8/5/08 Brewers (Bush) at Reds (Volquez): 6:10 PM CDT

[sargennm]

Some good signs tonight. Let's keep it going tomorrow! Day baseball. Guess who has two thumbs and is going to be unproductive at work during the game?

[uecker9]

Yeah, everyone in the lineup got a hit except for the 2 pitchers. (Bush and Counsell) Nothing against Craig but, let him sit for awhile eh Ned.

[Yeti73]

Wow, it has been a long time since I've felt this good about a win. Friday's win seemed artificial because Atlanta was so out of it. Saturday was a CC/Prince show, but tonight was really a team win. Homer kept us quiet last time, but I am feeling good.

[Brian the Automator]

+1 for Yost calling McCalvy "Andrew" again. Altho, I think it was just an inside joke this time.

[razzzorsharp]

Bailey did give up 2ER in 5+ IP last time against the Brewers and that may have been his best start. I would take that as a worst case scenerio (of course that's not for sure).

[yount19.u]

I was only able to catch a few innings on Gameday tonight, but I'm glad I did. Looks like they finally started to manufacture some runs and Prince took his aggression out on the other team instead of his starting pitcher. Also nice to see Bush pitching well on the road. Remember this game, Crew, and replicate it over and over and over................

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Bush had outstanding location on his fastball...he was painting the corner on several key pitches.

[crewcrazy]

It was nice to see Bush get that low strike called after the first inning. It was kind of ridiculous to see Bush not get those calls in the bottom of the first, then Volquez striking out Cameron and Kendall on pitches that looked pretty low, but at least the ump started to call things pretty evenly after that.

 

I loved Prince's HR -- when Masset pitched him up and in the second time in a row, it reminded me of the Pittsburgh situation and I said something like "Ask Matt Capps how this turns out..." -- sure enough, Prince crushes the next pitch. I know Brian and Bill didn't like the showmanship, but I caught the highlights of this game on BBTN afterwards, and John Kruk and Eric Young seemed to agree that whenever the pitcher tries to hit you above the shoulders, you deserve to admire your shot for a little bit.

 

Hopefully they keep this up tomorrow -- too bad we won't get to see another Sabathibomb off Bailey, though.

[holybannana]

Th team looked relaxed tonight. I don't know what that means but they took "good AB's" and looked content the whole time. It felt fresh and clean. Likely my own delusional feelings. they look like they know they're in this TOGETHER. Lets see how my attitude is tomorrow, lulz.