2011-05-31 Brewers (Greinke) at Reds (Reineke) - [Brewers win, 7-2]

[stalton]

Fun Fact: Last time the Brewers scored 6 or more runs away from Miller park was the 9-0 spanking of Halladay and the Phillies

 

April 19th that is

[Yeti73]

De ja vu?

[theavrock]

Greinke's stuff wasn't nearly as poor as they made it out to be. The Reds just worked him to death but he didn't break. Kudos to Zack

Agreed. It was the walks that killed him and the Reds took just about every count to 3 balls.

[Yeti73]

6 runs without much of any contribution from the big boys out of the 3-6 hole.

[ilovebeer]

Nice job Marco what a find he has tunred out to be.

[Invader3K]

Not to bang the drum to death, but McGehee really should get a day off. Just not looking comfortable right now.

[endaround]

Loe vs Votto and Bruce? Why?

[ELCABALLO45]

Dumb question again but I missed the trivia answer. Does anyone remember who the other pitcher was who has homered for 2 different teams in both leagues?

[wibadgers23]

If the Brewers win that would be another $ off for the Mets series

So how exactly does that work? I might get tickets to the Thursday game.

 

 

[rluzinski]

"Not if he [Greinke] keeps leaving FBs between the thighs and waist over the middle of the plate. Next we'll read about his LOB% as flukey luck, but when you watch the games he tends to give up hits in bunches, and hits on bad pitches. I don't think anyone is every lucky or unlucky for an entire season."

You can use highschool math to estimate how much of the yearly change in BABIP can be attributed to statistical luck for the average pitcher. Go to Fangraphs and look at any starting pitcher's BABIP from year to year. It's pretty obvious that there's some luck involved. Here's Halladay's:

http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=1303&position=P&page=7&type=full

If you want to argue that his true talent at suppressing hits on balls-in-play jumps up and down every season, you are going to need to supply some evidence.

And the thing about BABIP is that a small difference makes for a pretty large difference in ERA.

[theavrock]

This exchange between Uke and Corey about staying at his post is one of the best I have heard in a while.

 

Sometimes not being able to watch the games is a great thing.

Anyone else listening?

[derflotr]

C'mon, why can't he just leave in Marco?

[ilovebeer]

in today jsonline, for every win in May $1 will be taken off $30 seats.

[TGJforPrez]

Dumb question again but I missed the trivia answer. Does anyone remember who the other pitcher was who has homered for 2 different teams in both leagues?

It was Josh Beckett

[pebadger]

Dumb question again but I missed the trivia answer. Does anyone remember who the other pitcher was who has homered for 2 different teams in both leagues?

 

Beckett

[brains and braun]

Anyone else listening to Uecker making fun of Cory for jumping out of the way of a foul ball that went into the booth? Classic.

[Yeti73]

I really think that the Reds are in the top 4 teams in the NL along with Philly and Atlanta. I know their rotation has some issues, but I wouldn't want to face them in the playoffs.

[ilovebeer]

3-1 giants over cards top 7

[ELCABALLO45]

Ah, thank you for the Beckett answer guys http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[ttsather]

Higher temps = Bigger range for YuBet?

 

Is some sort of optical illusion in play here?

[ilovebeer]

That was a great inning there Loe.

[hawing]

If the Brewers win that would be another $ off for the Mets series

So how exactly does that work? I might get tickets to the Thursday game.

Check this brewers.com link. Loge outfield seats will be either $14 or $13 (depending on how tonight's game ends) during the Mets series next week. Regular price is $30.

[TheCrew07]

Rluz i'm not getting into another circular debate about luck with you. Either you've seen the pitch location or you haven't... if you haven't then don't tell me a 52% LOB isn't sustainable... no kidding. He's not been unlucky, he just hasn't pitched well going back to last year.

[ilovebeer]

That was a great pickup in getting Morgan.

[ttsather]

Apparently Little League me has been playing SS for the Reds tonight. I wasn't aware.