2009-08-03 Brewers (Parra) at Los Angeles (Kershaw) : 9:10 PM CT [Brewers win, 6-5]

[Funketown]

That'll help me sleep easy.

[crewcrazy]

Braun has to love hitting homers in LA...he absolutely crushed that one. Hopefully this big lead ends better than the one a few nights ago.

[sargennm]

Man, Braun exploded like Corey Hart's appendix on that one.

[dlk9s]

I gotta say, I def. prefer Scully's call to BA/Rock.

 

Sorry fellas.

Considering Vin is one of the best of all time (THE best, maybe?), that's nothing to be sorry about.

 

EDIT: I just switched to the L.A. broadcast.

[yogallardo43]

Man I love that slow mo camera

[hawing]

Man, Braun exploded like Corey Hart's appendix on that one.

I don't know whether to cheer for the home run or grimace at the visual that sargennm has just put in my mind.

 

Hang on to the lead. Please. Just please.

[young guns]

I know if i were a dodger fan I would be pretty mad about how the dodgers are losing this game. 2 bases loaded walks, a run scoring on a double play, and 2 bloop hits, 1 from the pitcher, before braun goes yard combined with their potent offense's inability to hit a pitcher who has struggled so far this year. In fact, that sounds like some of our losses this year. It feels pretty good to be on this side of a game like this.

[pretendastronaut]

Parra has hung tough tonight. Good outing.

[Oldcity]

How refreshing to see a Brewers' starter pitch efficiently. I feel like it's been weeks since we've seen that.

[dlk9s]

You know, I actually feel bad for Bill Hall. It can't be a good feeling to come back from the minors only to strike out twice.

[sargennm]

You know, I actually feel bad for Bill Hall. It can't be a good feeling to come back from the minors only to strike out twice.

At least it's a familiar feeling.

[dlk9s]

Haha, it looked like Braun had butter on his hand on that throw.

[Glennron]

Did Mark Loretta just use Creed as his walk-up song? That may drop him from one of my favorite Brewers...

[Oldcity]

Was that a walk-up or just a random song? Hoping it was random.

[Glennron]

I don't think one person would've guessed that Manny Parra would bat in the 8th inning today.

[brewdude15]

I wasn't really paying attention earlier, but how come that guy was kicked out?

 

 

Anyway, it's nice to finally see a pitcher not named Gallardo go more than 5 innings. Also nice to see that we've got (hopefully) enough runs to get Manny the win.

[Oldcity]

Manny! Huzzah!

[trwi7]

Wow. Manny has been brilliant tonight. Just a fantastic outing. Under 100 pitches through 8 innings.

[Vgmastr]

Wow, that was Manny's best inning all night. Amazing job tonight. He's at 96 pitches, do you give him a chance to go the distance?

[nate82]

Where have you been Manny Parra? Sure did miss you earlier in the year.

[sargennm]

Kinda funny that Manny is getting it done in L.A. Wasn't this where the implosion began last season? After the game didn't he say something about how he was pounding the zone, it just so happened it was the middle of the zone?

[stalton]

I just wanted to say that Manny is/was very impressive today. Not tons of strikeouts, but a tremendous amount of ground ball outs on the left side. Brewers needed this performance and Manny came through.

[dlk9s]

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[dlk9s]

Gotta love Vin Scully. In describing Braun's single in the 9th: "Sounded like he hit it with the morning paper..."

[Glennron]

I will never not laugh when I see that picture of Suppan.

 

Did something happen to Braun?