the same. When you are talking about one game with a 15% playoff odds swing associated with it, it's a big game.

Russ, how much did it move with the first two games?

 

[brewcrewnation]

i could fell the breeze of that stike out all the way up here.

[Bruce Ciskie]

Am I the only one who thinks it's not entirely bad that we "only" got two in the first?

 

After all, our recent history with 3+ run leads isn't exactly overwhelming.