4/13/08 Brewers (Suppan) at Mets (Perez): 12:10 PM CDT

[MarquetteBrewFan]

Thank God

[iluvlamp]

Thank God!

[brewers19]

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[sheetswannabe]

As soon as I played the song "Mota" by Offspring, he threw the pitch, and got the out!!! New song for him?

[endaround]

2nd consecutive appearance Mota sucked but has yet to be really tagged for it.

[rluzinski]

Well, Riske has warmed up twice now, so he must have been available (although probably not anymore).

[And That]

Update on Brewers' WHIP today = only 2.75!

[Fear The Chorizo]

must have been his strategy all along - get through the meat of the order so Gagne has the bottom of the order to work against in the 9th...

 

walk city today

[nohopspanther]

At least Ned is managing like a genius today struck by lightning. He must have a very large bottle on the bench to catch it all.

[trwi7]

I know he got out of it but Ned still hasn't learned that when a pitcher doesn't have it you take them out, not leave them in to try to work through their troubles. If he keeps doing that it's going to bite us in the ass more than a few times this year.

[JJHardy7]

That has to be good for Mota's psyche.

[Brewer Fever]

That's horrible managing regardless of the result. That was ball three. And if Yost continues to manage like that, we will blow many leads just like last year. Wow! You can only win so often with smoke and mirrors.

[RyDogg66]

Yost is a genius!

[Trowekamp]

Are you telling me no one was up and ready in the bullpen? That's piss poor managing.

Well.. first Riske has been up already so he is warm... most likely Yost is holding him off because he is trying to avoid burning him for a 1/3 of a inning and then only have Turnbow and McClung if Gagne blows it..

 

 

[MarquetteBrewFan]

Brewers pitching has been so wild this season. Even people like Bush cant throw strikes which has never been his problem...

 

Stop getting behind in the count, and stop walking the leadoff man

[SeriesFinale]

This last page or two was priceless....watching Ned manage sometimes must be like watching your teenage kid learn to drive from a distance--"Oh my God, she's gonna hit that wall, look out for that wall, what ON EARTH is she DOING?!?!?! Oh-my-God-Oh-my-God-Oh-my-God!!!!!!!!!.........Phew."

[TooLiveBrew]

I just wish this team didn't have to win in spite of its manager. Sure, getting some help from the Mgr. spot would be gravy, but at this point, I'd take just non-harmful contribution.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

I need a beer.

[JJHardy7]

I know he got out of it but Ned still hasn't learned that when a pitcher doesn't have it you take them out, not leave them in to try to work through their troubles. If he keeps doing that it's going to bite us in the ass more than a few times this year.

 

I agree, but you can't constantly be warming up pitchers and burning through them. The Brewers brass has said before about how they have guys now that can pitch multiple innings. I personally like the fact that he gave Mota a chance. I'm watching the Mets broadcast and I think Mota has been hated five times as much as anyone hates Turnbow. Good for Mota! I know it could've backfired, but that's part of baseball.

[Trowekamp]

Phenomenal managing.. if everybody is going to jump on Yost when a player doesn't do his job I guess we have to give him all the credit when a player comes through..

[Brewer Fever]

This last page or two was priceless....watching Ned manage sometimes must be like watching your teenage kid learn to drive from a distance--"Oh my God, she's gonna hit that wall, look out for that wall, what ON EARTH is she DOING?!?!?! Oh-my-God-Oh-my-God-Oh-my-God!!!!!!!!!.........Phew."

That assessment is pretty much right on. Except things often end with flurry of curse words rather than a "phew".

[sheetswannabe]

TRADE NEWS IN!: Ned Yost and Mr. Coffee, for a tenderloin for Prince!!!!

[MarquetteBrewFan]

There we go weeks, scored 3 times today, nice.

[TooLiveBrew]

Phenomenal managing.. if everybody is going to jump on Yost when a player doesn't do his job I guess we have to give him all the credit when a player comes through.

 

That comment is absurd. People prove they criticize the strategy, real-time, and not just the result... and here's a response.

 

 

EDIT: And, fwiw, I think now is a great instance in which to utilize TBow.

[SeriesFinale]

This last page or two was priceless....watching Ned manage sometimes must be like watching your teenage kid learn to drive from a distance--"Oh my God, she's gonna hit that wall, look out for that wall, what ON EARTH is she DOING?!?!?! Oh-my-God-Oh-my-God-Oh-my-God!!!!!!!!!.........Phew."

That assessment is pretty much right on. Except things often end with flurry of curse words rather than a "phew".

 

Yeah, I was about to say: the converse is that he does often, indeed, hit that wall.