2009-04-26 Brewers (Parra) at Astros (Ortiz): 1:05 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 3-2]

[SeriesFinale]

Yeah, walking Ortiz is a bad, bad omen

 

Hadn't heard they were doing a new Major League movie until the Astros announcers said that Ueck told them that last night

[trwi7]

Wow, nice pick by Weeks on that.

And then he does that.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

And here comes the meltdown.

[pebadger]

Manny Parra = younger Jeff Suppan.

[AJAY]

I wonder if the umpire obstructed Rickie Weeks' view of that ball he missed.

[Bernman23]

Manny's a headcase. If he could stay poised in the face of a little adversity, he'd be the legit #2 or 3 pitcher so many expect him to be.

[SeriesFinale]

Manny's a headcase. If he could stay poised in the face of a little adversity, he'd be the legit #2 or 3 pitcher so many expect him to be.

To be fair, he'd have gotten out of the inning with the lead intact if Rickie hadn't gotten the error

 

I, also, was a little surprised he didn't totally melt down after the long El Caballo RBI-single though

[pebadger]

Manny's a headcase. If he could stay poised in the face of a little adversity, he'd be the legit #2 or 3 pitcher so many expect him to be.

 

That's my conclusion on extremely limited information as well. Not too much mental toughness.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

And TWC's feed just took a dump again.

 

Did I miss a weak grounder?

[bensheeps]

Good at bats from the bottom of the order...Hall with good patience and Kendall driving a ball to score the run.

[LaprilOne]

Some heavy storms in the area. Disrupts the digital trasnmission to the head-end. With analog you get fuzz, when digital drops below a certain level, you get pixels, then nothing.

[crewcrazy]

Looks like we'll be in for another wild one. I personally can't wait to get the heck out of Houston, but hopefully the Brewers can find a way to steal one.

[olliegjw]

I wonder if the umpire obstructed Rickie Weeks' view of that ball he missed.

That was my thought as well.

[SeriesFinale]

Man, the pace of this one is glacial

[Ennder]

I like that Macha is PH with Hardy here. Yost always seemed to refuse to use a guy on a day off. 1 AB and then sitting back on the bench does not invalidate a day off somehow Ned~.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

That'll be all for Parra. Not a bad outing, the defense let him down some.

 

Come on JJ, how bout a knock!

[Yeti73]

Don't like removing Manny this early. There are many more runs to be scored. Worried about going to our pen and know that we can tag their pen for a few more this game, even if not this inning.

 

Macha doing a double switch?

[Ennder]

Parra had thrown 97 pitches and his control wasn't as sharp the last 2 innings. I think that was a good time to PH for him for sure.

[endaround]

Parra was at 97 pitches. He had maybe two batters left.

[Yeti73]

I guess you're probably right. On top of that, I guess the pen is somewhat rested considering they were barely worked on thursday and not at all on Friday. I would've left Hardy in and taken out Counsel. He's smoking the ball, just unlucky.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

Who decided putting Bill Michaels giant mug in a TV ad was a good idea? Fridays, that's who.

[logan82]

Macha better not be calling for a sac bunt.

[Yeti73]

I'd like to see another single, single, single, single type inning here.

[pebadger]

Shaping up to be a bitterly disappointing inning. Cam needs to come through.

[Yeti73]

Not a very good approach for Prince there.

 

Come on Cam!