6/11/08 Brewers (Parra) at Astros (Backe): 7:05 PM CDT

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BEAT THE ASTROS!!!

[wOOgiE22]

I know that the hitting and pitching stats/splits are missing and not showing. I will do this from here on out and will have them up the next day; so I will get the stats up tomorrow.

[RobDeer 45]

Can we please win this game?

[sgtcluels]

Mmm.. delicious HD. To bad TWC won't be out till Tuesday.. Jerks!

[Oldcity]

I like the pitching match-up. Backe is not good.

[Menotti80]

he rakes against Parra though...

[trwi7]

RF Corey Hart

SS JJ Hardy

LF Ryan Braun

1B Prince Fielder

3B Russell Branyan

CF Mike Cameron

C Jason Kendall

2B Craig Counsell

P Manny Parra

 

Bleh at Counsell playing. At least Ned put him 8th.

[Oldcity]

Agreed, and yet I might actually prefer Counsell batting second over Hardy.

[brwrsfan]

I really fail to see how starting Counsell at second is an upgrade over Bill Hall. I would say their defense is a wash, though I'm sure Hall has better range, and their hitting is pretty similar....though Hall at least has the potential to hit for some power. Just doesn't make any sense.

[jazzytrav]

I don't understand this concept of batting a RF leadoff...

[owbc]

Uggh...Hart batting leadoff again.

[JohnBriggs12]

I really fail to see how starting Counsell at second is an upgrade over Bill Hall. I would say their defense is a wash, though I'm sure Hall has better range, and their hitting is pretty similar....though Hall at least has the potential to hit for some power. Just doesn't make any sense.

 

I couldn't agree more. Look for this team to go anywhere they need Bill Hall hitting at least close to his ceiling which is a lot higher than Counsell's. He's not going to do that sitting on the bench. Counsell's done nothing offensively to justify playing over Hall. It's one thing to play a hot Branyan over Hall. It's another to play a .220 hitter with no power whatsoever over Hall. Edited June 11, 2008 by JohnBriggs12

[tosabrewfan]

It's sad when your pitcher is your biggest power threat in the bottom third of the order.

[RoseBowlMtg]

OK I will stick up for Counsell who does little things many don't seem to notice. Maybe tonight if you watch to see if he advances a runner or works a count you'll see what so many in baseball appreciate. Sometimes the approach is what helps a team.

[Oldcity]

He's solid defensively and he works the count, which is good for a bench player. I just don't get starting him over Hall, who has much more ability.

[fondybrewfan]

Hall also has much more ability to look awful. He also has the ability to look very good. Right now I'll take Counsell's over Hall because Hall ability to look good is fading fast in my mind.

[patrickgpe]

I'd like to see a win today so our ace tomorrow can try to secure a winning road trip.

 

I like Hart as a leadoff hitter. He has speed and some power which I like to see. He has a higher obp than weeks. I have called for this move for a while and i hope it works out.

[Oldcity]

Wins in the next two days would only be a .500 road trip, not a winning road trip. Just an fyi.

[pebadger]

Well, given their current road status, a .500 trip would feel like a winning trip, despite the nagging feeling that it should have been better.

 

For a kind of non-descript Wednesday game, this one seems like it could be importnat, if you beleive in momentum and all that. Of courtse, anyone who had been around the Brewers the past couple years probably pooh-poohs the idea of momentum, at least in terms of the positive variety.

[BrewCrewForever]

Please score multiple runs tonight. Braun has good numbers against Backe. Maybe he can single handedly win us this game.

[trwi7]

I heart Braun!

[brewtank34]

Hey Cameron? Ever hear of a thing called, Protecting the plate? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/mad.gif

 

 

[LaprilOne]

no

[brewtank34]

Backe is defintitely looking hittable tonight! Let's go Crew!!!

[cheesecup22]

counsell took a bad route to get to that ball, should have been an out