Game Thread (4/24/2022): Brewers (Lauer) at Phillies (Nola) - 6:08 PM CDT

[yourout]

Call the damn strike.

[Underachiever]

Lauer, snap out of it! So many high pitches this inning.

[trwi7]

I don't know why ESPN thinks we want to hear a several inning conversation with a player.

[TURBO]

Tonight's game is the perfect example of what is wrong with MLB.

The Phillies payroll is what, 100 million more than the Brewers?

That is just gross.

[BruisedCrew]

I’m glad I have a nice big screen TV so they can cram the game into about half of it. 
 

I can turn off the sound so I don’t have to listen to Harper but I can’t get him off the screen. 

[Underachiever]

The swing and miss has stopped suddenly. Let’s double these guys up

[Underachiever]

Just now, Underachiever said:

The swing and miss has stopped suddenly. Let’s double these guys up

I take it back

[dlk9s]

4 minutes ago, trwi7 said:

I don't know why ESPN thinks we want to hear a several inning conversation with a player.

I like it, it's just that Harper isn't particularly interesting to listen to. I remember Wainright being a fun guy to listen to for a few innings.

[trwi7]

1 minute ago, dlk9s said:

I like it, it's just that Harper isn't particularly interesting to listen to. I remember Wainright being a fun guy to listen to for a few innings.

But isn't that the point?  Do they not realize how boring Harper is?  It might be less awful if the player they were talking to was entertaining but he's not and it makes the broadcast worse in addition to taking up half the screen for no reason.

[yourout]

Oh wow. Worst strike call of the year.

[dlk9s]

This might be the worst home plate umping I've seen since Eric Gregg (RIP) in 1997.

[Brewcrew82]

Atta boy Lauer! God, I love this pitching staff. 

[wallus]

Lauer must be really deceptive because he has thrown a lot of hittable pitches in the zone.

[HarryDoyle]

Good job by Lauer to work out of that but that should be his last inning.

[JRob1125]

Lauer's cutter is getting pretty nasty

[TURBO]

Playing with fire if CC sends Lauer back out there...

[folly412]

Nothing like a 30 second inning to give your pitcher a breath after working through a jam.

[TheAnalytics]

1 hour ago, HarryDoyle said:

So is the average OPS+ 100?

This is correct. Higher is better, and the values are park adjusted. If a player has a .770 OPS in a neutral ballpark and the league average is .700, his OPS+ will be 100 * .770 / .700 = 110

[HarryDoyle]

Other than the off the wall double, the offense has been outright impotent. They don’t even have any good looking outs.

[HarryDoyle]

1 minute ago, TheAnalytics said:

This is correct. Higher is better, and the values are park adjusted. If a player has a .770 OPS in a neutral ballpark and the league average is .700, his OPS+ will be 100 * .770 / .700 = 110

It was sarcasm. ESPN showed that stat with every batter to begin the game. Nothing like oversaturating your telecast with pointless stat graphics. If I never have to see another Brewers game on ESPN it won’t be too soon.

[BuckyBrewer61]

ESPN:  Bryce, how do we get people more interested in the game?

 

Also ESPN: Let’s find every possible way to talk about anything but this game.

[dlk9s]

7 minutes ago, folly412 said:

Nothing like a 30 second inning to give your pitcher a breath after working through a jam.

My poop was two outs in duration.

[magnoliacrew]

Really trying to keep up. Is that 12 strike outs for Lauer?

[Brewcrew82]

Career performance from Lauer. 

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, magnoliacrew said:

Really trying to keep up. Is that 12 strike outs for Lauer?

Nope 13.