5/17/07 Brewers (Sheets) @ Phillies (Garcia): 2:05 PM CDT

[Lil Dummy]

Boy, that's a nice win. Kudos to Sheets, Yost, Gross as others have said. Um, Coco too.

[adambr2]

Oh man, I was getting worried. Thank God that throughout all of this, CoCo is still CoCo. A forgettable series and roadtrip, but at least it ended on a good note.

[jlau20]

A win, I'll take it.

 

2-5 for the road trip...could have been 4-3, but it happens.

 

Let's just take all three from the Twins.

[mastershake76]

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GAME SET MATCH!

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Actually I believe we lost 'set' and 'match' by a hefty margin, but I'll take 'game' at this point. Fewsh.

[Fike85]

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I really, really hate Pat Burrell.

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You'd fit right in in Philadelphia.

[SlideBernieSlide]

YES! Nice job CoCo. Everyone do this dance

 

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[JET15]

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Not convincingly, but it's a W.

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Can't be picky after dropping 4 steaming piles

[sheethead]

Gabe Gross, i will say it, is my hero for the day. Sheesh.

 

GOOD TO WIN AGAIN!!!

[Oldcity]

Thank goodness. Now get the heck out of Philly. Seriously, get on the plane and leave right now.

[UeckerAddict]

Actually I believe we lost 'set' and 'match' by a hefty margin, but I'll take 'game' at this point. Fewsh.

 

Touche, but I was thinking that the score 3-2 is a tennis/volleyball score.

[Fike85]

I should also add that I was convinced the Brewers were going to lose this one. But now the rest of my day will be sunny!

[crewcrazy]

Pheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwww.

 

Let's get the Twinkies...home sweet home. Anyone know whether or not we miss Santana?

[bucks2281]

We miss Santana. He pitched today.

[SlideBernieSlide]

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We miss Santana. He pitched today.

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But we get Boof!

[mikerollins]

Santana's just not an Ace anyways.

 

He's 4-4. Aces find a way to win even when the team doesn't score for them.

 

For comparison...Ben Sheets is 4-2. Now that's an Ace.

 

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[valpocrewsader]

Great win, really needed it. Should be a 3-4 road trip, though, never should've let that 4 run lead get away from us on Monday. A 3-0 kegstand would help me to forget.

[Time for a Miller]

Nice win and the Cubs blow a 4 run 9th inning lead. At least we only blew an 8th inning lead.

[sgtcluels]

Just got into Scenic Kansas. I see that my boy #18 Gross was the man today! Your my boy Gross! It must have been my Crew shirt that got us the win. :P

[rluzinski]

Missed the game but this thread was just silly. This game must have really confused those who think "small sample" is just some silly excuse that nerds use when trying to defend their pet players.

[endaround]

But it does show why there is a housing collapse in this country. I mean housing increased increased in value on average about 1% per year in real terms for decades. But since for a few years you were getting 5-7% real returns, well that must be the new situation and that rate of growth will continue for ever.

 

Similarly, Gwynn won't hit .400 for ever and Gross will hit above .170. Which means that Gwynn is in store for a drop off and Gross for a spike.

[SenatorShriv]

Ok Bucksman4... that pretty much settles it huh? Sheets is an ace right?

[pitchleague]

Good win. Nice to see Sheets do the job and send us home with a win.

 

I tivoed the game and watched it when I got home. That double in the 9th was hammered. Can't believe it hit the top of the wall. Great call by the umps, though. They were spot on correct.

 

Hope to see 2 or 3 wins this weekend on the tube.

 

Go Brewers!

[bucksman4]

Ok Bucksman4... that pretty much settles it huh? Sheets is an ace right?

 

I called Sheets out yesterday when I wrote the second post on this thread saying that an ace's job is to stop a losing streak. I give Benny 100% credit for doing just that.

 

My early critique of him was that he gets in trouble because his fastball is fast but really has little if no movement to it. In the yahoo recap the following was posted:

 

Victorino said Sheets baffled the Phillies.

 

"He seems like he's hittable because his ball is so straight," Victorino said. "But he's not. You see the ball, but you can't put a swing on it."

 

I was able to watch this on MLB.TV and when asked during the game how Sheets looked, I gave him the due diligence and complimented him on his good stuff today. I want him to succeed as much as the next Brewer fan does, and I call it as I see it. Hopefully, there'll be a lot more of these W's from Big Ben.

[AJ Love]

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Aces find a way to win even when the team doesn't score for them.

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Exactly, a true ace will bunt their way on, steal 2nd, steal 3rd, and get sacrificed in when their team isn't hitting... ot he'll just hit a HR themself. Now that's a real ace!

[bucksman4]

Exactly, a true ace will bunt their way on, steal 2nd, steal 3rd, and get sacrificed in when their team isn't hitting... ot he'll just hit a HR themself. Now that's a real ace!

 

 

I see a lot of these posts mocking fans who think pitchers have no control over wins. Sheets proved today that while run support may be limited, he understood that each and every pitch needed to be almost perfect in order to maintain the slim lead his team provided for him. Thus, he did have a say in whether he got the W or the L. He knew that his team wasn't going to score a whole bunch of runs so it's the job of the 'ace' to shut 'em down and lock the door on a close game.