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

[pogokat]

well, the grant balfour experiment sucks

[BREWCREW5]

what a terrible game. I hate you ballfour.

[brewcrew00]

Get a clue, you don't go to Coco in that situation. Give Ned a rest tonight.

[Nearsighted Views]

Now paging Mr. Balfour--your plane will be arriving in Nashville right after you blow this game. That is all.

[BrewCrewForever]

I hope tomorrow there is a transaction thread that reads: Hall activated from DL, Balfour optioned to AAA Nashville.

[Brewbadger]

Bye Bye Balfour

[diomedeh2]

Terrible game.

[Mike Felder]

I never ever ever ever want to see Balfour pitch for us again.

[dikapalooza]

thank you misters Balfour and Estrada

[MoneyballMan]

How soon will the announcement come out that they DFA'd him? By 10pm or as soon as the PR people can proof DM's statement?

[MillerParkSouth]

wait, so you can be gifted a bases loaded, no out situation and score? who would have thunk? the only positive about this is that Balfour shouldn't be around to lose us another game all year. unbelievable.

[bork]

Balfour gets sent packing and Thatcher gets called up tommorrow. Make it happen Doug.

[Bruce Ciskie]

Quote:

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Get a clue, you don't go to Coco in that situation. Give Ned a rest tonight.

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You're right. Why would you want to use your best pitcher in a game-saving situation?

 

No wonder this idiot still has a job. There are plenty of people who are more than willing to stick up for his irrational decisions.

[bobskube]

God, I feel like taking one of my three strikes right now.

 

This is not ONLY one game either. We are in a pennant chase on July 23rd and we have only given away games all year and have not taken more than one or two all year.

[aracko]

I think Ned Yost needs to go back to AAA along with Balfour.

[igor67]

The number of statistical outliers in this game was enormous. It's a good thing I was only half listening in the 11th I still slammed my hand down on the table hard enough to hurt half an hour later after that Fielder DP.

[Hammer]

Mr. Balfour,

You can't throw a strike, you can't throw to the correct base in a sacrifice situation, you can't pitch. You suck, we hate you.

Brewers fans

 

 

My wife even hates you!!!

[TauPentaRei]

Nashville is generous.

 

Arizona!

[Bruce Ciskie]

Balfour shouldn't even get the courtesy of being sent down. He's useless now just like he was before his arm fell off in Minnesota.

[gregmag]

He's probably a better pitcher than he has shown, but you don't get to blow your first two chances during a pennant race that egregiously and stick around.

 

Greg.

[BrewCrewForever]

Answer: 2

 

Question: The number of players that have played on the Brewers from Australia that have no business in the major leagues. (Balfour and Durrington)

[aracko]

Balfour had better be traded by Wednesday for someone who can help the big league team. Just give me Dotel if nothing else.

[Brian the Automator]

[ No wonder this idiot still has a job. There are plenty of people who are more than willing to stick up for his irrational decisions. ]

 

Bruce, it's really by-the-book managing on that one. I don't fault Ned for not blowing through Coco in a non-GF situation.

[PeaveyFury]

You're right. Why would you want to use your best pitcher in a game-saving situation?

 

90% or more of managers in baseball don't use Coco there either, so lets not pretend that this is an exclusive Yost mindset.

[dlk9s]

At least Balfour pitched a strike to Valentin.