Braves @ Brewers: Extra Beer-Frame Edition
by gondeee on May 27, 2008 5:49 PM EDT
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PrintAtlanta Braves at Milwaukee Brewers, May 27, 2008 8:05 PM EDT
I really have nothing on my mind that is Braves related today, I mean, they haven't DFA'ed anyone in almost 24 hours. I think my body's in shock from not getting to stay in bed until noon like it had been doing the last three days.
I'm thinking I'm going to drink some beer tonight, in honor of the Brewers. I've got some of that new Sweetwater Road Trip beer that looks mighty delicious. Perhaps this man was drinking too:
Remember, no NAHWAL today. I promise I'll sort that out soon.
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Im stuck at work...
So I guess ill miss the first 3 innings or so. Here’s to jumping out to an early lead, these road woes have got to end sometime!!
if you’re at THE GATHERING in august, and you promise to pick me for NAHWAL GOD, I’ll cover your WHOLE tab.
Wow. You would've had me at "If"...
that is, if I still drank! :} Alcohol, that is.
Good news is that I can be a DD…just don’t piss me off or I’ll do a Jeff Foxworthy and drop you off at the wrong house.
Can't we..
..just drop the Diaz subject. I mean it’s getting old, and maybe if this was July or August maybe you’d be on to something, but it’s May for Pujols sake.
It still is just amazing how quickly a fan base will turn on it’s own.
look, i don’t mind matty starting against lefties. he hits them. i do mind him starting against righties, and essentially costing us 4 ABs. no one is gonna argue the fact that “DIAZ CAN’T HIT RIGHTIES”.
Hmm..maybe soo..
But here’s his career vs RH: .287/.325/.706, so to say he can’t hit right handers is a bit much. Does he hit them as well as LH, well no – but according to his career split he hits RH pitching at a pretty decent clip.
just for shits and giggles, here’s some more MATT DIAZ FUN:
last week: .118/.167/.118
last 2 weeks: .143/.217/.143
last 4 weeks: .159/.208/.159
over the past 4 weeks, he doesn’t have ONE extra base hit, and has TWO RBI. TWO.
vs RHP this season: .150/.175/.167
those aren’t good numbers. AT ALL.
In the over all scheme of things...
....60 AB’s is like dust in the wind man.
But I’m going to stop now, we’re never going to agree even if the numbers prove other wise. But hey to each their own..
I For One...
am rooting for Matt. I think he is in a SLUMP, folks. He can get out of this funk like any other player. If he hasn’t by the All-Star Break, I’ll join the chorus clamoring for his DFA.
I don’t really think there is an outcry for a DFA…just some people here who think Blanco has earned his playing time.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
LINEUPS!!!
The Greatest Team in the WORLD
Escobar, SS
Johnson, 2B
Jones, 3B
Teixeira, 1B
McCann, C
Francoeur, RF
Diaz, LF
Blanco, CF
Hudson, P
THE MILWAUKEE ALCOHOLICS
Weeks, 2B
Cameron, CF
Braun, LF
Fielder, 1B
Hart, RF
Branyan, 3B
Hardy, SS
Kendall, C
Bush, P
Seriously, RUSSELL BRANYAN HITTING SIXTH?? Just watch, he’ll get like 3 RBI tonight
Uecker...
..is one of the best in the game, though Vin Scully will always be #1, no offense to Skip and Pete.
don't worry,
it probably won’t be for more than this year. Bwah-bwah. I made myself sad.
Looks like the Mets.
Might be doing us a solid. If we can win, they are beating the Marlins.
Hey.
someone figured it out, they walked McCann to get to FYF.
i dunno about any of you…but when hud’s on the mound…i’m just not nervous at all. i know what i’m getting: a quality start at worst.
I remember when I had that feeling 3 out of every 5 games.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
whereas with avery, you were just more concerned whether he’d blow his arm out or not. those were the good ol days…
haha, couldn’t have put it better myself.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah what days they were.
Oh well. Could be worse. We could be the Mariners and have traded our future away for inconsistent starts and no hope.
What do you guys think...
...you still like the deal for Kotsay? One of the other options is up right now.
Singles from Fielder and Braun? I’ll take it.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
i believe the NL all-star balloting is released tomorrow, and if chipper isn’t at the top of the 3B list, i’m gonna go ape
That was a hilarious call from Pete.
Cameron is back there….. No! He didn’t get it. It left the ball park!
