2010-08-24 Dodgers (Lilly) at Brewers (Bush), 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 5-3]

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63-62

59-65

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Ted Lilly

7-8 | 3.23

Brewers vs. Lilly
Lilly Game Log

Dave Bush

6-10 | 4.63

Dodgers vs. Bush
Bush Game Log

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1. 
   
2. Theriot 2B
   
3. Ethier RF
   
4. Ramirez LF
   
5. Loney 1B
   
6. Kemp CF
   
7. Belliard 3B
   
8. Carroll SS
   
9. Barajas C
   
10. Lilly P
    

1. 
   
2. Weeks 2B
   
3. Escobar SS
   
4. Braun LF
   
5. Fielder 1B
   
6. McGehee 3B
   
7. Cain CF
   
8. Gomez RF
   
9. Lucroy C
   
10. Bush P
    

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MLB GameDay 2010 | ESPN GameCast
Sportsline GameCenter | 620 WTMJ Affiliates

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DodgerFan | Dodger Blue

[hawing]

It's a Bring-the-Nephew Night for hawing, so come on, Brewers - remind me why they don't play games on paper, because the matchup "on paper" doesn't look all that.

 

Also, those of you attending tonight's game may as well watch the videoboard for said nephew along with bensheeps' son (aka the videoboard magnet). Section 220 FTW.

[topper09er]

Wow, interesting that Gomez gets bumped to RF when he must be better in CF than just about anyone else on the planet. Glad to see Cain has "established" himself as the CF starter.

[young guns]

Hopefully Ted Lilly the Dodger doesn't dominate us like Ted Lilly the Cub did.

[Baldkin]

Wow, interesting that Gomez gets bumped to RF when he must be better in CF than just about anyone else on the planet. Glad to see Cain has "established" himself as the CF starter.

Yeah, well, Macha played Edmonds in CF and Gomez in RF when there was no doubt in anyone's mind who the better CF was.

[yfinn6]

I like how they showed Gomez highlights (there's only a handful) and one of them is him hitting a homerun at Minnesota. He hit the ball, then started walking to first base. I guess the phrase "Act like you've done it before" doesn't quite work here, but that was downright awful. Weren't the Brewers getting spanked in that game, and his homerun didn't really make a difference in the outcome of the game? Needless showboating.

 

*Edit - Theriot and Lilly? Great.

[crewcrazy]

Yeah, the Gomez HR cut the deficit to 12. He spent the entire series hacking for that homer to try to show the Twins what they gave up on. At the time I didn't mind it because that entire series was brutal and I was just happy to see a Brewer show that he cared.

[jjkoestler]

What a shot by Kemp. That was a monster HR.

[RightFieldCoder]

I would love to see Fielder vs Bush.

 

I'd also love to see a good pitcher on this staff.

[Schlitz001]

Kemp really misplayed that ball and almost gave McGahee the inside the park HR.

[Gobias Industries]

Jesus, is McGehee a Molina? That is an inside the park homerun for 95% of big league players.

[jjkoestler]

Jesus, is McGehee a Molina? That is an inside the park homerun for 95% of big league players.

 

 

I think Johnny Estrada would beat Casey in a race.

[Cracked Bat Collector]

There's nothing that angers me more than having a guy in scoring position with no outs and not scoring him. Why not have Cain or Gomez try a push bunt to get McGehee home? Just no creativity by Macha ever..I'm sick of it.

[crewcrazy]

Cain's been swinging a hot bat and Gomez has shown no ability to bunt, so I have no problem with them swinging away. Sometimes things just don't work out.

[thablingster]

Wow Dave, what a meaty hanger that was. Yikes.

[trwi7]

Gomez sucks so bad. He was getting major boos after popping out.

[jason21nl]

Gomez is still terrible

[carniesandrubes]

Boo birds out for Gomez tonight. Can't say I blame them too much.

[azcheesehead]

Therein lies the difference between Cain and Gomez. Cain battles, works the count, shows a little bit of discipline and drives the ball enough to advance the runner. Gomez pops out to first.

[Hammer]

What freaking team has Macha been watching? Why put Cappy in when he should be starting in Parra's place in a couple of games? Heck, he could start for Parra, Bush, Narvy...seriously Macha?

[pete]

I'm sure they're starting Parra to see how he does. Ditto for Narveson. Isn't Cappy a FA after the season? I sure hope they have a gentleman's agreement or something because otherwise doing well as a starter just means he's getting more money wherever he ends up pitching.

 

Seriously, the whole thing with Macha being responsible for bad crops, cranky girlfriends and auto breakdowns is over the top.

[Hammer]

The whole thing about Macha not being responsible for making terrible decisions in the dugout is over the top. He has no clue how to manage a MLB pitching staff. None. Was he given great pitchers to work with? Absolutely not. Has he made good decisions on how to use what he has? Again, absolutely not.

Edit: There is enough data on Parra from the last couple of years to know that he is not capable of being a reliable "quality start" pitcher in the majors. Really, do you need to see more Pete?

[afeter]

for those of you with dvr, did that ball hit escobar?

[crewcrazy]

I've actually thought Macha's bullpen management has been one of his strong suits this year. He consistently uses Axford in multi-inning, high-leverage situations. He's done a great job of trusting Zach Braddock, even after a bit of a rough start. He's used Loe to get out of some really tough jams created by the starting pitcher (and unfortunately, that's happened so much recently that he's started to wear down). His handling of Hoffman after he finally removed him from the closer's role has been very good, too.

 

There are a lot of things to be angry with Macha about, but I don't think bullpen management is one.

[ELCABALLO45]

Nice job by Carlos to get a runner on.