9/14/08 Game 2: Brewers (Suppan) at Phillies (Myers): 6:35 PM CDT

[AmyintheSouth]

Getting one hit by an (alleged) wife-beater. Awesome.

 

I remember getting deliriously happy over a 4 1/2 game wild card lead...

[markedman5]

Didn't Ned say that this was a different team then last year?

 

More mature and ready to handle the pressure?

 

 

I could have sworn he said that.................maybe they are just pacing themselves?

[saget]

Brewers. Boom, outta here.

[pebadger]

Is the team flying back to MIL tonight, or are they going straight on to Chicago?

 

If they're going to MIL, I'd suggest they just have the guys drive down to Wrigley in their own vehicles. Whoever shows up get to play.

[trwi7]

Glad to see these gutless losers can hit solo homers when they're down 6 in the 7th.

[Irish Brewer]

At least we're not gonna get shut out...

[pebadger]

Yay. Woo-hoo.

 

Did the Philly fan throw the ball back on the field to elicit that cheer? Or did the Philly fans just mock the Crew for fianlly scoring a run? I kinda hope it's the latter because that kind of cruelty is appreciated in situations like this.

[JumpinMacFlash]

I left to play softball and this is the craptastic pile of suck that I come back to? Anger swells in my veins.

[Irish Brewer]

http://justsickshit.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/castle-bravo-atomic-nuclear-bomb-test.JPG

 

 

[pebadger]

On the subject of the no-hitter curse, Zambrano is throwing one right now in Miller Park. Rumor has it the Cubs will also be spending the night in the various Brewer residences around town before tomorrow's game.

[rluzinski]

Brewer batters have seen 88 pitches though 8 innings. Decent chance at a sub 100 pitch complete game. My goodness.

 

Glad to see these gutless losers can hit solo homers when they're down 6 in the 7th.

 

Yeh, let's call them childish names for hitting a HR. We all hate this but get a grip already.

[trwi7]

Is Yost getting Shouse up so he can put him in to intentionally walk Utley and Howard?

[pebadger]

Maybe I'm getting loopy, but did I just hear Rock say that if the Phillies score a couple more runs the Brewers would really be in trouble?

[olsonnet]

c'mon, we need our token 2nd run so yost can say that the guys were battling right up until the end. ugh.

[SeriesFinale]

I wish I could say I can't believe it but unfortunately, I can

[trwi7]

I think Mat Gamel killed Yost's dog.

[RU Rah Rah]

Well, Ned, whatever you do, never take out Jason Kendall. Ever. Not even at the tail end of a hopelessly lost DH in mid-Sept.

[Irish Brewer]

Still trying to figure out why Shouse would ever need to pitch there, especially with Stetter available.

[rluzinski]

Meyerrs needs 1 more out and is at 93 pitches. Come on offense, you need 7 more pitches seen to break the century mark!

 

EDIT: In the time it took me to write that, Hardy makes the final out in 2 pitches. 95 pitch complete game. That's very hard to do.

 

Well, the Brewers have an uphill battle to win the wildcard for the first time in awhile.

[trwi7]

Just your every day run-of-the-mill 95 pitch complete game on three days rest.

[AmyintheSouth]

I really want to be positive and say that they're getting the suck out of the system for an end-of-the-season tear. I really want to.

[JumpinMacFlash]

For the first time in my life, I'm really very, very angry/disappointed/depressed about the Brewers. Last year, I wasn't fully prepared for the idea of the playoffs. This year I had hope and confidence and my dreams are crumbling by the day.

 

I love pudding!

[giffted1]

Well, Fielder hit a HR and McClung looked good. Other than that, ugh.

[hawing]

Maybe this was the "colonic" series - getting all the toxins out.

[sauveb]

You can use all the derogatory terms that you want to describe tihs team. Spineless, gutless, chokers, no heart. The bottom line is that in the everyday lineup there isn't a single player that can make an adjustment to what an opposing pitcher does. They all just go up there and hack away. Over and over we see the same swings from the same players. Until someone teaches these guys how to be professional hitters this is what will happen. Blame whomever you want but these guys need to be taught instead of just letting them play. And don't say that it can't be done at this level. I sit here in western Wisconsin and watch the Twins do it every single year.