4/28/06 1:20 pm Brewers (Bush) @ Cubs (Maddux)

[davemakovec]

You can always count on Henry Blanco for a nice, quick out.

 

Alright, Brewers, time to get some runs back. This is a beatable team.

[hawing]

I was really hoping to not see Bush come out this inning

 

I cringe a little to say so, but they may feel they have to save the bullpen for Saturday.

(Sorry, Doug. I'm just saying.)

[Team Canada]

Weird, I would have thought Bush threw more than 77 pitches.

 

Time to work the Cubs bullpen over.

[rluzinski]

So, has Cirillo become Yost's first PHer off the bench, regardless of the handedness of the pitcher? Must be that .580 OPS Cirillo has compiled against them since 2003 that entices Yost so.

 

Not a big fan... of that.

[JoeH33]

At least we got a runner. A HBP on a 1-2 count is never a bad thing.

[davemakovec]

Neither am I, Russ, neither am I. I was hoping to see Gross lead it off.

 

Gameday shows Rickie having watched two belt-high strikes right down the middle to start the at-bat. Working the count doesn't just mean watching every pitch until you have two stri...

 

At least Rickie can keep getting on base with a good ol' Hit By Pitch.

 

Edit: send him. seriously. get him running.

 

re-edit: curses.

[TauPentaRei]

The only thing better than blowing out the Cubs 17-0 is stealing the game from them in the 9th...

 

6 - 5, here's hoping.

[Team Canada]

Darn it Rickie.

[True CryM]

And Rickie's woes continue...

[DHonks]

wow, he had that stolen easily...just gotta put on the breaks.

[rluzinski]

Down by 3 in the 7th and the Brewers are trying to steal bases. Sheesh.

[SeriesFinale]

There are times, even when I know the game is within reach, that I just have to pack it in for my sanity. That inning was one of those times.

 

So close, so far away

[davemakovec]

Did he over-run the base and get tagged out?

[gypcasino]

Decent job by Ruth's grandson on "Take Me Out to the Ballgame."

[Team Canada]

Did he over-run the base and get tagged out?

 

overslid, yeah.

[nsimps]

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Did he over-run the base and get tagged out?

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Yeah, he had swiped it easily but over slid the base.

[mikerollins]

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Down by 3 in the 7th and the Brewers are trying to steal bases. Sheesh

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While I would normally agree with you, with Rickie Weeks as the runner and a contact hitter up..I didn't have a problem with the hit and run. Plus he had the base stolen easily. It's not Yost's fault he slid past it.

[DHonks]

great play by De La Rosa to tag the runner, since there's no way he could have beaten Pierre to the bag

[nsimps]

Was it even a hit and run? I bet that Rickie has a green light for stealing bases and he had a great jump.

[True CryM]

Koskie seems to have a lot of trouble when he's forced to come in hard.

[DHonks]

Rickie probably was stealing because he knew he'd get it, and because it would avoid a DP

[gypcasino]

Santo wondering who the Brewers got JDLR from. Like it just happened the other day or something. Sheesh. Off with the XM. Where'd I put that AM radio.

[Team Canada]

Santo wondering who the Brewers got JDLR from. Like it just happened the other day or something.

 

I was listening to one of the Cards/Cubs games a couple weeks ago while driving through Indiana, and it was just brutal. I remember being sad when Pat left, but after hearing Jim for 10 years, he wasn't much better than Santo.

[Team Canada]

DLR is so frustrating.

[davemakovec]

JDLR!!

 

Looks like we're still getting the out-of-control JDLR.

 

Of course, I say that and he throws a strike on the outside corner.

 

Then walks.

 

Lovely.