9/19/08 Brewers (Suppan) at Reds (Ramirez): 6:10 PM CDT ~Postive Vibes IGT~

[FidoMcCokefiend]

During the conference call I'm on, I checked the score, it was 0-0 and Hairston just led off with a hit. I had to check out some work things, before I clicked back to the game to check on the score I tol myself to expect 1 run.

 

5 with no outs yet at that time.

 

Is this where Dandy Don starts singing?

[Brily0204]

Suppan isn't alone. Brett Myers also gave up five runs to the first five batters. And he still hasn't gotten anybody out.

[GormanHarvey]

C'mon guys - lets get 2 or 3 right here and get back in this thing

[jason21nl]

very very nice way to start

[ELCABALLO45]

We are winning this game

[brewers19]

I'd like to posit that Suppan deserves the remainder of his contract solely on the condition that he agrees not throw a single pitch for the next two years.

[FidoMcCokefiend]

Suppan isn't alone. Brett Myers also gave up five runs to the first five batters. And he still hasn't gotten anybody out.

You mean the same Brett Myers that threw a 95 pitch complete game 2 hitter vs the Brewers his last time out?

 

Somehow that didn't make me feel much better.

[imblotto]

Suppan may be a worse signing than Jeffrey Hammonds. At least Hammonds was never playing, therefore never hurting the team.

[Brewer Fever]

The good news is that if we continue down this path we might actually see the Brewers go out and hire a real major league manager in the offseason.I do

I don't know how people seem to think they know so much about Sveum - give the guy a chance. You ask me, he made all the right moves in Chicago

 

It's not based upon my opinion of Sveum. It's based on my belief that unless the Brewers make the playoffs and essentially have no choice but to give Dale the job, that Mark A. is going to want to pony up and get a proven winner. Someone who has managed a team to a playoff berth in the past.

[bucks2281]

Metropolitans already have the lead ... Reyes lead off the game with a HR.

 

And did Corey Hart really make the All-Star team? The guy's been hitting worse than Counsell/Kendall.

 

I'd rather watch Bill Hall strike out 6 times in 4 AB than watch Counsell hit. Ugh.

[TuesdaysWithRillo]

I will never get my hopes up after 5 good months ever again.

[crewcrazy]

The good news is that if we continue down this path we might actually see the Brewers go out and hire a real major league manager in the offseason.I do

I don't know how people seem to think they know so much about Sveum - give the guy a chance. You ask me, he made all the right moves in Chicago

 

It's not based upon my opinion of Sveum. It's based on my belief that unless the Brewers make the playoffs and essentially have no choice but to give Dale the job, that Mark A. is going to want to pony up and get a proven winner. Someone who has managed a team to a playoff berth in the past.

My only problem with that is that means the Brewers would be recycling an old manager that got fired somewhere else, which means he was likely making the same mistakes over and over that Yost was. Willie Randolph, for example, would be a horrible hire.

[FidoMcCokefiend]

Suppan - an Algonquin term meaning EPIC FAIL.

[Brewer Fever]

My only problem with that is that means the Brewers would be recycling an old manager that got fired somewhere else, which means he was likely making the same mistakes over and over that Yost was.

 

Not if that man goes by the name of one Tom Kelly.

 

Hey, I allowed to dream, aren't I? It's the best medicine for times like these.

[crewcrazy]

This smells like another one of those Suppan starts where he labors through a brutal first inning, then throws a shutout for the next 4 or 5 innings. Brian and Bill will end up praising him for "keeping the team in the game" but he'll end up giving up 2 more runs in the 6th and leave the game with a 7-2 deficit or so.

[Brewer Fever]

Suppan - an Algonquin term meaning EPIC FAIL.

 

Are you sure on that? I coulda sworn that it was Algonquin for STEALING MONEY. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

 

[ELCABALLO45]

Rickie Weeks? Might as well let Suppan hit, he has a better chance of making contact.

[TuesdaysWithRillo]

That is why Durham is playing.

[AJAY]

The Reds pitcher is clearly working the outside part of the plate. The Brewers MUST focus on slapping the ball the other way.

[crewcrazy]

An anagram for "Jeffrey Scot Suppan" -- "Crappy Offenses Jut" (as in "extend" or "project"; ex: "Against Jeff Suppan, teams project the baseball into outer space")

 

I kid you not.

[Brewcrewin07]

Soup pitched great...

[GormanHarvey]

You gotta be kidding me

[sgtcluels]

So I have't turned off a game all year.

 

This is the day. Playoff tickets shipped today, I'll prepare a frame so I can post them. Apparently they won't be used.

[ELCABALLO45]

Votto and Bruce are going to be good.

[GormanHarvey]

Great catch Cam!