I think he was trying to hit a sac fly, but forgot that no one was on 3rd base. Ball must have carried.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
brewers announcers just talked about how gregor was the reason the braves didn’t resign andruw. kill me.
did russ branyan ever get any ABs for us a couple years ago? because man…that seems AWFULLY FAMILIAR
yeah, Kendall never lived up to his hype. And declined drastically.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
i’ve got a friend thats so depressed with this brewers team, that i almost feel sorry for him. ALMOST.
They’ve got alot of the pieces on offense. Their pitching is terrible aside from Sheets, who’s always injured.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I got such a kick out of seeing him in a different hat after all these years.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
LANCE CORMIER is pitching real well for Baltimore tongiht against the Yankees. I know the Yankees blow this year, but still. WHO KNEW!?
we got a problem for the end of the week.
jay bruce started and hit second for the reds tonIght, AND HE’S PLAYING REAL FUCKING GOOD. uh, shit
I’d be crying for it if I didn’t have EI.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
What the hell...
...was Blanco thinking? Fouling pitches off, working the count full, making the pitcher work?
Well.
At least Chipper can hit one of his patented solo home runs next inning!
According to the Brewers announcers...
...the reason KJ is hitting so well this year is because he gets so many fastballs hitting in front of Chipper.
This is the 2nd game this year he has hit in the #2 hole.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't realize Blanco had been starting most of the season in CF.
Brewers announcers must have special media source.
In case you were wondering...
...Ohman is the only LH in the Braves bullpen.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 10:00 PM EDT reply actions
If Hudson isn't pitching the 8th...
...I don’t see why he was not hit for.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions
Branyan, Hardy, and Kendall were the hitters I wanted to see in the 9th….
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 10:19 PM EDT reply actions
yeah…i’m not sure how i feel about that move. he still looked sharp that inning, but was just catching too much of the plate.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 27, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
First I had to listen to the Brewers feed...which was trash.
Apparently we have lost all of these 1-run games because Soriano has been out.
Second, there is a broken (nah, shattered) bat single
Bennett lets the guy steal 3rd. Then we lose on a sac fly. This is Bullshit.
God have mercy on this pathetic excuse for a baseball team...
YOU CAN ONLY SCORE TWO RUNS OFF DAVE FREAKING BUSH?
GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE CLOUDS, JEFF BENNETT. THE FREAKING WINNING RUN WAS ON SECOND BASE!
BOBBY—WHAT THE HELL? JEFF BENNETT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING OF A TIE GAME. SERIOUSLY?
- Oh, Bobby. -
That loss was disgusting
I don’t mind sending out Huddy for the eighth, but how do you let him pitch to Fielder, a guy who was hitting .220 against LHP in that situation?
How do you leave him in there to pitch to Hardy after he’s thrown 120+ pitches and his season average is 90 a game?
And Bobby is notorious for yanking starters earlier and playing the match-up game with the bullpen? What the fuck was he thinking? If you’re hesitant to overuse Boyer and Acosta (understandable) then why the fuck is Bennet in the game? The guy has pitched like every other game this year. Bring in fucking Stockman for chrissakes? What, we can give fucking Resop every chance in the world fuck up, but we can’t see what Stockman can do in a close situation.
Where the fuck does our offense go in late and close games? Better yet, why the fuck did we become so impatient at the plate in this game all of a sudden? AND YUNEL FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY WHY THE FUCK DO YOU KEEP SWINING AT THE FIRST PITCH???
Goddamn, I am pissed right now…
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
“ehhh stocky doesn’t have much experience, i wasn’t too confident in him. he still needs to get his feet wet”
I really need to get used to this reply thing
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
And what the fuck is Royce Ring's function on this team if we're not going to use him against Fielder in the 8th with Huddy over 110 pitches?
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
This is
Probably the best post on this thread. I CAN’T understand why he left Hudson in either. I love BC but I’m really starting to look forward to TP taking over…in 2010, maybe.
Then who pray tell, do you throw out there then?
Especially if he’s trying to give Boyer and Acosta some rest…. Buddy Carlyle? No thanks.
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
stockman? why the fuck not stockman? because he doesn’t have any experience? hes been relatively lights out since he’s come up. why bring in a guy averaging NEARLY A WALK AN INNING WHEN ALL IT TAKES IS ONE RUN TO WIN THE GAME?
This is what I'm saying
I can’t understand his complete avoidance of Stockman, but previously giving Resop NUMEROUS opportunities to fail and fuck up the game.
Fuck the experience, our bullpen is as thin as can be right now, and we need to use the arms we have out there….
