2012-09-26 Brewers (Marcum) at Reds (Arroyo), 6:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 8-1]

[hawing]

Whoops - I don't know what might be up with pretendastronaut, but I'll have lineups keyed in momentarily.

(edit: And here they are)

 

Our Milwaukee Brewers

RF Norichika Aoki

2B Rickie Weeks

LF Ryan Braun

3B Aramis Ramirez

1B Corey Hart

C Jonathan Lucroy

CF Logan Schafer

SS Jeff Bianchi

RHP Shaun Marcum

 

Cincinnati "Not the most hated red-clad team in the NL Central" Reds

2B Brandon Phillips

SS Zack Cozart

1B Joey Votto

3B Scott Rolen

RF Jay Bruce

CF Chris Heisey

LF Xavier Paul

C Ryan Hanigan

RHP Bronson Arroyo

 

Beat the first pitch! By seconds! Go Brewers.

[hawing]

I still detest Scott Rolen's batting music. Also Scott Rolen in general. Also the woo fans.

[sdcheezhd]

That was not a hard play for A-Ram. Not sure why it's a hit and an earned run.

[hawing]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ePNB-ZIQMIk/T9_eLN8wlJI/AAAAAAAADEI/4Bs-lXw1Ju0/s320/woot-woot.jpg

 

The Brewers aren't losing! Woot woot! Cherish the moment.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Brewers winning...only 1 more road game after this...and only one more Cardinals game vs. AAA teams. Hang in there Brew Crew!!!

[sdcheezhd]

Votto went around on ball 1 and ball 3 was a strike too.

 

Squeezed on Rolen too but gets him, nice job.

[wisniewski]

Marcum was unbelievably jobbed. Only fitting he gets Rolen swinging. Ball 3 to Votto couldn't have been any more a strike. I have the CIN feed and they showed it with the Fox tracker and the ball was neatly placed inside the upper right corner. No question about it.

[sdcheezhd]

Marcum was unbelievably jobbed. Only fitting he gets Rolen swinging. Ball 3 to Votto couldn't have been any more a strike. I have the CIN feed and they showed it with the Fox tracker and the ball was neatly placed inside the upper right corner. No question about it.

 

Exactly. Let's get rid of the replacement umps!

[markedman5]

Marcum has got the at em ball working tonight......lots of line drives right at outfielders.

[TooLiveBrew]

I still detest Scott Rolen's batting music. Also Scott Rolen in general. Also the woo fans.

What is up with this? Where did it come from?

 

I just don't get it. I hadn't seen it anywhere else aside from Pittsburgh, and now it follows the Brewers to Cincy? Odd.

[xisxisxis]

The bandwagon got pretty light after 2 lossese..... nice start from Marcum and balanced hitting. if bud norris keeps up his gem we are only 3 down in losses. a 7 game streak to finish out the season and a very possible 3-3 stretch for the nards and we have a tie!

[packfan79]

Yeah can someone explain the wooing?

[jjgott]

Well they weren't in DC so if they're a traveling band of idiots they seem be restricted to the greater Ohio River area.

[jjgott]

Man, how good has Schafer been hitting those balls down the line? Looks like he'll be a nice 4th OF next season.

[pebadger]

A win tomorrow and they'll at least have half a chance when they get home (provided the 'Stros don't blow this tonight). I guess that's all we can ask at this point. I just want MP to be electric for these guys to finish out the season. They've earned it down the stretch.

[NYChez]

Has Veras ever gotten ahead of a hitter?

[Taylor Blue]

Sweeping the Padres and Astros at home would not be THAT shocking. Also, the Cards going 2-4 against the Reds and Nats would not be THAT shocking. For both to happen, I guess would be a little shocking but not unheard of. Let's hope things hold up tonight (don't blow this Houston), get a W tomorrow and see what happens.

[hawing]

I just want MP to be electric for these guys to finish out the season. They've earned it down the stretch.

That's my wish as well, even if the season ends on October 3. I'm hoping for a large, appreciative and enthusiastic crowd on Friday at least. My brother and 12-year-old nephew are coming to Saturday's game, so having some excitement last into Saturday would be icing on the cake.

[pitchleague]

The bandwagon got pretty light after 2 lossese..... nice start from Marcum and balanced hitting. if bud norris keeps up his gem we are only 3 down in losses. a 7 game streak to finish out the season and a very possible 3-3 stretch for the nards and we have a tie!

 

 

Not disagreeing with you but I did find it interesting that before last night, the Crew had not lost consecutive games in well over a month! Pretty hard to do.

[hawing]

Sweet jeebus, the Reds drew under 19,000 Tuesday night and barely 20,000 tonight. You CIN fans don't want to show up for a division champion, maybe the title should be transferred to a team whose fanbase would.

[Taylor Blue]

Dang, with my post count compared to some of yours, I feel like a AAA'er (maybe even AA or A) called up to help rally the team into the playoffs. This is going to be a tough task and I can feel the pressure but am going to embrace this opportunity.

[Taylor Blue]

I did just get us on to page 2, haha

[pretendastronaut]

Thanks for throwing the thread up hawing; I got way to swamped on a deadline to think about the IGT.

 

The Astros just got out of a little jam in the 8th. 3 more outs to go there.

[pretendastronaut]

Heading to the top of the 9th in Houston. This is potentially the final 3 outs in Houston as a National League team.

[hawing]

Dang, with my post count compared to some of yours, I feel like a AAA'er (maybe even AA or A) called up to help rally the team into the playoffs. This is going to be a tough task and I can feel the pressure but am going to embrace this opportunity.

It takes a village, Taylor Blue, to populate this forum. Nice work.