2010-04-23 Cubs (Dempster) at Brewers (Suppan), 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 8-1]

[Funketown]

DFA Braun.

[H4P]

They played that out...it's not like they called it a home run and then changed their minds. How did they take that run off the board????

[dlk9s]

WGN just showed the replay. Braun thought it was a homer. Even put up his fist in triumph. Kind of sucks, but it looked like he legitimately thought it bounced over the wall, as opposed to him just hot dogging or something. By the time he realized the ump said it was in play, it was too late.

[owbc]

I know we can destroy the Pirates, but the Cubs will not let us get away with these mistakes. The game should be 1-1.

[razzzorsharp]

Well, that was a quick inning.

[endaround]

Everything Suppan is throwing is up. He might as well be a Pirate pitcher.

[TheCrew07]

Suppan isn't walking anyone, at least everyone is having to earn their way on, he usually manages to pitch relatively well when he limits the free passes.

[Bernman23]

To quote another great Wisconsinite, Phil Hellmuth, "if it weren't for luck we'd win every one" against the Cubs at Miller Park. Last year it was one umping error after another in their favor, and now this.

[benji]

Didn't Fielder have that grand slam taken away last year by Reed Johnson? IIRC Dempster was pitching that night as well. Dempster is living large against Fielder!

[WisconsinSportsRule]

Didn't get to see Braun running the bases, but it sounds like he was dogging it?

[ChsHeadEngnr]

That a way Zaun, any way you can get on.

[Bernman23]

Didn't Fielder have that grand slam taken away last year by Reed Johnson? IIRC Dempster was pitching that night as well. Dempster is living large against Fielder!

Yep, that was a win otherwise. I feel dirty after most games we play against them at Miller Park. Yes, he they did earn it in part, but two inches further and that's four more runs for the Crew. It's mostly luck that's felling them in these series'.

[Funketown]

Yep, that was a win otherwise. I feel dirty after most games we play against them at Miller Park. Yes, he they did earn it in part, but two inches further and that's four more runs for the Crew. It's mostly luck that's felling them in these series'.

Well, and Jake Fox's ability to take a pitch 6 inches into the zone vertically and laterally for a ball.

 

And, you know, the Cubs just beating the Brewers sometimes, but we'll pretend that never happens.

[wOOgiE22]

That's the Soup we all know and love!

[jjkoestler]

Another meat ball...

[trwi7]

Bill's "routine" excuse for Suppan is really annoying.

[rluzinski]

You mean a 78 MPH pitch right down the middle can end badly? It's getting painful to to listen to EVERYONE make excuses. Announcers, Melvin. Come on.

[owbc]

Suppan reminds me of most of the pitchers from the 2002 team. He looks afraid to throw pitches in the strike zone because of what might happen to them.

[TheCrew07]

The same pitch that Arnett got burned on to a lefty last night... that knee high inside corner fastball. I don't know why all lefties seem to kill that pitch, but I don't know why any pitching puts the ball there.

 

edit. Just watched the DVR, disregard my previous, that ended up thigh high right down the middle

[dlk9s]

Didn't get to see Braun running the bases, but it sounds like he was dogging it?

From what I saw, as I mentioned earlier, it looked like he actually thought the ball went over the wall and therefore slowed down.

[brewers19]

Suppan reminds me of most of the pitchers from the 2002 team. He looks afraid to throw pitches in the strike zone because of what will happen to them.

Fixed that for ya.

[sargennm]

Does Suppan even have any value in the pen?

[trwi7]

Even the outs are getting crushed.

[rluzinski]

The same pitch that Arnett got burned on to a lefty last night... that knee high inside corner fastball. I don't know why all lefties seem to kill that pitch, but I don't know why any pitching puts the ball there.

According to pitch fx, it was a little outside of right down the middle and it was a changeup. And I think the notion that lefty batters kill low, inside pitches is mostly a myth.

[dlk9s]

The same pitch that Arnett got burned on to a lefty last night... that knee high inside corner fastball. I don't know why all lefties seem to kill that pitch, but I don't know why any pitching puts the ball there.

I don't understand why anybody throws anything but low-outside pitches (especially breaking balls if it's a lefty pitcher) to Fukudome. He flails at them all the time.