2010-05-11 Braves (Hudson) at Brewers (Bush), 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 11-3]

[wibadgers23]

What in the world was that?

[AJAY]

So much for the Braves being unable to hit and being unable to win on the road.

 

*sigh*

[gobrew23]

What was with that dive for the ball in left field?! He wasn't close and cost the Brewers at least one run maybe two. He wasn't even close.

[Gobias Industries]

I think he's a natural 2b. It showed there.

[stalton]

I forgot to post this when BA said this but I had to chuckle/throw up a little when I heard this:

 

"This is the first time since 2008 that Edmonds has ever hit 3rd."

 

Really now BA, you dont say. I thought Edmonds might have hit 3rd once or twice on his year off in '09.

[pretendastronaut]

Are there no in-between settings for the Brewers this year? We've had all of 2 games this month decided by less than 4 runs. It's frustrating to watch daily to either be totally out of a game, or totally in control.

[Gobias Industries]

It seems like nearly every time we lose, Weeks has had a bad game. He's 0-8 in the series, and we've now lost two in a row. Just saying.

[GormanHarvey]

It seems like nearly every time we lose, Weeks has had a bad game. He's 0-8 in the series, and we've now lost two in a row. Just saying.

And coincidentally in his last at bat with us down 7 he was swinging for an 8 run HR with nobody on base

[WisconsinSportsRule]

It seems like nearly every time we lose, Weeks has had a bad game. He's 0-8 in the series, and we've now lost two in a row. Just saying.

And coincidentally in his last at bat with us down 7 he was swinging for an 8 run HR with nobody on base

Everybody does that on this team when we are down that much. They don't get good AB's when they are down a lot.

I'm just embarrassed to allow this many runs back to back nights against a bad offense. They haven't score many runs at all this year.

 

[GormanHarvey]

What in the world is going on?! Get an out!

[thablingster]

For a game in which no official errors have been charged, the Brewers have played terrible defense. Atrocious infield defense tonight. There are seriously less than 2,000 people left at the stadium right now. I am sticking this one out. 9 run rally? LOL.

[rluzinski]

Based off of Macha's handling of Suppan and Edmonds, I am convinced he thinks it's 2005. That is the only explanation.

[ELCABALLO45]

Huh?

 

Edmonds went 2-5 with a double and Suppan pitched in a 10-3 blowout. Am I missing something?

[hawing]

I've commented before on trivia contest atrocities, but tonight the off-field atrocity was "Guess the Attendance." Here is what I wrote on the back of my ticket stub, for posterity:

 

Sham attendance guesses:

 

30,678

31,924

32,253

33,015

The "answer" was 30,678, which I think translated into around 10,000 no-shows.

 

It was so empty that for about the last hour of the game, we were the only fans in our section - not just the terrace box, but also the terrace reserved section behind us. By that time, we could hear Cory's radio call echoing from the terrace concourse.

It had a creepy 2003 vibe. And that doesn't even include the on-field results!

 

It's sad that Dave Bush arguably had the most competent outing of the Brewers' pitchers tonight, yet got the loss.

 

Rather than comment further, I'll just say that the Brewers are lucky to have me as a fan, and while I would like to get a fruit basket from them in exchange for staying the whole 3:31, I would settle for a piece of fruit, or some acknowledgement of my fan effort. It would be nice if our ticket rep were reading this.

[thablingster]

Yeah hawing, it was eerily empty in the 400 level the last hour of the game. I think that's the first time I ever was able to get out of 400 without standing in line for a while after the game. I too would appreciate a fruit basket, but what I would appreciate more is not being swept today, lol.

[Invader3K]

We left this one after the 7th inning, and were sure glad we did. Got home by 11 and got a good night's rest.

 

You can't blame Macha for this one. The defense was atrocious, as was the hitting. I think Prince missed about three plays I think virtually any other 1B in the league would have made. Escobar and Weeks did not seem to be bringing their "A" game either.

 

I will be there again today. Derek Lowe has been pitching terribly (I would know since he's on my fantasy team...no, I'm not starting him today). Time to man up and avoid a sweep, Brewers.

[BrewCrewForever]

It seems like nearly every time we lose, Weeks has had a bad game. He's 0-8 in the series, and we've now lost two in a row. Just saying.

It does seem, as Rickie Weeks goes, so go the Milwaukee Brewers.

 

Never helps when Braun is not in the lineup as well.

[hawing]

thablingster has a point. Our eventual exit from the park was possibly the quickest ever, coming from the terrace. Usually it's already slow heading down the stairs from terrace to loge, then really slows down as loge people feed into the stairwell. There was no slowdown last night.

[pretendastronaut]

It was the same Monday night. Very easy to leave the park and the parking lot.