7/4/07 Brewers (Vargas) @ Pirates (Snell): 3:05 PM CDT

[SlideBernieSlide]

That ball was murdered. Wow. As guessed, 3 is definitely not enough for Vargas. Hold it at 3. Maybe a rain delay will get us into the Pirates bullpen. Snell looks to have found his groove.

[brettac1]

Just an FYI, Jonah Keri is going to be on ESPNews shortly discussing the Brewers.

[adambr2]

Prince needs to calm down and relax. I know he's very frustrated, but throwing things in the dugout and hitting water jugs isn't going to break him out of his slump.

[Oldcity]

Brett, what did he have to say? I switched over too late, he had apparently already gone over the Brewers.

[Kpanz20]

Why is it that whenever Levya hold a runner at third and doesn't wave him hom... BA chimes in with that he must be "sensing a big inning". I would think he just didn't think Prince would make it home safe... I doubt he's really thinking ohh because Prince and Estrada got hits... Jenkins will surely bring them home.

 

Edit: If BA is correct... Levya's sensing abilities were a bit off with Jenks grounded into the DP.

[Oldcity]

Heh, yeah. BA didn't mention that Prince would have been dead to rights.

 

Double play. Crap.

[bobskube]

Guys, good to be back home in Chicago.

 

Bad approach by the Brewers since the first. I am sick to my stomach right now. This is usually the beginning of the end for Vargas.

[SlideBernieSlide]

Oh-No! We're in the 6th with Vargas on the mound. That hasnt been a good combination all year...

 

Reverse the curse, Claud

[bobskube]

I keep telling myself that Vargas will go to the pen after a bad outing, but the Brewers keep winning so they can give the excuse that Vargas only pitches in winning ballgames.

[bobskube]

I was right. Vargas is done. When a pitcher goes about 15 starts without pitching into the 7th...that ought to tell you something.

[DougJones43]

Jeez. Get him out of there. Seriously, what is it going to take for the people pulling the strings to realize that he just plain sucks?

[steve267268]

Well, we are going to need to bust out the bats now.

 

If any team can do it, we can.

[SlideBernieSlide]

Claudio is done. Its the 6th inning. Past performances don't lie.

[bobskube]

I love giving away ballgames.

 

This one is over. Mark it and blast me. 7-4 loss in the book.

 

The Brewers do not come back late in ballgames this year. (Except games against Minnesota and Philly-both losses.)

[TeeJayh1980]

This hurts. If I hear "we are still in first place, we have nothing to worry about" I think I'm going to puke.

[crewcrazy]

Jeez...Claudio just keeps falling back to earth.

[brettac1]

If I hear "we are still in first place, we have nothing to worry about" I think I'm going to puke.

 

Well, I don't know about "we" (except that the bandwagon fans are the people who use the expression most often), but the Brewers are still in first place and there's nothing to worry about.

 

Puke away, brother.

[SlideBernieSlide]

The way Snell is pitching a comeback looks very unlikely, but if they can just get into that bullpen who knows

[thablingster]

I swear, I have the anti-mikevan bathroom karma.

 

Whenever I go take a shower during a game and listen on the radio, we inevitably give up runs. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif ... I try to plan it out while we're hitting, but it doesn't really work.

[adambr2]

Another sweet AB, Rickie.

[thablingster]

Since when did we reacquire Brady Clark? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

[adambr2]

And to top it off, some great baserunning. I seriously do not understand how we can look SO good on some days, and just awful, like Bad News Bears awful on other days.

[SlideBernieSlide]

Likely Marte-Capps in these last two innings. What's up with these games 1st inning explosions followed by 8 innings of duds??

[brettac1]

I seriously do not understand how we can look SO good on some days, and just awful, like Bad News Bears awful on other days.

 

Every team is like this (actually, about 85% of the league is worse this year). There's no team that plays good in every game.

[DougJones43]

the Brewers are still in first place and there's nothing to worry about.

 

Don't you worry about the Cubs, Brett? Even a little?.. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif