2011-04-23 Astros at Brewers - [Brewers lose, 9-6, 10 innings; pre- and post-game audio at tail end of thread]

[ilovebeer]

a little late taking him out.

[jason21nl]

RR with another terrible mismanagement. He has not been impressive at all either

[lcbj68c]

Is he getting seriously squeezed or is game cast screwed up?

Must be screwed up. That sidearm delivery allows for nothing but meatballs to be yanked somewhere. He hasn't been Turnbow bad, it's just so easy for the hitters to pickup the ball and hit the 70-85mph junk wherever they please. When it isnt a strike, it's obvious

[Robideaux]

Why waste another reliever at this point? If you were going to blow another pitcher, do it before the game is over.

[Yeti73]

Lyon has two plate appearances in his career and a 1.000 bop and 2.000 ops

[ilovebeer]

Ryan will hit a grand slam to win it,

[lcbj68c]

Mitre is a long man anyhow. You are in the 10th and might go for a while...so why wasnt Mitre the option before Green? I agree. I like RR once the players reach base, but his ph moves and bullpen moves have been slightly better than horrible. Axford on day 1 when he didnt have it. Saito when he didnt have it. If Brewers fans can foreshadow the worst decision possible, why does he keep making it?

[TerraceReserved]

Why doesn't any other coach step in and offer some friendly advice to RR? Help him with double switches, explain how bad Gomez is in the 2 hole, offer some suggestions on the bullpen? He's new and inexperienced, you'd think he'd be open to help.

[bucksman4]

Sean Green has been pathetic as a reliever. The first sidearm throwing pitcher I can remember not having any deceptiveness whatsoever to either right handed or left handed batters. He's useless and if not DFA'd when Saito returns, it's pure garbage.

[mastershake76]

oy.

 

This game was managed very Yostily in my opinion.

[Oldcity]

Why doesn't any other coach step in and offer some friendly advice to RR? Help him with double switches, explain how bad Gomez is in the 2 hole, offer some suggestions on the bullpen? He's new and inexperienced, you'd think he'd be open to help.

How poorly does that reflect on Doug Melvin if his manager needs help with things like that? I'm not saying you're wrong, either.

[razzzorsharp]

If you need guys on base before the big guns, I would think having Nieves, Counsell, and Gomez might be as bad as it gets.

[bucksman4]

Why doesn't any other coach step in and offer some friendly advice to RR? Help him with double switches, explain how bad Gomez is in the 2 hole, offer some suggestions on the bullpen? He's new and inexperienced, you'd think he'd be open to help.

How poorly does that reflect on Doug Melvin if his manager needs help with things like that? I'm not saying you're wrong, either.

But the players love him. Does it matter that he doesn't have managing fundamentals down?

[Oldcity]

I miss Ken Macha.

[jason21nl]

Another game we should have won that we gave away...these are going to come back to kill us in the end

[ilovebeer]

Steve. I would not go that far.

[bucksman4]

Another game we should have won that we gave away...these are going to come back to kill us in the end

Green sucked. What makes you think we should've won it? RR is overusing a pitcher that should be in AAA.

[bigredrobbo]

I'm not one for criticizing managers in general - they all make dumb moves - but some of RRR's have had me scratching my head.

[mastershake76]

barf. What a mess.

[bigredrobbo]

I miss Ken Macha.

Easy, Tiger!

[jason21nl]

Another game we should have won that we gave away...these are going to come back to kill us in the end

Green sucked. What makes you think we should've won it? RR is overusing a pitcher that should be in AAA.

I guess I'm more talking about the crappy base running, the "on contact" play, the terrible bullpen management, the lack of bats on this team. The fact that there are 4 guys on this team that shouldn't be here. We are giving games away.

[The Truth]

But the players love him. Does it matter that he doesn't have managing fundamentals down?

I think Roenicke will learn, and quickly. The players are, in general, playing like a .500 ballclub so far

[endaround]

The fact that despite being provided with 2 better players Kotsay still patrols RF doesn't seem to indicate RR is a quick learner

[bucksman4]

Another game we should have won that we gave away...these are going to come back to kill us in the end

Green sucked. What makes you think we should've won it? RR is overusing a pitcher that should be in AAA.

I guess I'm more talking about the crappy base running, the "on contact" play, the terrible bullpen management, the lack of bats on this team. The fact that there are 4 guys on this team that shouldn't be here. We are giving games away.

I can agree with that. These are the types of games we need to pull out at home. From what I recall, Wandy has been pretty tough on the Brewers in the past as well.

[justwinbb]

There is no reason Green should pitch for milwaukee ever again unless its mop up duty. The guy is a no talent here the ball is on a tee for U pitcher. The brewers should call Parra back immediatly