4/17/08 Brewers (Parra) at Cardinals (Lohse): 12:15 PM CDT

[Oldcity]

Exactly. Hardy does not belong anywhere near the second spot. Not like he's hitting much better than Gross right now anyway.

[BrewCrewForever]

Dear Mike Cameron, Tony Gwynn and Gabe Kapler,

 

Please hurry back so I can give the Brewers some kind of offensive production.

 

Signed,

 

The 2 hole.

[Trowekamp]

Hardy should not be hitting second. Hardy's career OBP is .320. Thats is what is known as bad. The "awful" Gabe Gross is at .338 and .361 vs RHP.

Ok.. but that includes his "red-shirt' year.. what is OBP hitting in the 2nd spot since the beginning of last year versus Gross, I think you would see a radically different comparison.

[Oldcity]

Yeah, just Cameron.

[olliegjw]

Exactly. Hardy does not belong anywhere near the second spot. Not like he's hitting much better than Gross right now anyway.

Hardy hitting in front of the pitcher is putting up better numbers than Gross in front of Prince/Braun. I think Hardy will do better than Gross in the 2 hole. The only better option in today's lineup may be Counsell.

[Oldcity]

Ok.. but that includes his "red-shirt' year.. what is OBP hitting in the 2nd spot since the beginning of last year versus Gross, I think you would see a radically different comparison.

That's a pretty weird and insignificant split, but Hardy OBPd .322 out of the second spot last season.

 

[endaround]

Hardy hits like a less powerfull Bill Hall, not sure why people don't understand that.

[Oldcity]

Probably because people generally are less frustrated by groundouts than strikeouts.

[Gobias Industries]

It's kinda funny that Hardy says he doesn't like hitting in the 7 spot. It's the same thing as the 8 spot, which he said he loved hitting in last year. JJ's gotta make up his mind.

[BrewCrewForever]

3 up, 3 down haven't heard that one yet this season.

[endaround]

I hope that hitting in front of teh pitcher would help Hardy learn to be selective.

 

 

Maybe Braun should hit 7th for a few games...

[Gobias Industries]

Man Lohse got behind and threw some really hittable fastballs that inning.

[BrewCrewForever]

Gobias, I would just like to say I love your signature. One of the favorite Andy moments from The Office.

[Fear The Chorizo]

that a way to start of the game manny...sheesh

[Blancofan1]

Hardy should not be hitting second. Hardy's career OBP is .320. Thats is what is known as bad. The "awful" Gabe Gross is at .338 and .361 vs RHP.

end--is there actually any brewers that you do like? it seems that any postitve vibe or good feelings that a lot of BF posters have about lineup changes only make your posts seem more negative.

 

i generally agree with lots of the stuff that you post, but the negativity this early in the year seems a little unneccessary

[Kaukauna]

Dana DeMuth's strikezone is already irritating. The Brewers will need to exercise extreme patience if everything is going to be a ball. Also, Brian Barton's resemblance to Snoop Dogg is remarkable.

[sheethead]

7 pitch first inning for Lohse. Do i need to pay attention to the rest of this game?

[Blancofan1]

Manny's been a little wild true, DeMuth seems to be squeezing a bit as well, but at least most of his balls have been low. I'd rather see that than CV having such a hard time keeping the ball down last night

[rluzinski]

I've observed over time that teams that score late in games the night before, even if they come up short, will often follow that up with a good offensive effort the next day.

 

Yeh, about 50% of the time.

[Fear The Chorizo]

nice turn for an easy double play.

 

I kind of like the camera angle when watching Parra pitch - it really shows the tailing action on his fastball well compared to the traditional left-centerish camera angle

[SeriesFinale]

I've drank too much coffee this morning I think, I literally pumped my fist here at my desk after that double play.

 

Thursday mornings with the Crew--terrible for productivity.

[Gobias Industries]

Thanks Brewcrewin.

 

But yeah this strikezone is incredibly small.

[endaround]

 

i generally agree with lots of the stuff that you post, but the negativity this early in the year seems a little unneccessary

end--is there actually any brewers that you do like? it seems that any postitve vibe or good feelings that a lot of BF posters have about lineup changes only make your posts seem more negative.

There is no reason to be happy about Hardy hitting second though. And this is on the heels of people calling for him to do so, despite him being better hitting 8th last year

#8 .314/.330/.581

#2 .274/.322/.449

For one day it doesn't matter, but its not something to be excited about.

 

[Fear The Chorizo]

Is it me, or does Prince look extremely tense when he swings? Almost like he's feeling for the ball instead of taking a good swing at it

[SeriesFinale]

An uninspiring couple of innings for the offense so far