7/28/08 Cubs (Lilly) at Brewers (Sabathia): 7:05 CDT

[trwi7]

Weeks is just maddening to watch play.

[sheethead]

Keep turning that corner Rickie.

[jjgott]

That was all parts of Weeks' strategy. He was trying to tire out Lilly by making him throw 5 pitches

[trwi7]

Braun's first ever four pitch walk?

[ELCABALLO45]

Haha, Lilly is scared of Braun.

[BrewBomber]

Haha, Lilly is scared of Braun.

As should every lefty.

[Brewer Fever]

Disapointed by the still large number of Cubs fans apparently there. Way too much cheering for big Cubs plays. It looks like the whole front row behind the plate on tv is nothing but Cubs fans. At some point I hope team allegiance wins out over the allmighty dollar.

[trwi7]

Ugh Hart, that was awful.

[BrewBomber]

That pitch was so bad, it was closer to a throw over to first.

[ELCABALLO45]

What are you swinging at Hart

[pitchleague]

well, Cubs win the first inning. Luckily, there are 8 more battles to be won.

[Brewer Fever]

Trying to stay positive here...at least we made Lilly work a little bit. He threw 26 pitches there in the first inning.

[sheethead]

Disapointed by the still large number of Cubs fans apparently there. Way too much cheering for big Cubs plays. It looks like the whole front row behind the plate on tv is nothing but Cubs fans. At some point I hope team allegiance wins out over the allmighty dollar.

Believe it or not, but there are a ton of Cubs fans living in the Milwaukee area. I would be willing to bet the majority of Cubs fans at Miller Park tonight live in WI.

 

[derflotr]

The Brewers have consistently worked pitchers lately, but it hasn't amounted to anything.

[danzig6767]

What are you swinging at Hart

Because Hart has terrible plate discipline. In nearly 400 at bats so far, Hart has a measly 21 walks, Craig Counsell in only 138 at bats has 20 walks.

 

[pitchleague]

going back, why didn't Braun go after the Soriano ball? Did he think it was out?

 

and Hart, why didn't he go after the Lee base hit? Is he afraid of giving up another inside-the-park homer or something? I swear he's been doing that all month--pulling up on balls that a little hustle and guts could be outs.

[Bernman23]

Corey Hart is displaying a bad habit of misplaying a ball in the outfield and subsequently striking out in the next AB on balls nowhere near the zone.

 

On that Lee fly in the first, not only would Jenkins have made the catch superman style, he would have also potentially prevented Soriano from scoring. Not longing for Jenkins over Hart, just pointing out that Hart has his drawbacks. He doesn't make many tough plays in the outfield and makes mistakes on some easy ones also.

[Brewer Fever]

Believe it or not, but there are a ton of Cubs fans living in the Milwaukee area. I would be willing to bet the majority of Cubs fans at Miller Park tonight live in WI.

 

While that may be true, the buzz down there (I'm in Chicago daily) was how many tickets were there to be had over the internet from Wisconsiners looking to cash in. Also, the Miller Brewery tour today was overflowing. You guessed it, Cubs fans from the South. I don't think that a weekday Miller Tour was 10 times busier than usual because of locals.

[ELCABALLO45]

Alright good Inning CC, lets go offense.

[ELCABALLO45]

TAKE SOME PITCHES

[crewcrazy]

That's got to be one of the hardest balls Kendall's hit all year. Still nothing against Lilly, though...all these first or second pitch popouts are getting annoying.

[pitchleague]

well, Cubs 2 battles, Brewers 0 battles

 

still time, boys!

[trwi7]

Are our advanced scouts idiots? They know Soriano likes the ball down so throw the ball down. Makes sense morons.

[B2k1121]

This is going to be a fun series

[Gobias Industries]

CC, throw it in the dirt! Soriano will get himself out.