2012-06-18 Blue Jays (Alvarez) at Brewers (Wolf), 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 7-6]

[PrinceEatMeat]

Ramirez! I love it! I hope we can get to the pen early. That will be huge in this series. The Jays don't even have starters announced for the last two games. Will likely be inexperienced guys who won't go deep.

[AZBrewCrew]

Nice hit Aram. To top it off my 1.5 year old just said "nice!" for the first time as Morgan scored

[GormanHarvey]

Pretty sure Aoki got in there safe. It was close though, so can't really complain.

 

Actually in the x-mo reply it looked like Lawrie tagged his back foot before his front foot touched the bag. That's how I saw it anyhow

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Looks like Sheffield Jr. likes hitting at MP.

[GormanHarvey]

Nice hit Aram. To top it off my 1.5 year old just said "nice!" for the first time as Morgan scored

 

That's good stuff right there

[Oldcity]

Wolf doesn't want an easy win.

[pacopete4]

In some ways I wish Lawrie could have been kept. Would've done some real damage in Milwaukee but I understand the idea of getting Marcum too. We aren't in the playoffs last year without him most likely. I'm glad we have Ramirez though. He's a proven RBI machine. Does he not get signed if we still have Lawrie? Lotta things to question.

[GormanHarvey]

I'll take that

[Oldcity]

Of course Ramirez wouldn't be signed, but long term that would have been a good thing most likely.

[pebadger]

They just asked how many teams MLB can support. I'll say 28.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Dodged a bullet there.

[burnzy24]

I'll take 1 run after having the bases loaded with no out.

[pacopete4]

Wolfy battles. Not a ton of stuff just real smart and battles his guts out each start. Gotta respect that and his long career.

[Raw Biz]

In some ways I wish Lawrie could have been kept. Would've done some real damage in Milwaukee but I understand the idea of getting Marcum too. We aren't in the playoffs last year without him most likely. I'm glad we have Ramirez though. He's a proven RBI machine. Does he not get signed if we still have Lawrie? Lotta things to question.

 

If Lawrie was at 3B, then no, ARam would not be signed. And just because a guy is an "RBI machine" isn't saying much. RBI are more indicative of opportunity, i.e. where someone bats in the order and whether guys are on base in front of him. I like ARam but saying he's an RBI machine doesn't carry much weight.

[TURBO]

Our clean-up hitter BETTER be an RBI machine...lol

[trwi7]

Bunting with two outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd. Just unbelievable how stupid Roenicke is.

[Vgmastr]

Does Aoki realize he's allowed to swing away?

[GormanHarvey]

Nori, the bunt for a hit isn't working. Swing it!

[PrinceEatMeat]

Ok Aoki, you don't have to bunt every time up.

[afeter]

yeah more bunting. tie game, down by 1 or 10, up by 10 or 1. we are bunting ba ba bum ba dumb ba dumb da dumb

[jjgott]

I don't know if that call was Roenicke's. Aoki could've dropped that on his own given what the D was showing him. Not saying it was the right decision, just not 100% it was Roenicke making it

[GormanHarvey]

Bunting with two outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd. Just unbelievable how stupid Roenicke is.

 

This is supposed to be in blue? No way RRR called that.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Bunting with two outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd. Just unbelievable how stupid Roenicke is.

 

You honestly think he called that bunt? Lol. Aoki obviously did that himself to try to get a hit.

[TURBO]

or, it could have been a RR call...

 

We'll never know.

[pacopete4]

In some ways I wish Lawrie could have been kept. Would've done some real damage in Milwaukee but I understand the idea of getting Marcum too. We aren't in the playoffs last year without him most likely. I'm glad we have Ramirez though. He's a proven RBI machine. Does he not get signed if we still have Lawrie? Lotta things to question.

 

If Lawrie was at 3B, then no, ARam would not be signed. And just because a guy is an "RBI machine" isn't saying much. RBI are more indicative of opportunity, i.e. where someone bats in the order and whether guys are on base in front of him. I like ARam but saying he's an RBI machine doesn't carry much weight.

 

 

Man, you love to argue don't ya? This guy drives in runs. That's been his job his whole career and for the most part has done it very successfully and on some not so great teams too.