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
i can understand giving acosta rest. i can understand giving boyer rest. BUT ON THE SAME FUCKING DAY? i mean, WHAT THE FUCK!? what the fuck was he gonna do if the game went extras, use ohman & ring in the same inning and then go to buddy for a shitload of long relief? i mean, SERIOUSLY??! congratulations bobby, ACOSTA & BOYER HAVE GOT THEIR REST! but we’re gonna be in 3rd place now. great job.
This is the biggest thing that was bothering me
with leaving Hudson in there… If that game goes extras, say, even to the 14th or 15th… who the fuck pitches then if you’re avoiding using 2 of your guys and another one is only ever used for one batter…
If you bring in someone to get Fielder in the eigth and someone to hopefully shut down the ninth, you save using multiple arms and you nail down a win.
Now, with Jo Jo going tomorrow, and the way that team rakes against LHP, our bullpen is going to be fucked even further.
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I know someone is going to come in here with the whole
“you know you would have second guessed Bobby had he taken Hudson out in the eigth”
but that is garbage… I was calling for him to pitch hit for him after 7th and was hoping like holy hell he’d yank him once Fielder came up to bat…. after he gave the double and was still in the game I was in disbelief…
I still can’t understand what the fuck happened….
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2008 10:54 PM EDT reply actions
He's a player's manager though
and the guys love him…
Yet the fact remains that he’s never figured out how to handle a bullpen and has definitely cost us several of the one run losses this year…
Is it 1-12 now? Goddammit….
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions
its not just ONE DECISION tonight that cost us, its several. not pulling diaz right away when he got hurt and letting him WASTE an AB. not pinch hitting for hudson in the 8th, causing him to WASTE an AB. not IMMEDIATELY pulling hudson when fiedler came up. bringing in bennett instead of stockman or a LOOGY. its just a multitude of STUPID FUCKING MISTAKES, and shows why he’s only won one wolrd title, in a year not long enough to FUCK US out of more wins.
damn
Didn’t get to watch the game because the nearest sports bar establishment (ironically Hooters) here in KY does not subscribe to Extra Innings. So, I watched the mighty Reds-Pirates game.
Sounds to me like Bobby may have cost it for us. I love him as a manager, but he does make mistakes and this was one of them. But, at the same time, he counted on guys to take care of business and they didn’t. That’s the name of the game sometimes.
Oh well, we live to fight another day.
Yeah
Sometimes bats go cold and sometimes your offense doesn’t always carry the burden, but the fact remains that we were in control of that game that we needed and should have won, yet due primarily to our manager’s incompetence, managed to blow it in the end.
There is no rationale for how handled the eigth inning. He completely fucked the situation, and what makes it even harder to swallow is he went AGAINST he previous habit of yanking a starter when they begin to tire and get way up there in pitch count (and in this case, Huddy was WAY up there in pitch count).
It made no sense and is infuriating.
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
That is really weird not to do what he normally does. I say the surgeon got yanked yesterday after 4.2. Was that because he ran out of gas or what? He could not get that last out?
i didn’t see the game etiher, but was IRATE when i saw that. probably the usual bullshit bobby cox mentality of “kid just doesn’t have it today”
Jurrjens wasn't locating his pitches for shit
And I wasn’t against pulling him when he did… But that decision and his decision tonight to leave Huddy in there when he was clearly tiring and throwing way more pitches than he was used to all year long does not jive at all.
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I have been typing like shit too
Sorry for all the mispelled words and such… “Pitch hitting”? Really?
I can’t type well when angry apparently.
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Diaz better be healthy by the next home stand.
by MattDiazFanClub on May 27, 2008 11:18 PM EDT reply actions
Fuck you, he’s in a slump. I bet you were one of the people shouting for Tex to be traded away when he started the season slow too.
by MattDiazFanClub on May 27, 2008 11:22 PM EDT reply actions
Sorry, I’m just really pissed after that game. He went 1/3 with a should-have-been SB so I think he might have been getting out of it. remember his average the past 2 years.
by MattDiazFanClub on May 27, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve now had about 4 hours this morning to try and wrap my head around that loss last night, and I’m drawing a blank.
Runners LOB and bullpen implosions really piss me off…but I think I get frustrated the most when a terrific start by our staff is completely wasted, such as last nights. But then again, that normally goes hand in hand with shitty situational hitting and terrible late game pitching.
by Smoltz's Beard on May 28, 2008 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Okay everybody...
take a deep breath…....there, don’t you feel better!
I do agree that Bobby made some strange moves (or non-moves) last night, but the fact that they weren’t the moves he would normally make means he doesn’t normally suck, right?
I feel like one of the main reasons for our road losses is lack of patience at the plate. What’s hard to figure is why they completely change their approach once they leave Turner Field.
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