2009-07-20 Brewers (Burns) at Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf) : 6:05 PM CT [Brewers lose, 8-5]

[pebadger]

Problem is, this team is creating fewer and fewer opportunited for big hits. Maybe Lopez will help change that at the top of the lineup.

[brewdude15]

Villy has trouble going 1 or 2 innings, much less 5 or 6.

 

 

Anyone else hear that loudmouth Pirates fan yell "Hey Prince, is ice cream a vegetable?!"

 

I'll admit, I'm having a bad day, but that kinda made me smile. Not because it's funny, but because hecklers are so lame.

[pretendastronaut]

Baseball Tonight just showed the clip of Burns getting nicked by the line drive and said, "Good news is that the pitcher stayed in the game." Indeed.

 

Hahahaha. Good stuff, thanks for the laugh.

[nate82]

Wow Hardy beat out a double play. Thats umpossible!

[GB12]

I won't say it, but I know i'm not the only one thinking it. Mike Burns, it's been fun. Thank you for the game against the Dodgers, but I'd rather your Brewer days be over now.

 

Ah, I think you just did.

[nate82]

The ball must be really carrying well if Kendall hit one that far. Nice sac fly by Kendall there.

[GB12]

Was that Kendall's fist sac fly this year?

[thablingster]

Well, at least Kendall drove in a run so Gerut couldn't completely kill the rally.

 

This game is far from over. Just need to keep putting up 0's in the bottom half.

[jeffy]

Wasn't there any better option to PH there...maybe Parra?

[pretendastronaut]

Or Looper. That guy is on fire.

[Hate those Rodents]

It'd be nice to let Rivera pinch hit once in a blue moon.

[nate82]

It'd be nice to let Rivera pinch hit once in a blue moon.

Why would you waste Rivera that early though? Gerut was fine in that spot.

[ProfMath]

Can't pinch hit your only backup catcher.

[brewmann04]

maybe the offense can catch fire and end up beating Capps in the 9th

[ProfMath]

And people were complaining about the trade why?

[Team Canada]

So this is what we get from Lopez every night, right?

[brewdude15]

I'm liking Lopez already....THAT is what a leadoff hitter should look like.

[sargennm]

And people were complaining about the trade why?

I'm an on the record supporter of the trade, but the reason people were against was what happened after his first hit. The guys has some known focus issues, but he can also flat out hit.

[Yeti73]

Gerut has one more RBI for the Brewers than Burns...

[jeffy]

Can't pinch hit your only backup catcher.

Not that Rivera should have PH there, but they do have this guy, too:

 

http://media.scout.com/Media/Minor_League_Baseball/798727_McGehee062804.JPG

[sargennm]

Worst part of slumpy Braun: When he tries too hard to break out of said slump.

[pretendastronaut]

We should trade that Braun guy for more guys like that Lopez guy.

[trwi7]

Braun has looked worse than awful the past few weeks.

[wibadgers23]

Fundamental baseball at its finest folks.

[brewdude15]

man...BA's just having a horrible game. He just said Fielder's second in the NL in HR's, behind Pujols...Ibanez has 25, Fielder has 24. Fielder is 3rd.

 

Why didn't Lopez slide there? he looked kinda close to the plate and Ohlendorf would've had to bend all the way down to tag him out with the high throw...

 

I really hope we get at least one out of this...

 

 

EDIT: Knew I shouldn't have posted "I really hope we get at least one out of this...".