07/23/07 Brewers (Capuano) @ Reds (Harang) 6:05pm CT

[brewcrew00]

Somewhat on/off topic, but if they lose this game, the Real Baseball Postgame show will be filled with calls calling for Ned's head. Which is too bad, because he managed a heck of a game tonight.

[DHonks]

Hart, with nobody on and 2 outs, is there any reason you were playing on the freaking warning track?

 

yeah....so a ball in the gaps wouldn't be a double.

[aracko]

Thats allright - lets just get dunn out of the way here.

[MadisonBrewerBlue]

maybe dunn will get traded before this at bat

[Bruce Ciskie]

Not to point fingers elsewhere besides Estrada, but...

 

1. Did anyone else notice that the first pitch to Mench was in the exact same spot as the pitch that hit Jenkins, yet it was called a strike?

 

2. Hello! Graffanino in the ninth. Could you have ASKED for a better pitch to hit?

 

3. Isn't this Bill Hall's fault for not healing fast enough? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[jaybird2001wi]

Maybe Yost should think about putting the newly hot Rickie Weeks in the five hole and bat Estrada eighth.

[OOOverbay]

I think Yost needs to borrow a Dr. Cox quote from scrubs when he reams Johnny a new one for that pathetic lack of effort...

 

Dr Cox: (To Johnny Estrada) "Lemme ask you a quick question: are you trying to make my head explode? Because you have no idea just how frustrating it is working your ass off trying to inflate a tiny little balloon inside somebody's clogged artery when all that person has to do, really is--oh, I don't know--go for a walk in the morning or choke down a fresh green salad. And you come back here looking like that? And, I know here, I know I'm supposed to be Dr. Give-A-Crap, but you wanna hear the God's honest truth? And this is a fact: you are what you eat. And you clearly went out and devoured a big fat guy, didn't ya?"

[MoneyballMan]

Maybe Hart ran out to get Estrada a brat and was just coming back in from the concession stand. Only explanation I can think of why he was coming in through the gate in the wall when that ball was hit.

[BrewCrewForever]

I know Estrada is slow, and its one thing if he really hustled down the line and they still got him, but that was no effort whatsoever. That was a complete lolly gag.

[JB]

where's JD Closser when you need him?

[bucks2281]

This game is similar to this game against the Reds last year:

 

www.baseball-reference.co...6140.shtml

 

I remember that that game was on ESPN and the Brewers stranded a leadoff double by Koskie in the 9th, only to lose 3-0 on a Dunn walkoff in the 11th. We'll see what happens in this AB...

[TheBwaz]

Funny, the real pregame show was full of Allen loving on Yost.

 

Just take what Yost does, and disagree (mildly or loudly depening on win/loss) and you too can host apostgame show.

[MoneyballMan]

That's right! Didn't Dunn just get traded to Milwaukee for Wise over the weekend? What the heck happened?

[rluzinski]

Not even 3 hours in and we are going to the 12th!

[Mike Felder]

Niiice. Good work, Matty/Shouse.

[JET15]

Estrada is getting flamed and he deserves it. What a slug.

 

At least Jenkins did what he needed to do to keep it going.

[bucks2281]

Who's gonna blink first?? The Brewers need to score because the Reds offense will be able to muster a walkoff HR in the near future.

[Bruce Ciskie]

Shouse really seems to be improving lately...pretty much ever since they let him pitch those three innings in Minnesota. Not sure if there is a correlation.

[logan82]

I thought Shouse was going to hit Dunn. I remember that happened in 2 consecutive at bats last year.

[MoneyballMan]

Maybe we should have traded for Izturis just so he could run over and grab Estrada's boys from behind when he doesn't run out a grounder!

[TauPentaRei]

seems like one of those games where Dave Bush will wind up playing right field.

[brettac1]

As crazy as it may sound, I was actually screaming for Ned to PH Gwynn for Estrada. I said "at least he won't GIDP". Then I saw the infield in, I had a brief thought that Estrada could be successful.

 

But, alas, Estrada still = Nada.

[Fear The Chorizo]

I'll repeat, for the love of god, SCORE!!

 

It stunk that Hart had to play in the seats out there in center to prevent gappers - it was probably so extreme because he obviously has trouble going back on balls. he's 6-6, had he timed his routes better he could have easily robbed the HR that Ross hit, and simply run under the double the Ross hit later that game.

 

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[uwbufu24]

Cincy blinked about 5 times and the Brewers were busy not hitting. Oh well, deeper into their bullpen we go!

[jaybird2001wi]

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think Yost needs to borrow a Dr. Cox quote from scrubs when he reams Johnny a new one for that pathetic lack of effort...

 

Dr Cox: (To Johnny Estrada) "Lemme ask you a quick question: are you trying to make my head explode? Because you have no idea just how frustrating it is working your ass off trying to inflate a tiny little balloon inside somebody's clogged artery when all that person has to do, really is--oh, I don't know--go for a walk in the morning or choke down a fresh green salad. And you come back here looking like that? And, I know here, I know I'm supposed to be Dr. Give-A-Crap, but you wanna hear the God's honest truth? And this is a fact: you are what you eat. And you clearly went out and devoured a big fat guy, didn't ya?"

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Hilarious. This couldn't be anymore true that what you said. I actually wonder if Yost says things like this to every guy who decides to tank plays or tank base running situations.