9/18/08 Brewers (Bush) at Cubs (Harden): 1:20 PM CDT

[JMBehnke]

Why not give Rivera a chance to lift a fly ball?

Exactly.

[trwi7]

Unreal. I hate this team yet continue to watch.

[olsonnet]

just laughable. this team doesn't want to win. they've given up on this season, and so have i.

[Ranier]

Anyone wanna bet that the cubs score here and end it?

[secondsith]

Can they just try to steal home next time we get someone on 3rd. It seems they would have the same chance to score on that than getting a base hit or sacrifice.

[yount19.u]

Someone please explain to me why batting average with risp is not an important statistic?

[FidoMcCokefiend]

This team was sent to Earth to torment me endlessly for something I did in a previous life. I'm sure of it.

 

Why in the name of all that is holy, do we NEVER EVER EVER pinch hit for Counsell or Kendall? Is there a federal law?

 

2nd and 3rd no outs, and we can't score a bleepin run.

 

Why do I do this to myself. This team doesn't deserve to make the playoffs.

[naivin]

Like it would have mattered...The Cubs are so far out of the Brewers league, its pathetic.

[Mr QL]

Watching the Brewers make me look forward to Bucks season.

[crewcrazy]

This team is epically bad on the basepaths. Why the heck are you running on contact with Kendall up and the infield drawn in?

[datrain711]

not only are they determined to lose, they are determined to lose in the most devastating and painful way imaginable

[naivin]

Like it would have mattered...The Cubs are so far out of the Brewers league, its pathetic.

[Bernman23]

Did that happen to the Cards too? No, they just have a bad bullpen, so they logically blow a lot of leads. Didn't necessarily have anything to do with struggling under pressure. The Brewers manage to not only blow a 4-run lead with the Bullpen, but also make mistakes on defense, and squander a runner on third and nobody out situation in extras. That's what makes it a product of a loser's mentality. Players in all areas doing the opposite of what every situation requires.

[trwi7]

Counsell hits a grounder 48.4% of the time. Kendall hits one 46.3% of the time. Why would you send them out there (hopefully) knowing that?

[crewcrazy]

Well, the Cubs are out of everyone's league. They're the best team in baseball. It's going to take a massive chokejob for them to miss the World Series.

[Mr QL]

is this the first Sveum'd?

[crewcrazy]

That was a strike last inning.

[yount19.u]

That pitch was a strike to Edmunds and everyone but the umpire knew it. This game makes me want to put my head in a vice and take some of the pain away.

[FidoMcCokefiend]

Milwaukee 2nd and 3rd no out = no run

Chicago 1st no out = run

[bucks2281]

Dale was probably worried about Rivera striking out. I hope a lesson was learned, but probably not.

 

This is worse than the Cordero in Texas game last June.

[pebadger]

In a way I find all this oddly reassuring. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, there are still places in the world where the deserving are rewarded and the undeserving are punished.

[crewcrazy]

Dale was probably worried about Rivera striking out. I hope a lesson was learned, but probably not.

 

This is worse than the Cordero in Texas game last June.

I don't think so...at least Soto got it over with in one swing of the bat. That Texas game was like death by papercuts -- single after single after single with 2 outs.

[tristarscoop]

This is literally the third game in the month of September where we have RISP and needed to score in the bottom of the 9th/extra innings and have sent Counsell and Kendall up and they've failed to produce.

 

Is it really so hard to figure out that it's a bad move and we need to pinch there?

[chrisisoutrunning]

someone tell me how we get out of this

[Oldcity]

Worse than the Arizona five runs without an out, worse than Cordero in Texas, worse than the A-Ram walk-off... I can't think of anything worse if they lose this.