2008-04-19 Brewers (Suppan) at Mets (Figueroa): 12:10 PM CDT... Hart and Hardy dye their hair jet black [Brewers win, 4-2]

[pebadger]

That rule, speaking plainly, just sucks, at least as applied.

[rluzinski]

I understand it's a frustrating situation but Brewer fans have to realize that all over the league, there are runners at 3rd with less than 2 out that aren't scoring all the time. With 1 out, they don't score about 35% of the time; with 2 out, they don't score about 75% of the time. It is not just a Brewer problem.

[thablingster]

Cameron crushed that ball and it barely got out. That ball is in the new Hog Deck at Miller Park.

[Gobias Industries]

JJ has had just terrible luck this year. I've never seen anything like that.

[rluzinski]

1 more out and Kendall will be batting under .100.

[bthurley19]

Can anyone explain the game of "dartball" that augie alluded to?

[brains and braun]

Another K! And somewhere a pig flies.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

So... we tried a home/road platoon last year...

 

The Brewers, on the cutting edge of starting pitching innovation, will now use Suppan every 7 days.

[GormanHarvey]

Can anyone explain the game of "dartball" that augie alluded to?

My old man loves dartball. Try this: http://www.dartball.com/

[GormanHarvey]

Nice game Soup! You really picked this team up when they needed you and re-instilled a little faith back in the fans

 

EDIT: Um ok, I assumed he was done. Can someone please tell me why Suppan was hitting there? Good grief!

[Ennder]

I don't care what the results are, leaving Suppan in to bat for himself to lead off this inning is a mistake. The last thing you want is Suppan facing the top of that lineup for a 4th time in the same day. If either of the first 2 guys gets on and Suppan faces Reyes I will explode~.

[rluzinski]

Let's let Suppan lead off the 7th, just so you he can be pulled in the bottom of the inning. That's just a pet peeve of mine.

 

EDIT: I see Ennder beat me to it. This is the 20th example this year of why it doesn't matter who's the manager. Suppan is obviously hot right now, and you can't pull a hot pitcher. Never mind that there are publicly available studies that show it's a bunch of bull. It's in "The Book".

[Vgmastr]

Not sure I like Suppan leading off the 7th. I say be happy with 6 IP and 1 ER. The bottom of the Mets order is due up in the bottom of the inning, so we'll see.

[liveforoctober]

Augustine is proving to be a mess on camera... he is falling all over his words.

 

Also, Jeff Suppan through 6 (knock on wood) is giving me reason to get some easy sleep tonight... because I have been semi-sick over him the last few days.

[giffted1]

Suppan is approaching 100 pitches and will be going through the order for the 4th time. I don't care how many days rest he has or how good he's looked. Sending him out there again for another inning is dumb.

[Schlitz001]

1 more out and Kendall will be batting under .100.

A few more outs and JJ will be batting under .100.

 

I only have gameday, but it looks like Suppan has been mixing up his pitches really well today.

[GormanHarvey]

Suppan is approaching 100 pitches and will be going through the order for the 4th time. I don't care how many days rest he has or how good he's looked. Sending him out there again for another inning is dumb.

Couldn't agree with you more. This makes no sense to me. I actually wasn't sure I wanted him out there for the 6th!

[Ennder]

Augustine is proving to be a mess on camera... he is falling all over his words.

 

I don't think I've ever heard Ron Santo get a full sentence out without falling over his words and he has kept a job for a long time now. Maybe Augustine should just become a cheerleader for his own team.

[Brewer Fever]

I agree with you guys to an extent. But one thing to consider is the fact that our bullpen hasn't been a whole lot better than Suppan. Someone has to step up and pitch deep into a game. Hopefully it's today.

[sargennm]

Oh boy, here we go. Please pull him.

[brains and braun]

And now to the pen.

[Vgmastr]

Ugh, terrible managing by Macha, that was Yost-like.

[pebadger]

This is just killing me. I've seen it all too much in too many sports lately. Play pretty well, and then a couple of things compound themselves on one play to erase a lot of the effort in another area. That was almost a Little League homer.

[Brewer Fever]

Well that pretty much cemented the choice to send him back out there as a poor one.

[rluzinski]

And Macha pulls him after 1 batter. How absolutely asinine.