2011-07-01 Brewers (Gallardo) at Twins (Liriano) - 9:10 PM CDT? [Brewers lose, 6-2]

[natronek8780]

I hope I'm wrong, but this is where the Brewers bats have a tendency to press and swing at pitches out of the strike zone, which is exactly what they can't afford to do against Liriano.

[Ranier]

Betancourt is so bad it actually hurts me to watch him. He single handedly loses games and kills pitching.

[markedman5]

What happened to our great starting pitching?

 

I guess we only get that at home huh?

[jason21nl]

Casey continues his amazing year

[trwi7]

It's so nice watching our designated hitter with a sub .600 OPS.

[Ranier]

What happened to our great starting pitching?

 

I guess we only get that at home huh?

Yuni happened.

[wisconsinfan47]

Yuni's mistakes always lead to big innings, it seems

[Ranier]

Yuni's mistakes always lead to big innings, it seems

When you have that many, it's bound to happen.

[chuckcrim]

If Casey isn't platooning by the AS break, this team is going to be 5 games back.

[pebadger]

Yeah, Betancourt stinks. But you can't walk Cudduyer to get to one of the great HR hitters in the history of the game. Yo had a nice stretch there, but he was shaky early in the year and he looks to be reverting to that form.

 

It's a good thing this road thing is just an inexplicable statistical blip attributable to random variance that our human minds only wish to put into some kind of meaninful context..

[wOOgiE22]

Is it bad that I was hoping Yuni would have hurt his thumb on that play?

[PrinceEatMeat]

If Casey isn't, at worse, platooning by the AS break, this team is going to be 5 games back.

I guess they'll be 5 games back then.

[markedman5]

yeah yuni happened and he sucks...but that doesn't get Yo off the hook. Still should be able to get out of that inning without a run much less 3.

 

Step up and make a pitch

[PrinceEatMeat]

Is it bad that I was hoping Yuni would have hurt his thumb on that play?

Seeing as an injury is the only way to get him out of the lineup, then no. And it's not like it was a serious injury, just enough to get him on the DL would work.

[jason21nl]

Prince swinging at complete garbage put Liriano on track and this has all the makings of being a long game. Our lineup sucks so much its amazing that we have the record we do.

[trwi7]

It's a good thing this road thing is just an inexplicable statistical blip attributable to random variance that our human minds only wish to put into some kind of meaninful context..

http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif

 

[brewmann04]

Yo and the rotation has been so shaky during this long road trip.it kinda weird we can go from 3 games up to 1 game back in matter of 4 days .

[markedman5]

Cards win 4 in a row on the road without Pujols..........Orioles/Rays aren't the Red Sox or Yanks but still impressive

[CWSOmaha]

And what's the reason they can't sit Casey for 2-3 games? Yuni for the same thing? At this point what do they bring to the club? 3 months of this garbage...so does DM and RR think "once those 2 get going we really will run away with the division!".

 

They didn't seem to have this much loyalty to JJ when he was struggling.

[jason21nl]

Braun is amazing.

[natronek8780]

Watching Twins feed and Braun clearly said after he got to first, "Why would he pitch to me?" It's a great question Ryan, but thanks!

[pebadger]

Braun is so good. Was just gonna post a question as to why he was taking that 3-0 meatball all the way, only to get caught with a tough second strike call. Then he goes and just rips it with a full count anyway.

[PrinceEatMeat]

21 in a row for Braun! Love it!

[markedman5]

Yeah I mean who does Casey have dirty pictures of Melvin or RR?................

 

And what's the reason they can't sit Casey for 2-3 games? Yuni for the same thing? At this point what do they bring to the club? 3 months of this garbage...so does DM and RR think "once those 2 get going we really will run away with the division!".

 

 

 

They didn't seem to have this much loyalty to JJ when he was struggling.

[jason21nl]

Braun is so good. Was just gonna post a question as to why he was taking that 3-0 meatball all the way, only to get caught with a tough second strike call. Then he goes and just rips it with a full count anyway.

I was just going to post something similar to this.

 

Dudes on his team should take note of his at bats. Braun is such a great hitter. He knew he couldn't do much with that 3-1 pitch and took it even though it was going to be a strike and he also knows he is going to get a better pitch to hit on 3-2, which he hammered. On the at bat before his, Gomez swung at a 2-1 pitch that almost hit the dirt. If he takes that pitch, he should be getting a fastball down the middle of the plate. Unfortunately he doesn't have that type of discipline