04/16/2006 Brewers (Sheets) @ Mets (Bannister) 12:10 PM, CST

[JoeH33]

Ben Sheets - (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

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Sheets' Splits vs. NY Mets

 

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Brian Bannister - (1-0, 2.77)

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(This is Bannister's first meeting with the Brewers)

SI.com Game Preview

[Bench Coach]

Let's hope Sheets can bring some Easter magic.

[kestrel79]

Could they make minor league baseball uniforms any uglier? Everytime I see one they are just awful. Lets go Crew today! Ben is back, now lets get him some runs!!! to quote Mr. Sutton.

[wisconsinfan47]

Bannister's First Meeting with the Brewers? Uh oh.

 

Hopefully the days of getting shut out by guys like Bannister are over...

 

Imagine Sheets throwing a gem but the Crew losing 2-0...Yuck, that would hurt him.

 

But in the happy easter spirit...I say we give Sheeter some runs early and ofte, and the Crew rolls 8-1 (What the score yesterday should've been)

[Ayt]

This is a very tough lineup for Sheets to face in his first game back. I hope his curve is on because we don't want to see him throwing too many fastballs.

[Sheets4theHOF]

Happy Easter all. I'm real excited about watching ben pitch today. Two things I worry about though....

 

1 Ben's first inning of work. He's gonna be amped. I think he may have control problems in the first inning.

 

2 A young team had a whole night to spend in NYC. Something tells me they didn't spend all night in their hotel rooms going over game film. I wouldn't be surprised to see them sluggish.

 

Hope I'm wrong on both accounts.

[markwitx]

Welcome back Ben.

[brewerjamie15]

Today's game is all abut the power of Peeps. Peeps are on te side of the Brewers. It's all about the Peeps.

 

http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/images2/peeps.jpg

[MachMeister5]

Happy Easter Everyone!

 

Predicting a 3-1 Brewers Win

 

Sheets 6 IP 8 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 7K 93 pitches

[M Skjellyfetti]

Here we go, the lineups, from Yahoo! (very interesting):

 

For the visiting Brewers:

Gross, cf

Hardy, ss

Jenkins, rf

Lee, lf

Koskie, 3b

Hall, 2b

Fielder, 1b

Miller, c

Sheets, p

 

For the Metropolitans:

Reyes, ss

Lo Duca, c

Delgado, 1b

Wright, 3b

Floyd, lf

Nady, rf

Chavez, cf

Hernandez, 2b

Bannister, p

 

First day off for an outfielder today, and Gabe Gross gets the start for the struggling Brady Clark. Also, Rickie gets another day off, not sure as to why this is. Man, I really wish Ned Yost would realize that Corey Hart actually does exist.

[Sheets4theHOF]

Interesting indeed. Maybe a little punishment for the Weeks error? I hope gross can handle CF defensively.

[hawing]

Peeps are more powerful in Brewer colors, or in something approximating Brewer colors...

 

http://www.nostalgiccandy.com/store/images/products/peeps_chicks2.jpg

 

 

Go Brewers and welcome back Ben!

[DHonks]

ah, not a punishment. Ricke had a good game. Remember, the goal is to get him 135-140 games, so Hall and Cirillo can log the other starts at 2b. If we didn't have depth, we'd need Weeks for 162 starts. But to properly utilize our depth, we also have the added benefit of helping keep Weeks, Hardy, and Koskie fresh.

 

I like Gross leadoff. signed him to my fantasy squad for today's game once I saw the lineup

[AJAY]

A little note about Brian Bannister on Fox Sports.com . . .

 

Rookie right-hander Brian Bannister. In his second of back-to-back starts against the Nationals, the rookie altered his patterns, varying speeds and using different two-strike pitches.

 

Some veteran pitchers aren't savvy enough to make those types of adjustments.

 

"His four pitches are all average, but his control and command are above-average and he has a great feel to pitch," a scout says. "You never want to label somebody a Maddux, but he can be that kind of guy."

 

Another executive compares Bannister, the son of former major-league pitcher Floyd Bannister, to former Mets right-hander Rick Reed, who averaged 13 wins for the Mets and Twins from 1997 to 2002.

[endaround]

Free Corey Hart! Or at least let him walk around a bit...

[craigharmann]

I got this off of CBS Sportsline..."Bannister is a Rookie of the Year candidate." Umm....I guess....let's hope the Brewers' bats give him a nice welcome to the bigs today!

[vamac53]

i really like this lineup....ya gotta love gross, and hahh, koskie in the lineup together......and hall is upgrade at 2nd...

weeks striking out way tomuch. should be a good game...pen is rested......even tho wise pitched 2 innings yesterday, they were strss free innings, and only 17 pitches i think... so sheets can go as long as he can(lets hope the mets dont dictate how long sheets goes), and who's gonna be the first pen guy to give up a run, other then capellan, fernandez already did.

[germanking]

I just saw on BBTN that Beltran is out today because of a hamstring, that should be a bit of a bonus for us today.

 

Free Corey Hart!!

[sgtcluels]

This is odd. I don't have the MLB Package but I can tune into the Brewer game on 736 on DirecTV. I do see they are on FSWI, (Same feed) does this mean this is an easy way to find the game if it's on a channel I already get?

 

I do have the NHL Package but they aren't carrying my teams game today (Avs. Vs. Canuck.. go Avs! Nevermind, I can't read dates, but it's still a good question) Is the MLB Package as spotty as the NHL Package?

[Tisko]

I predict a 4 hitter for the Sheeter, all four hits for Nady. Mostly cause I need Nady to have a great day for my fantasy league.

[JoeH33]

Sweet......I go home to my parents house for the weekend and now their cable's out. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/mad.gif

[sheetswannabe]

JJ is on fire!

[RightFieldCoder]

Well I'm stuggling hard in my fantasy league. How about a perfect game from Sheets to help my team? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/happy.gif

[sheetswannabe]

It would be nice to get a run here.

[JoeH33]

We're making Bannister throw a lot of pitches so far; if we can just get to that bullpen we should be golden.