5/22/08 Brewers (Bush) at Pirates (Gorzelanny): 6:05 PM CDT

[berniebrewer4life]

Hooray, fake rally time!

 

I think braun gets a single(to load the bases) and prince strikes out.

[lbb020]

dlk9s.....I suppose complete lack of length would be more accurate, but either way, it certainly seems to be a limiting factor

[pitchleague]

nice pitch to swing at, Braunie!

 

This has been a brutal game (once again) to watch.

[moofnelson]

It's the sixth inning. Is this where the wheels fall off for Bush?

Unless you intended that to be blue, the wheels have already fallen off.

[sheethead]

It is kind of interesting how quickly there has gotten to be a not-at-all subtle anti-Prince vibe in the fan base. And it's not just a vibe that is native to this forum.

Might be because he is starting to look like he is pulling a Sheffield. Having Boras as a agent doesn't help. And his clubhouse comments lately have been all but inspiring with respect to his attitude.

[dlk9s]

DeFelice cut 13.5 points off his ERA that inning.

[Glennron]

Remember when there were some rumors of maybe trading for Marte last year? That would've been pretty cool.

 

If Prince would've kept running there Hart might've beat that out.

[sheethead]

This team has done an excellent job of hitting when it doesn't matter tonight. Mike Cameron has been a big disappointment for me so far, and Hardy continues to light it up with the bases empty.

[iluvlamp]

Joesph Dillon. See we need 2 outs to score a runner from stranding position.

[dlk9s]

Talk about the Pitt pitchers "scattering" 17 base runners. Wow.

 

Just one of those games, I guess. At least we're hitting the ball.

[sheethead]

3 runs on 12 hits and 5 walks is asinine. This team is the definition of rally killer. Webster needs to update their dictionary.

[Glennron]

And Rickie Weeks says, "Don't worry Prince, I don't want you to be the only one to make terrible decisions on defense."

 

Nate McLouth has the weakest 4-4 day ever.

[brucrustu]

zack has REALLY calmed the delivery down since a couple years ago.

 

 

Show the Jackson 7 again please. Cripes we get it. They like him.

 

What's that rick?

[crewcrazy]

McLouth looks like David Eckstein with Craig Wilson's mullet.

 

Edit: J.J. looks like he wants to strangle everyone in the infield around him. That makes two plays he should've had that were screwed up by someone else.

[sheethead]

Good thing the Brewers battled back into this one only to let their manager throw it away on a lengthy appearance by Zach Jackson.

 

Edit: Give a solid assist to the defense, but a switch should have been made with Gomez at the plate.

[crewcrazy]

Ned didn't throw this one away as much as really, really bad defense did.

[HurricaneBraun]

Thanks Rickie, but too little too late.

[Glennron]

Is Pittsburgh's bullpen made up entirely of lefties? It's like they want the Brewers to stay in the game.

[pebadger]

Barring an unlikely comeback, this is the kind of game, even more than the gut-punches, that costs teams divisions and wildcards. Not the loss itself, per se, but the direct evidence that this provides in terms of what ails this team all too often.

[dlk9s]

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 5/22/08: "Two Out Fake Mini-Rally Game"

 

 

 

As I said earlier, just one of those games, I guess. Can't say the guys aren't hitting.

[HurricaneBraun]

Am I reading that correctly, we have 25 LOB?

 

That is unacceptable!

[dlk9s]

Am I reading that correctly, we have 25 LOB?

 

That is unacceptable!

That's a misleading stat, as it totals LOB for every single AB. It would be more accurate/telling if it was only men LOB at the end of an inning.

 

[HurricaneBraun]

Oh okay, I thought that was high.

[And That]

Not only high, not possible after 8 innings.

[bucks2281]

Fun fact:

 

Since the Brewers swept their last road series (7/1/04), they have played 10 games in which they had an opportunity to sweep their opponent (on the road). They have lost all ten games.

 

2008 (3, including tonight); 2007 (5); 2006 (2); 2005 (0); 2004 (0)