2012-08-07 Reds (Cueto) at Brewers (Fiers), 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 3-1; Fiers holds Reds hitless until 7th]

[TURBO]

Yeah, no way I could take that if he was sitting near me...

[xisxisxis]

I am getting a serious man crush on Mike Fiers.

[TURBO]

Fiers pitches like a veteran! What a stud...

 

Only problem I see is that the bullpen is probably up next.

 

yikes.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Still plenty to see out at Miller Park this summer! Way to go Mr. Fiers.

[AZBrewCrew]

He's at 113 pitches...does he finish this thing out or does the pen get the ball?

[Kelbysdaddy]

Was that some emotion from Mike? Getting fiered up! Sorry- I had to.

[FVBrewerFan]

Sorry guys, Im not drunk but I'll try to keep it down

[adambr2]

Fiers has gone 8 innings and allowed 1 run.

 

But I have serious doubts about the bullpen's ability to go 1 inning and allow less than 2.

[adambr2]

I think we can stop saying "once teams see him twice". He's just good.

[chickinbrickin]

I think we can stop saying "once teams see him twice". He's just good.

 

Yep, he just knows how to pitch. He reminds me a lot of Marcum. I am refering to the regular season Marcum.

[chickinbrickin]

This fiers guy is ok i guess.. Haven't seen somebody tear through the league like this since Braun came up

http://i.imgur.com/51wo6.jpg

 

Who is that that? Looks like some over hyped 20 year old.

[xisxisxis]

1-2-3 ninth inning.... Is that the first of the year......

[phnxcrew]

Valid point, I tend to forget about the American League and teams that are not the Brewers ...

[TURBO]

Is Henderson going to be our new closer?

 

Why not at this point?

 

Give the kid a chance to see what he can do in that role, can't hurt.

[phnxcrew]

Speaking of minor league closers, I'd like to see kintzler get a shot in september. Doug and Co were pretty high on him the last few years as I recall

[cnycerveceros]

A nice win tonight. Fun.

[brewmann04]

Congrats on Mike great night and it seems that Mr Smoltz was correct.Who was that guy in the 9th wow good Job Mr Henderson.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Fiers, Henderson...GAME OVER!!!

[The stache]

My question...why did we wait so long to bring Henderson up?

[brewmann04]

They felt they were still in a race and Krod and Ax were the guys.

[markedman5]

Because Dillard and Parra were out of options.......I know its amazing to think that was a factor but it was.....

 

Henderson has a big arm. Should be fun to see how he handles himself the rest of the year.

My question...why did we wait so long to bring Henderson up?

[hawing]

Not saying I mind in the least, but I'm still trying to figure out what drew 41000+ to the park on a Tuesday in an "out of the race" situation. I tip my cap not only to Mike Fiers and the Brewers, but to tonight's crowd for staying engaged most of the night. (Less love to the folks in 218 who thought, "Let's start the wave!" Also no love to the dude across the aisle from me sporting a Phillips shirsey and Reds flipflops who seemed to think he was the expert on Ryan Braun's substance history.)

 

TEHFIERS. Wow.

[pretendastronaut]

I agree, that was an unexpected crowd for this game, but they were into it good the whole time.

 

In the car on the way home I heard the 1250 WSSP guys debating that Braun should have been able to get the double in the 7th, that he wasn't trying hard enough. That's pretty silly to me, I'm pretty sure the whole stadium knew it was a hit off of the bat. Of course, they were also complaining that the crowd didn't seem good, so I don't give their opinion on the night much credence.

[RightFieldCoder]

The two Reds fans behind us were begging for a hit for every batter starting in the 3rd. By the 5th they were hoping for a hit by pitch, walk, error, or anything. They were also the type of fans that were amazed that we had Fox Sports South on the TVs in the stadium. Apparently they didn't look 10 seats to their left where the Fox Sports North pre-game show just took place.

[Dragonbait]

To me, the first hit woulda been a single in a normal game, Braun just took the best angle to try and catch it to preserve the perfecto, even though he had no chance (but for some reason I keep thinking Gomez might have had a shot had he been playing, lol)....