2018-04-02: Cardinals (Mikolas) at Brewers (Davies) 1:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 8-4]

[Sheets4President]

Big spot for Villar to come through here....

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

That'll do Jon! He booked it down the line and hurried the throw. Good effort.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Why in the world didn't Pina score on that?

[pacopete4]

My only judgement is that they haven't been very good so far.

Yeah not disagreeing with that but I want to see these guys make 4-5 starts and then make adjustments accordingly if need be.

Not unreasonable. Hopefully that doesn't bury them by then.

 

If last years early season rotation didn’t bury them, I’m good with their plan. They didn’t really start to turn it on til June. It’s a long season.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Looks like Darvish wouldn't have helped anyway, his ERA is over 10 this year.

So we hold judgement on our pitchers but make them now for pitchers on other teams?

 

Zoooooooooooooom

[MrTPlush]

People who find Villar frustrating at the plate must have never seen Arcia bat. Come on Arcia....

[Sheets4President]

People who find Villar frustrating at the plate must have never seen Arcia bat. Come on Arcia....

 

Over eager for sure....

[pacopete4]

People who find Villar frustrating at the plate must have never seen Arcia bat. Come on Arcia....

 

Arcia being 23 years old helps me with it but yes, he flails away quite a bit still.

[trwi7]

Games wouldn't be as long without God Bless America.

[adambr2]

Games wouldn't be as long without God Bless America.

 

I don't have a problem with it, but it seems kind of funny because, didn't it just start post 9-11 during a time of ultra patriotism and unity?

 

Now it just seems like nobody wants to be that guy to do away with it, lol.

[MrTPlush]

People who find Villar frustrating at the plate must have never seen Arcia bat. Come on Arcia....

 

Arcia being 23 years old helps me with it but yes, he flails away quite a bit still.

 

Only in his second full season, but even then I think it is apart of who he is. He really is good at putting together terrible ABs...strikeouts and not working counts.

[jerichoholicninja]

Games wouldn't be as long without God Bless America.

 

I don't have a problem with it, but it seems kind of funny because, didn't it just start post 9-11 during a time of ultra patriotism and unity?

 

Now it just seems like nobody wants to be that guy to do away with it, lol.

 

If they'd just skip it, only like 4 people would even notice.

[adambr2]

Sogard seems like the one guy Counsell just had to have back and Stearns just kind of let him have that one.

 

I wish someone had just told him "He's going to be replacement level Craig, we can do better."

[MrTPlush]

Games wouldn't be as long without God Bless America.

 

I don't have a problem with it, but it seems kind of funny because, didn't it just start post 9-11 during a time of ultra patriotism and unity?

 

Now it just seems like nobody wants to be that guy to do away with it, lol.

 

If they'd just skip it, only like 4 people would even notice.

 

I really just hate having to stand up again and show my horrible hat hair.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Games wouldn't be as long without God Bless America.

 

I don't have a problem with it, but it seems kind of funny because, didn't it just start post 9-11 during a time of ultra patriotism and unity?

 

Now it just seems like nobody wants to be that guy to do away with it, lol.

 

If they'd just skip it, only like 4 people would even notice.

 

I agree regarding its pointlessness, but eliminating a song that take about 1:30 to sing during the commercial break isn't going to significantly speed the game up.

[trwi7]

Games wouldn't be as long without God Bless America.

 

I don't have a problem with it, but it seems kind of funny because, didn't it just start post 9-11 during a time of ultra patriotism and unity?

 

Now it just seems like nobody wants to be that guy to do away with it, lol.

 

I only brought it up because Manfred seems intent on trying to make games 2 hours (might be a slight exaggeration) and that's an obvious time saver. Granted it's typically only on Sundays but when you consider there are 15 games every Sunday and a chance to cut 1 to 2 minutes off the game time with something that has nothing to do with the actual game, you'd figure it would be an obvious decision to get rid of it.

[MrTPlush]

Sogard seems like the one guy Counsell just had to have back and Stearns just kind of let him have that one.

 

I wish someone had just told him "He's going to be replacement level Craig, we can do better."

 

I will never understand that signing...and really never considering the time of the off season it happened.

[MrTPlush]

How far does the new netting go? The original plan was to go to the end of the camera wells, but it almost looks like it is past that.

[pacopete4]

You don’t win giving up 8 runs very often. This looks to be one of those days.

[adambr2]

Thames needs a calendar with 12 Aprils.

[Sheets4President]

Need a bingo...

[MrTPlush]

HP Umpire coming in clutch for the other team again.

[adambr2]

You don’t win giving up 8 runs very often. This looks to be one of those days.

 

Yep. Davies has to be better. If he continues to start off as slow as he usually does, we won't win many of his starts in April.

 

Woodruff wasn't bad besides one pitch, but unfortunately that one pitch cost 3 runs and that kind of did it.

[adambr2]

I don't know if there is some obscure stat kept for called 3rd strikes with 2 outs and RISP, but if so we have to be leading the league.

[adambr2]

Wouldn't you think switch hitters would bat righty against Drake?