9/16/08 Brewers (Sabathia) at Cubs (Dempster): 7:05 PM CDT

[ELCABALLO45]

JJ!!!

[pebadger]

How was that a ball and the pitch to Counsell was a strike?

[naivin]

Not sure who's coming in yet, but I'd PH Rickie here.

[1Badgerfan]

that was the best inning we've seen from this team in awhile. Let's get to their pen now.

[BuckyBrewer61]

Wait...momentum on the Brewers side? I keep waiting for that turning point in the month...

 

LET'S GO CREW!

[pebadger]

OK, at what point does Gabe come off the bench and give us a Kirk Gibson moment? I don't think we should save it for the WS at this point.

[ELCABALLO45]

Keep sabathia in please

[naivin]

Letting CC hit? Interesting.

[ELCABALLO45]

Howard just homerd off a lefty to take the lead for Philly.

[naivin]

Howard just homerd off a lefty to take the lead for Philly.

 

Guess they should have walked him.

[ELCABALLO45]

Good Eye Cam

[sargennm]

Dear Cam,

 

Steal!

 

Thanks,

Sarge

[bucksman4]

Team have been bringing in the lefty to face Durham a lot lately. Would you counter with Rickie Weeks here?

[naivin]

Would you counter with Rickie Weeks here?

 

Yes.

[sargennm]

You gotta figure they counter right back with a righty then. What's better Durham v. lefty or weeks v. righty?

[bucksman4]

Yeah they had Marmol warmed. If Weeks was called to pinch hit, I'd assume they'd signal in Marmol.

[ELCABALLO45]

Lou looks like his due date is coming up.

[jloos19]

If you bring in a pitcher, he has to face one batter I'm pretty sure. So countering with Weeks was definitely the right move there.

[pebadger]

I'd pay a lot of money to have one of the broken bat jobs just drop in for a change.

[bucksman4]

Braun HR here...come on!!!

[rluzinski]

Durham has been pretty even from both sides for his entire 27 year career. Should we really believe that it's dramatically changed this year?

[rotoherb]

Yeah they had Marmol warmed. If Weeks was called to pinch hit, I'd assume they'd signal in Marmol.

no, Cotts would have to pitch to one batter, it's a rule. I have no idea why they didn't pinch hit Weeks for Durham there. Some things don't change, I guess.

[chrisisoutrunning]

not a strike...

[pebadger]

Not a strike

[ELCABALLO45]

This Ump has been so brutal this game...

 

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At-bat Summary

Pitch 2: Called Strike (85mph Slider)

Pitch 1: Ball (88mph Slider)