2010-04-21 Brewers (Gallardo) at Pirates (Duke), 6:05 CDT [Brewers win, 8-0]

[Schlitz001]

Does anyone know why Fielder decided to keep that ball?

[BKBucky_2_2]

Does anyone know why Fielder decided to keep that ball?

Announcers guessed that he wanted to give it to the fan in the Fielder jersey who he hit with a foul ball on the previous pitch.

[MkeSouthSide]

Great 11 pitch single there by Prince, maybe that will get him

going.

 

He swung at a lot of balls too that AB, as if to say I'll be damned if I'm going to take another walk during this slump.

 

Does anyone know why Fielder decided to keep that ball?

To give to the guy in the stands wearing a Fielder jersey who got nailed by Prince's foul ball.

[ilovebeer]

Macha won't let any of our pitchers hit anyone, if they did, he would apologize to Pittsburgh

[ilovebeer]

Not very big of a crowd there tonight.

[endaround]

Free the Gerut!

[ilovebeer]

Say ain't so, Zaun with a hit/

[Funketown]

Not very big of a crowd there tonight.

I just looked at Pittsburgh's ticket prices on their website, and seats behind the plate in the first deck were only $27 for tonight's game. A Pittsburgh road trip might be a good idea sometime in the near future.

[dikapalooza]

I do believe when the Brewers ran off the field after a walk-off, it was Bill Hall with a base hit much earlier in the year against St. Louis after they complained about untucking the jerseys

[dikapalooza]

I just looked at Pittsburgh's ticket prices on their website, and seats behind the plate in the first deck were only $27 for tonight's game. A Pittsburgh road trip might be a good idea sometime in the near future.

 

I'll be sitting there at least one game during the July series. Can't wait.

[sheethead]

Anyone catch what Bill said after Duke was caught off second on the grounder to Escobar? It was classic, as he said Duke violated the unwritten rule of running on a ground ball hit in front of him. I always wondered if baseball fundamentals were considered unwritten rules. Thanks to our great broadcasting team, now I know.

 

As for DISH, this is beyond frustrating. The rep just ran through a bunch of diagnostics, unnecessarily, and came to the conclusion that DISH Network does not guarantee all the broadcasts will be in HD. She admitted it is a DISH issue, and not a Fox Sports issue. I'm done with the Dish.

[steve267268]

Anyone catch what Bill said after Duke was caught off second on the grounder to Escobar? It was classic, as he said Duke violated the unwritten rule of running on a ground ball hit in front of him. I always wondered if baseball fundamentals were considered unwritten rules. Thanks to our great broadcasting team, now I know.

 

As for DISH, this is beyond frustrating. The rep just ran through a bunch of diagnostics, unnecessarily, and came to the conclusion that DISH Network does not guarantee all the broadcasts will be in HD. She admitted it is a DISH issue, and not a Fox Sports issue. I'm done with the Dish.

Probably a good decision. Dish has always been pretty lackluster in my opinion. Directv is good with the exception of their customer service and billing department. Making changes to your programming can be quite the headache.

[ilovebeer]

How fast did Todd run in tonight?

[ilovebeer]

Did Todd hit him on purpose?

[ilovebeer]

Cory is actally playing well right now, I love blowouts

[ilovebeer]

Why is Hawkins pitching in a blowout?

[PeaveyFury]

Hawkins needs a bit of a confidence builder after being horrible the past couple of times out, I'd think.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

Why is Hawkins pitching in a blowout?

I actually like this. He can get some work in a no-pressure situation and get his head right. Hopefully he has a nice, clean inning.

[razzzorsharp]

The last two times Hawkins went out there he got shelled. Good to see him get some work in tonight as he hasn't been in for a while.

[endaround]

Because he needs work

[ilovebeer]

That makes sense.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

So that's what a shutout feels like!

 

Great job by the whole staff tonight. Hope this means they're gettin it together.

[ilovebeer]

Nice win tonight, 2nd well pitched game by the whole staff .

[jimmyjeromehardy7]

Glad to see he went 1-2-3. This team is coming together.

[hawing]

Series win! Nice, guys. Real nice!

 

I know it's the Pirates, but with Saturday's loss still fresh in my mind, I'll take it. (Also, with LaTroy's Friday appearance still fresh in my mind, I'm glad they put him in tonight.)

 

12,192 at PNC...that's sad, for such a nice park.