2018-05-22: Diamondbacks (Koch) at Brewers (Chacín) 6:40 PM CDT [Brewers win, 1-0]

[MoreTrife]

That one felt real good

 

Very good. I was pumped.

[adambr2]

It's kind of hilarious that Hernandez doesn't understand why he gets negative evaluations and gets passed over for promotions.

[jerichoholicninja]

Really disappoint in Counsell. He had a situation where he needed to go ballistic and all he could muster were some feverous arm swings. Pina did more to get tossed than Craig did.

[PinaMadness]

Don't forget. Angel Hernandez filed a lawsuit against MLB saying he was being descriminated against by not being promoted and given postseason assignments. He shows you why tonight.

[YelichPosse]

Don't forget. Angel Hernandez filed a lawsuit against MLB saying he was being descriminated against by not being promoted and given postseason assignments. He shows you why tonight.

 

This^^

[adambr2]

Really disappoint in Counsell. He had a situation where he needed to go ballistic and all he could muster were some feverous arm swings. Pina did more to get tossed than Craig did.

 

To be fair, looks like he did get on his phone and immediately edited Hernandez' Wikipedia page after his ejection.

[brewmann04]

This is shaping to be a fun summer Joey,also going to be fun to see what DS does before the deadline.

[valpocrewsader]

Really disappoint in Counsell. He had a situation where he needed to go ballistic and all he could muster were some feverous arm swings.

 

Or, he did just enough to keep Knebel in the game and inspire the team on the field, while not going so far as to make it unlikely to get a fair shake the rest of the inning nor distract the team with an over-the-top reaction.

[brewerswinNLcentral]

like brad pitt says in moneyball to the team when they are losing

you may not look like a winning team, or feel like a winning team, but you are

that, in a nutshell is our starting pitchers

they just get it done

[Eye Black]

The thing is he had a mile wide strike zone all night. Anything close on the edges was called up until Hader's 8th. Then in the 9th, nothing.

 

Had he been tight on the corners the entire night it probably would have not been that big of a thing.

Completely agree with this. He changed the zone in the last two innings of a one run game.

 

Regarding his complaint about being passed over for postseason/World Series assignments, I can’t even imagine how infuriating it would be to watch tonight’s sequence of calls happen in the last two innings of an important playoff game.

[brewerswinNLcentral]

that 3 run homer by santana that was caught...wow

i thought it was just another pop up when he hit it

[brewmann04]

It will be nice if Nelson can come back and pitch like he did last year it be like adding a new pitcher.

[markedman5]

Greg Holland adding some insurance runs for the Royals......

[brewmann04]

Holland been a great addition

[markedman5]

Angel Hernandez everyone

 

[brewmann04]

wow what a terrible ump

[young guns]

It's official, our 3 chasers all lost.

[liveforoctober]

Really disappoint in Counsell. He had a situation where he needed to go ballistic and all he could muster were some feverous arm swings. Pina did more to get tossed than Craig did.

 

I had the exact opposite take. Knebel walked in towards the plate and the umpire left his box to confront him. Counsell saw this and immediately sprinted out yelling "Hey Hey Hey Hey!" to get the umps attention. I don't know that Knebel gets tossed there, but Craig made sure he didn't.

 

It was a great managerial move. People are motivated by different things. Counsell keeping his closer in the game by taking a bullet for him (or at least the obvious effort to do so) is enough to light a fire under many.

 

"The manager needs to get mad to fire his team up" is one of those silly unwritten rules some people think are things...

[LaprilOne]

Maybe jerrychochawhatever would have been pleased with feverous arm swings, accompanied by leg kicks, convulsing on the field and puking on the ump. Would that work?

[dlk9s]

I like that Counsell acts like a decent human being. The whole Earl Weaver/Billy Martin tantrum is a bad look.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Knebel getting tossed means some cold arm strolls into the game and promptly gives up 4 runs. It was played perfectly by Counsell.

[YelichPosse]

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/angel-hernandez-is-a-bad-umpire-diamondbacks-brewers-balls-and-strikes-counsell-ejected/1dm3egg1rtn3x12p0o5xcaxmox

 

Its nice to know it's not just the homer goggles ! It was bad at the end of the game. I've never seen a guy change his strike zone so much from 1-7 to 8 and 9.

[Baldkin]

[YelichPosse]

can we bring up some of the other calls earlier in the game and see where they were tracked? that is what i'm most surprised about, he was giving even more off the edges earlier.

[RobDeer 45]

I thought the ump was doing pretty good early in the game. Seemed consistent and had some tough calls. But it could have just been the pitches I saw. I even commented to a friend about that. Of course that would jinx us in the 9th. That was a bad call. I think CC knew exactly what he was doing by jumping in.

 

Awesome win and awesome bullpen night again!