2011-06-20 Rays (Niemann) at Brewers (Narveson) - [Brewers lose, 8-4]

[jason21nl]

of course he gets a hit now. I was actually hoping he wouldn't get a hit

[ilovebeer]

omg he did something.

[Raw Biz]

That probably bought Yuni another month of starting. Not in blue.

[Oldcity]

Let's save that run differential!

[pebadger]

Any chance that if they get close Braun makes a Willis Reed-type appearance?

[bucksman4]

jason21nl]of course he gets a hit now. I was actually hoping he wouldn't get a hit

 

 

I'm with you. It only unjustifying "justifies" Yuni getting more playing time and allows RR and Melvin to say I told ya so with meaningless stats in blowout games.

[Oxy]

Bill: "Home run's a rally killer here." It was tongue-in-cheek, but sometimes you just aren't sure with him.

[jason21nl]

yes, those 3 run home runs are for sure rally killers

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

John Kruk referring to the ump: "...we're going to get involved in this game one way or the other..."

Hats off to Kruk for going off on Davidson on Baseball Tonight...his rant went into the next highlight when he decided to stop before he got a "phone call." The umps are garbage...way overpaid and no accountability whatsoever. I'd fire them all tomorrow and replace them with robots. Bob Davidson isn't qualified to do anything (insert insult here).

[markedman5]

nice at bat by Lucroy with nothing to show for it

[pebadger]

Counsell's warning track power on display.

[jason21nl]

I hope they show a replay of what happened when they got ejected

[TheCrew07]

Now BA and Rock are pulling out the nuckleballer hangover excuse? Good grief.....

Not sure why so many posters paint Bill and BA as such homers.

Because they are? Bill is much worse than Brian.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

A closer in the 8th? Why couldn't RR be around to see this?

[thablingster]

Kyle Farnsworth is the Rays closer? LOL. I still remember when he slugged Paul Wilson in the face.

[markedman5]

Interesting move by Madden....

My guess is if he gets this guy he won't pitch the 9th....what a novel concept....let the game dictate where you use your best guy and for how long.

[jason21nl]

Why is Hawkins a mop up guy right now?

[thablingster]

Why is Hawkins a mop up guy right now?

Because Tim Dillard has pitched really well and has earned the 7th inning role! (I want to make that blue, but that's really what RR thinks)

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Why is Hawkins a mop up guy right now?

Because he asked Roenicke for more high-leverage situations to pitch in.

Obviously Hawkins didn't know the trick about promotions/assignments: Always ask the supervisor for the opposite of what you want.

[markedman5]

So now if we need Hawkins tomorrow he will be unavailable becuase he pitched the previous 2 games in blowouts.............

 

I'm assuming they don't want to use Estrada here because of Marcum's situation but I'd rather they pitch Loe and give Hawkins the day off.

[bucksman4]

Because he need an excuse as to why Hawkins arm is tired for the next three days so he can pitch Mitre, Dillard, and Estrada in all the tight, late-game situations.

[TheCrew07]

trwi7 wrote:

 

I'm even less confident in the offense scoring off Hellickson and Price.

Hellickson has been mediocre.

By what measure? xFIP? K/9? K:BB? Because by any other measure he's been excellent. He's so mediocre I don't want him at all... or something. He's 24 years old, in his first full season, and once he starts striking hitters out again he'll be fantastic, which by the way is the only reason his xFIP is low right now.

[YoGasKpose]

As frustrating as the game has been, it was nice to see them showing a little fight in the 8th. Hope it continues into the 9th. If it's Farnsworth, make him throw a lot of pitches.

[Oldcity]

Here's why the save stat is so stupid, and managers are stupid in turn. I'm pretty sure Farnsworth gets a save here when he closes this out, which is certainly the only reason he's still in the game.

[markedman5]

lets at least put 20 pitches on this guys arm......