2011-09-23 Marlins (Volstad) at Brewers (Gallardo) - [Brewers win, 4-1; win NL Central, stay classy]

[ELCABALLO45]

I don't mind Yo bunting to get the runner to 3rd with 1 out, but I don't like bunting with 2 strikes.

This. He is still a pitcher

[Schlitz001]

The Brewers need to score some more runs, because these runners aren't going to be stranded every inning.

[a3uge]

I hate having a good hitting pitcher bunt with 2 stikes with the runner already in scoring position.

In hindsight, it's easy to say that, but the book says bunting will most likely have better odds than getting a hit. Yo's average is .220, and I would like to think bunting has much better odds of advancing a runner. Easy to complain after the fact, but I agree with the call there with no outs and Corey Hart coming up with a sac fly/sac groundout opportunity.

And even 0-2 I think the play is a bunt. Yo's a career .125 hitter after 0-2... stats that are common for pitchers.

[ELCABALLO45]

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This was Tony Plush accepting his award for High Energy player of they year lol. Yes I took a picture off of the with my phone.

 

[jason21nl]

ugh..Morgan took a step or two back there.

[topper09er]

ugh..Morgan took a step or two back there.

Rare poor plushdamentals

[markedman5]

Could we start scoring some runs please????

[a3uge]

ugh..Morgan took a step or two back there.

There was only one replay that showed the slow start... he didn't read it very well, but he didn't break backwards. He paused a bit, but I'm not sure a perfect break would have allowed him to catch it.

Offense looks terrible again. Bad approach. Bad situational hitting.

[jason21nl]

Man alive when these guys aren't hitting, they really don't hit.

[TheBwaz]

The Volstad act seems to be prohibiting our hits.

[markedman5]

hoped we might be coming out of the offensive funk after the Cincy series but we are back to swinging at pitches out of the zone,not drawing walks and making crappy pitchers look good.

[jason21nl]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh WHAT A PLAY!!!!!!!!!

[topper09er]

Pretty good

[ninja33]

holy cow ryan braun.

[Glennron]

For as ugly as he can look in left field, he makes some incredible athletic plays from time to time. What a throw just popping up like that, too.

[dlk9s]

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[jason21nl]

please get Casey the hell out of the lineup!

[topper09er]

When was the last time Casey grounded out to the 2nd baseman?

[valpocrewsader]

Might that unseat Ben Revere's top spot on Web Gems? The catch alone, nah ... but a pretty sweet combo of great catch and amazingly athletic, strong throw for the DP.

[topper09er]

Might that unseat Ben Revere's top spot on Web Gems? The catch alone, nah ... but a pretty sweet combo of great catch and amazingly athletic, strong throw for the DP.

Did that play just win Braun a gold glove? He has the credentials to back it up; 30 HRs and 100 RBIs

[topper09er]

Well there was the hitting pitcher everyone wanted to swing away...against a pitcher that has made Braun look bad twice so far

[jason21nl]

although typically you don't want to run if the ball is hit to that side of the field but that slow grounder might advanced the runner, if the runner gets a good break on the ball

[topper09er]

Lucroy on 2nd with 0 outs, he's not going on that

[valpocrewsader]

Well there was the hitting pitcher everyone wanted to swing away...against a pitcher that has made Braun look bad twice so far

As long as Roenicke's consistent and bunts with McGehee in all the same situations. One .220 hitter hits 5th or 6th and he pretends is good, the other one "must bunt" -- even with two strikes -- because he's just oh so incompetent as a hitter.

 

[topper09er]

Well there was the hitting pitcher everyone wanted to swing away...against a pitcher that has made Braun look bad twice so far

As long as Roenicke's consistent and bunts with McGehee in all the same situations. One .220 hitter hits 5th or 6th and he pretends is good, the other one "must bunt" -- even with two strikes -- because he's just oh so incompetent as a hitter.

McGehee should bunt in every possible situation since he is an auto-out, but he is a "run producer" so it is beneath him to bunt