9/23/2007 Milwaukee (Capuano) at Atlanta (Reyes) 12:00 Noon CDT... it all comes down to this game

[windiv07]

Hmm let's see. Ned wants this one bad. We last won with Cappy appearing in the game on May 12.

[windiv07]

And now, Aquino

[JrDave2304]

This is not the kind of start we needed from you Cappy. Please only keep the damage at 1 run.

[owbc]

Hmm let's see. Ned wants this one bad. We last won with Cappy appearing in the game on May 12.

And who would you rather have?

 

Vargas? His run support is the only reason he has a solid record

Parra? Another rookie just coming back from the DL

 

I would rather had Ben Sheets pitch today, and that is definitely not Yost's fault.

[jason21nl]

come on cap, way to prove you want back into the rotation

Inning is over on most teams right now, hard to throw the blame on the pitcher for crap like this. It wouldn't surprise me if half of Capuano's struggles can directly be attributed to the dumb shifts. Its mostly his BABIP at fault and we use the shift way too much and it leads to a ton of singles that shouldn't have been.

 

I can agree with this. Need to get out of this though

[JrDave2304]

Whew, 1 run is fine considering the situation but i'm still just sick of having to play from behind early on in the game.

[windiv07]

Score remains Umps 1, Brewers nothing. Here's the line at the end of the inning...1 run on 3 hits, no errors, 5 outs

[windiv07]

Now, with 2 strikes, the burning question...Will he bunt?

[windiv07]

Another 3 innings of perfect baseball from another AAA prospect with a 6+ era.

How many of those have we seen this year?

[JrDave2304]

Another 3 innings of perfect baseball from another AAA prospect with a 6+ era.

How many of those have we seen this year?

I don't know, but it's really getting old.

 

[JrDave2304]

Good inning Cappy. Lets keep that rolling for another 4 innings or so.

 

Lets hope our offense decides to wake up against JoJo and keep his ERA at 6.48

[windiv07]

Another 3 innings of perfect baseball from another AAA prospect with a 6+ era.

How many of those have we seen this year?

I don't know, but it's really getting old.

 

 

I blame Skaalen.

[windiv07]

HOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

Make sure you take him out late in the game, Ned

[marquettefan13]

Nice Braun. Now let's add onto the lead.

[windiv07]

If Diaz was safe, so was Fielder on that one.

[JrDave2304]

WOOT! There's some offense. Hopefully Cappy keeps rollin now that he has some run support.

[windiv07]

Aflac commercials getting worse. Geico commercials getting better.

[Ennder]

Hopefully we can score a couple more runs because this next time through the middle of that order for Capuano scares the crap out of me.

[hawing]

Well, considering that this is a near-emergency start for Capuano (and given his all too well documented woes this season), I'm not disappointed so far. Thanks, Chris, and see if you can take it another inning.

 

Edit: Or maybe not. Well, Brewers, please pull this one out - if for no other reason to get the 'winless' streak off Cap's back.

[adambr2]

I don't hear too many cries for Tony Gwynn Jr. for starting centerfielder these days.

[jason21nl]

braun is still really good. all 3 rbis so far today.

[crewcrazy]

It was a little awkward on TBS when TGJ stepped into the batter's box, since his dad is doing commentary. TGJ bunting out on the first pitch of the AB spared us about 5 minutes of silence since TGS didn't say anything other than "Junior probably wanted to get that one further down the line" during the entire appearance.

[crewcrazy]

Nice 6th inning, Claudio. Tack on some more runs...3 run leads still scare me. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Ennder]

typical and given our luck I'm sure that run comes back to haunt us.

[crewcrazy]

And that play by Rivera (failing to block a pitch from Vargas, literally kicking it down the line) is a prime example why he's not a better option at C than Estrada. Ugh.

 

Edit: Nice try, Rickie. Too bad Tex was batting lefty on that, otherwise he would have had him at first.