7/11 7:05 All Star Game Chat

[adamb100]

Damn.

[Lil Dummy]

No home field advantage this year?

 

Oh well, might as well trade Lee now.

[thablingster]

He tried for one of those right field bloops he's been successful with.

[adamb100]

That would have been so awsome though if Lee was able to tie the game or even win it.

[giffted1]

At least he didn't strike out.

[jloos19]

Garner did a terrible job managing his lineup. Nomar didn't get an atbat, and neither did Andruw Jones, while Bay and Holliday each got 3.

[adamb100]

Overall, I hate San Diego even more now for blowing what could have been an end to 9 years of losing.

[badgerfan.tgf]

Even though it would have been cool, if Lee would've parked one we could pretty much kiss him goodbye after this season. He would get so much attention and the four letter network would start hyping him up like Ortiz, thus driving up his already steep price.

[badgerfan.tgf]

So does this mean Cappy will pitch on Friday or is he still slated for Saturday?

[AJAY]

I really feel like crying right now. Just once in my life I wanted to see a Brewer player do something special in an all-star game. The stage was set up so perfectly for Carlos Lee to be a hero. I really thought this would be the year.

 

Why can't a Brewer ever steal the spotlight for once?

[adamb100]

I cant blame it on Lee though. Lee tried, it's Hoffman. Cappy should have been up there to close the game up.

[JoeH33]

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Cappy should have been up there to close the game up.

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I know seeing Cappy there would have been kinda fun, but c'mon now. Hoffman has what, the second or third most saves all time? You gotta go with him there.

[badgerfan.tgf]

Guys...can I remind you that it was a "meaningless" game? Carlos can save his HR's for when the really matter.

[adamb100]

What I find funny is everyone is mad that Lee bat instead of Nomar which I agree with.

[thablingster]

If Nomar should have hit for anyone it should have been Howard. The way Rivera owns lefties (.188 BA this season) combined with the fact Nomar can play first and has seen Rivera many, many times (unless Nomar is just awful against Rivera, which I didn't look up) would tell you he's a better bet than Howard to do something.

[M Skjellyfetti]

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Guys...can I remind you that it was a "meaningless" game?

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What? Haven't you heard? This one counts!

[Bruce Ciskie]

Wow.

 

Phil Garner's an idiot? Never woulda thunk that...http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Invader3K]

Seems like Garner didn't do a great job managing that one, but that's just my opinion.

[Lil Dummy]

You can't fault Garner for sticking with Bay in his home park, but giving Holliday 3 ABs and Andruw Jones zero is criminal. As little actual 'managing' as there is to be done in an all-star game, Garner still gets an F for the night, for the mishandling of his bats off the bench.

 

Can't argue with Hoffman to close though, especially if the other choices were Turnbow and Gordon.

[Bruce Ciskie]

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You can't fault Garner for sticking with Bay in his home park

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You can't?

 

I thought the game counted, and the old rules didn't apply, anymore.

[Invader3K]

I don't know how many arms he had left in the bullpen, but couldn't he at least have used Capuano as a situational lefty for one batter or something? Maybe he was saving him for extra innings, I guess.

 

Also, publicly saying he wasn't using signs was kind of like saying "yeah, I'm just letting these guys do whatever the heck they want." Didn't seem like a great strategy.

[RyDogg66]

Tell me someone else saw Bronson Arroyo take the game to commercial with his hair all pretty, sitting along the river trying to sing Oasis's "Wonderwall"

 

Brutal.

[Southwest Brewer]

Also, publicly saying he wasn't using signs was kind of like saying "yeah, I'm just letting these guys do whatever the heck they want." Didn't seem like a great strategy.

 

Did you see Ozzie's signs? He said the same thing in the interview fromt he dugout.

[Lil Dummy]

"You can't? I thought the game counted, and the old rules didn't apply, anymore."

 

Hey, I like Andruw Jones, but he wasn't going to replace both Bay and Holliday at the same time. These guys are both good young hitters, but I think you can flip a coin between them. Given that the game was played in Pittsburgh, you give the nod to Bay to stay in, and replace Holliday with Jones.

 

I'm not saying this definitively cost the NL the ballgame, but how do you have Jones on your roster and not get him into the game? Especially in the late innings, protecting a one-run lead?