4/19/06 Brewers (Capuano) @ Astros (Pettite), 7:05 PM CST

[wOOgiE22]

Andy Pettite (1-2, 6.35 ERA)

 

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vs.

 

Chris Capuano (1-2, 3.93 ERA)

 

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GAME PREVIEW:

 

MLB.com Game Preview

 

Brewers Leading Hitters:

 

Carlos Lee - .346 8 15

Prince Fielder - .352 2 8

Geoff Jenkins - .298 3 7

 

Astros Leading Hitters:

 

Lance Berkman - .370 6 18

Morgan Ensberg - .429 6 13

Adam Everett - .327 1 12

[heeptom]

After the last two offensive explosions by both teams the past two nights I'm predicting a 2-1 victory, hopefully in favor of the Brewers. Hopefully we can get back on track tonight with a good outing by Cappy and get him some runs. Hopefully Cappy can work a lot of innings tonight since our bullpen is exhausted and we do not off an off day until next Thursday. But we are battlers so I think we can do it.

 

GO CREW!

[bthurley19]

Hopefully Yost does the right thing and puts Prince back in that 5 hole. I really would like to see him get more RBI chances.

[Oldcity]

Brewers win this one, 7-4. Cappy goes seven strong, giving up three and saving the pen somewhat. Fielder and Lee yaya again. And the Brewers make zero errors.

 

How's that sound?

[bigjase]

I can see Lee going yard again. I think Hardy gets one too. I don't think we'll win though. Cappy is pretty bad historically in Houston.

[badgerfan.tgf]

This is a pretty important game tonight...win tonight and we go 3-6 on this road trip. 3-6 doesn't sound too nice but when you think about it, I wouldn't expect to win more than one game during a three game series at STL, NYM, or Houston anyways.

 

I just don't want to come home under .500. It's not like the Reds are chopped liver either.

[hawing]

Get back on the horse, fellas...

[SenatorShriv]

I think that the more casual "bandwagon" fan is looking at tonights game a test of what we actually have. I know a bunch of my friends started watching after the hot start, but are quickly becoming disenfranchised. I've tried to explain the difficulties of playing really good teams on the road, but it makes no difference to them. As far as they're concerned, if the Brewers drop below .500 it will be a reflection that this is the "same old Brewers."

 

I'm really hoping for two straight wins here, to build the excitment a bit again!

[valpocrewsader]

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Cappy is pretty bad historically in Houston.

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You're not kidding. Only 3 starts, but still....

0-2, 6.57 ERA, 25 H+BB in 12.1 innings, .314 opp BA

[B2k1121]

Any lefty is usually not too good in that god forsaken pathetic excuse for a ball park.

[brewerjamie15]

On the subject of JJ Hardly:

 

Having you at the plate is about as usefull as walking into a Blockbuster and looking for the Betamax section.

 

Hey JJ: I know why you wear gloves when it's your turn to "hit"- your bat is as cold as ice.

 

JJ's bat is made of "would". I wonder what would happen if he actually got a hit.

 

Yo, JJ: first base is that way! (point towards the bag)

 

From the Dictionary-

Futility:

1. The quality of having no useful result; uselessness.

2. Lack of importance or purpose; frivolousness.

3. A futile act.

4. See also the On base Percentage of Milwaukee Brewer JJ Hardy.

 

JJ Hardly: proving to Brewers fans every where that he should be listed as 10th in the batting order.

 

Maybe you should try hitting with your glove, it's the only thing working for you.

 

JJ Hardy: Ju, Ju-st can't hit.

 

I tried finding a category on the Brewers site that lists JJ Hardy near the top. It won't list players alphabetically.

[endaround]

JJ is tied for third in CS with 0!

[sheetswannabe]

JJ is my favorite player, dont bash him, bash someone horrible, like Victor Santoshttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif or at least Matt Stairs.

[brewers19]

Maybe you should try hitting with your glove, it's the only thing working for you.

 

Isn't it dangerous to include this in the rant? For if the reverse jinx works, JJ will start committing errors right and left.

[Tailgat0r76]

Well last night was not a good night to be at Minute maid... Hopefully tonight will be better. A few observations:

 

-Astros fan are VERY nice and polite; but they honestly don't seem to know much about baseball (most; not all -- I sat next to some very knowledgable fans)

 

-Most fans didn't know when to cheer unless told to. It seemed the only time fans got behind their pitchers or batters is whenever the cute little "GET LOUD" animations came on the LCD panels.

 

-They are very fair weather fans. They would scream at Garner to pull Milller; yell obnoxiously loud when Lidge comes out, cheer for him throughout the 8th; boo him in the ninth after the HR and after each non-strike pitch; and then cheer after every strike...

 

-The lack of tailgating really got me flustered...

 

-Minute Maid is a very cool park. Some good monuments and fun little things around the park. The 7th inning Hummer race did not even compare to the Sausages obviously, but overall a very cool stadium

 

-The food was a lot more expensive than miller park; which was to be expected; but $4.00 for a hot dog (well... a "star dog") and $5.00 for a 20 oz. soda was a little outrageous. I did find it cool that they had Beer Brats just for this series in honor of the Brewer fans and Wisconsin.

 

-Off topic here, but how didn't Yost pull Davis after 7 in 2+ innings? Anyways...

 

-Ben Sheets threw us a ball during Batting practice because he saw we were Brewer fans; that was pretty cool. He also threw one up to some Astros fans, who didn't catch it, and fell back on the field. Ben took off his glove; stared at them and clapped for a good ten seconds. Then he just turned around leaving the ball on the ground. Good time.

 

Tonight I'll be sitting behind the Brewers dugout; wearing my shirt that has the Brewers glove logo and "Everyone Else Sucks" below it; hope I don't get murdered...

 

 

GAIN SOME MOMENTUM COMING BACK TO MILWAUKEE GUYS!!

[Team Canada]

He also threw one up to some Astros fans, who didn't catch it, and fell back on the field. Ben took off his glove; stared at them and clapped for a good ten seconds. Then he just turned around leaving the ball on the ground. Good time.

 

That's awesome. I love Ben.

[brewizard]

JJ has had 14 hits in 13 games. What's so wrong with that?

[chowyo123]

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JJ has had 14 hits in 13 games. What's so wrong with that?

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Sarcasm/Jinx was intended in that post.

 

Anyways, Get er done Brewers. Please no 9-2 for the bad guys tonight in the 3 inning.

[brewerjamie15]

This is the only time I'm going to post this for the season.

 

When you see total slams on a Brewer player when in the IGT, it is -a joke- it is -a reverse jinx- this goes back to the Boston Red Sox coming back after being down 3-0 to NYY. I ripped the Sox each game after that, they won, the jinx took on a life of it's own.

The obvious humor in the bashing of guys is meant to make them light it up.

Yes, Hardy has 15 hits, but his OBP is .281 so he suffers my wrath.

[PNut33]

The Brewers third base platoon (Hall and Koskie) is currently a combined 0-14 with RISP.

[Brewer Fever]

Lineup:

 

Clark

Hardy

Jenkins

Lee

Hall

Weeks

Cirillo

Miller

Capuano

[Brewer Fever]

I hate seeing Fielder benched. He's one of our best hitters right now, regardless if it's versus a lefty.

[Team Canada]

Interesting.

[PNut33]

Yost with a smart move though, you have to have Cirillo in there against Petitie. He is 14-29 career against him with 2 HR's.

[wOOgiE22]

Didn't Fielder hit a HR off a lefty last night? I don't understand this move, he is one of the hottest hitters on the team right now.