2010-06-06 Brewers (Parra) at Cardinals (Garcia), 7:05 PM CDT [Brewers win, 4-3, 10 innings]

[Gobias Industries]

Need a quick inning from Parra. It would be nice if he could go into the seventh.

[Gobias Industries]

God that was a horrible pitch. And Kottaras was basically calling for it.

[Vgmastr]

Pujols has swing over the top of every single slider Manny has thrown in the dirt. Why not keep throwing it?

[RightFieldCoder]

It looked like a similar pitch Manny got ahead of Pujols in the fourth inning.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Bush in the pen...could be between starts or maybe he's already lost his spot. Very interesting.

 

Love to see Manny get through this...he's pitched well.

[Funketown]

Parra really got squeezed on that AB. Pitches 1, 3, and 5 were in the strike zone.

[nate82]

What was wrong with the last 3 pitches? The first one was a strike the second was a borderline pitch and the third should have been a strike. I can't stand inconsistent strike zones. Computerized strike zone please so we don't have to deal with the randomness that is an umpires strike zone.

[sauveb]

I don't like this choice of relievers.

[bucksman4]

Dave Bush?

 

 

Dear God.

[crewcrazy]

Bummer of an ending for Parra's night, but leaving him in against Rasmus was probably better than bringing in Bush or Loe to face him. Neither are very good against LHB, and this series notwithstanding, Rasmus is typically bad against LHP.

[Schlitz001]

After those first two walks, Macha should've been looking to the bullpen to face Rasmus, especially since he already has the HR against Parra.

 

Bush makes me nervous being down 1 run as a flyball pitcher.

[thablingster]

Well, it's not Suppan. Get out of this mess, Bushy.

[Scooter1027]

Why Bush here and not Loe...wouldn't the sinker make more sense here, get the ground ball?

[pebadger]

Bush flips a frisbee up there at some point in ths AB? What are the odds?

 

Idea for a running gimmick at Miller Park: Somebody bust out the old Milwaukee Braves gear, beat a drum and start a "rain dance" as soon as the Brewers are ahead after 4.5 complete. The existence of the roof only amplifies the point being made.

 

No more racist than the mere existence of the Washington Redskins.

[Schlitz001]

Jon Miller makes a good point that Bush isn't used to entering a game with so little time to stretch out.

[Funketown]

Loe has a 55.1% career GB%. Why bring on Bush here?

[thablingster]

What a battle. Get one more, Dave!

[GB12]

Why the heck did he swing at that. I'll take it, but why

[TheCrew07]

Dammit Parra, I walk away for 15 minutes to do something to come back to the bases loaded, Bush pitching, and a run already in.

[thablingster]

Alright, now Macha has lost me. Why are we taking out Bush? I was under the impression Macha put in Bush to get a couple innings to bridge to Hoffman (provided Ax may not be available today due to going multiple innings yesterday).

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

I like the change after the 12 pitch AB, but why did Bush come in to begin with?

[bucksman4]

Macha trying to out "La Russa" La Russa I guess with these pitching moves...

[Schlitz001]

Credit to Bush on the strikeout. Had he given up a basehit he might have inadvertently helped his cause to get back into the rotation.

[TuesdaysWithRillo]

I didn't realize Bush was a ROOGY.

[TheCrew07]

Ohh my goodness... I had no faith in Bush once that got to 3-2 count.