3/31/08 Brewers (Sheets) at Cubs (Zambrano): 1:20 PM CDT

[GormanHarvey]

Great outing Benny! Lets make it stand up

[sheetswannabe]

Sheets is done, Nice outing Sheeter, woulda been perfect if Fukudome wouldnt be here!

 

Here we go Torres!

[trwi7]

Why even bring Sheets back out if you're going to pull him after a weak single up the middle?

[crossface21]

Regardless of how this turns out, a good start on the year for Sheets. And I"m not talking about the scoreless ball so far. The fact that he hasn't gotten hurt in these conditions is a victory.

[yfinn6]

Well Yost sure looks happy on the mound there, big ol' smile and everything...

 

"Billy!! Loved your lead out there big guy! That's the sign of a gritty player there!"

[JrDave2304]

Why was Ned smiling so much?

[giffted1]

Nice work Ben. Now lets see how our revamped bullpen does.

[sheetswannabe]

Sheets fastball= Stunning.

Curveball=Even better

[GormanHarvey]

How fast are the Sheets fastballs tonight for those of you watching?

According to Rock, 91-96 MPH

[chuckiehacks]

Somewhere in the three pitches between the pickoff throws, it would have been nice for one coach on this team to do their job.

 

(And if, by chance, one of them did try to do their job, then Bill Hall should be beaten with Ben Sheets' bat. It's not like Ben would miss it, anyway.)

What were you looking for a coach to do - call timeout and go draw a line in the dirt? I highly doubt the coaches were ignoring Hall's lead, but you can't blame the manager or 3rd base coach for a player being picked off.

[TrueBrew]

yfinn6 that is awesome.

[bthurley19]

Very nice work Sheeter. Stellar on opening day as usual. Now please someone hit a baseball hard somewhere and not get picked off.

[crossface21]

Who's the new FSN sports girl? Not bad!

[Fear The Chorizo]

Glad to see the move to the pen here -

 

gotta remember that Sheets hadn't gone much over 90 pitches in spring training, where it was 85 and sunny out every day...the outing he gave today considering the conditions and the delay was outstanding.

 

let's hold 'em here and get some runs!

[Bruce Ciskie]

Why even bring Sheets back out if you're going to pull him after a weak single up the middle?

 

Don't get me started. The other half of this board will hate my guts. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[mikerollins]

Sheets obviously isn't an ace. He just doesn't win enough games.

[GormanHarvey]

Anyone else hoping for us to have a 1 or 2 run lead in the 9th and getting to see Gagne in his first game?

[yfinn6]

Trenni? That's a new one for me, for whatever the reasons her parents gave her that name I'm not going to complain because they gave her some pleasant looks.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

This just in... Trenni is pretty foxy. Huge upgrade over her predecessors.

[jhart05]

Sheets was at 99 pitches.

 

I'd guess they were going to let him finish the inning if he went 1-2-3, but he didn't.

[Bruce Ciskie]

What were you looking for a coach to do - call timeout and go draw a line in the dirt? I highly doubt the coaches were ignoring Hall's lead, but you can't blame the manager or 3rd base coach for a player being picked off.

 

I find it hard to believe that there isn't a way for a coach to communicate to a guy at second base to tone down the lead a bit before he gets picked off in a key spot in the game.

 

Then again, this is Ned Yost, so such a system is probably still three or four years away. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[sheethead]

Regardless of how this turns out, a good start on the year for Sheets. And I"m not talking about the scoreless ball so far. The fact that he hasn't gotten hurt in these conditions is a victory.

Easy, he's not out of Wrigley yet.

[bjkrautk]

I'm a bit surprised that the Brewers didn't double switch; this would have been a decent chance for Torres to pitch multiple innings.

 

...or maybe they'd prefer Counsell to face Marmol (as opposed to Gross)?

[jordanmuehl]

Torres looks like he has some good stuff right about now.

 

EDIT: I made a huge mistake. Two pitches high and very tight -- one hitting DeRosa. Wow. Hopefully that doesn't rattle him. Runners at first and second with one out now...

[crossface21]

I gotta say BRAVO to Trenni! Some nice eye candy!