Game Thread (8/20/2022): Brewers (Peralta) at Cubs (Stroman) - 1:20 PM CDT

[brewers888]

1 minute ago, BruisedCrew said:

Now have to get at least two in the 10th. 

That would probably require getting a hit.

[brewers888]

Good job Brosseau.

[HarveysWBs]

6 minutes ago, mtrebs said:

I think so too because I honestly don’t believe the Brewers will ever win one, unless they get an owner that is willing to spend.  I really thought we’d have a chance within the last few years after the 2018 run, but they didn’t do enough to address the offensive holes. 

It should embarrass Cubs fans that they have an ownership group that is only willing to spend occasionally.  There is no reason why a team with their resources should ever concede a season, and certainly not when two other divisional foes are waving the white flag, and the Brewers are the smallest market in the league.

If I have to choose something to be proudest about as a Brewers fan, it is that the brass doesn’t do tear-downs.

[yourout]

There was a day you would never think of having Yelich sac bunt....I miss those days.

[yourout]

Brutal....

[NBBrewFan]

Brault looks like he'd fit right into the Brewers bullpen. 

[adambr2]

Thanks again, Yeli.

[yourout]

4 minutes ago, NBBrewFan said:

Brault looks like he'd fit right into the Brewers bullpen. 

Yes he would. That walk to Rowdy is a perfect example.

[mtrebs]

6 minutes ago, HarveysWBs said:

It should embarrass Cubs fans that they have an ownership group that is only willing to spend occasionally.  There is no reason why a team with their resources should ever concede a season, and certainly not when two other divisional foes are waving the white flag, and the Brewers are the smallest market in the league.

If I have to choose something to be proudest about as a Brewers fan, it is that the brass doesn’t do tear-downs.

I’d much rather the Brewers do a full tear down than just hope that the team can make it to the postseason (vs. actually assembling a more complete team). This “take more bites from the apple” isn’t cutting it as the team has a very unlikely realistic chance of progressing deep into the postseason.

[NBBrewFan]

Without the runner on 2B in the Playoffs how will the Brewers win a playoff game?

[yourout]

One is not going to be enough.

[HarveysWBs]

Just now, mtrebs said:

I’d much rather the Brewers do a full tear down than just hope that the team can make it to the postseason (vs. actually assembling a more complete team). This “take more bites from the apple” isn’t cutting it as the team has a very unlikely realistic chance of progressing deep into the postseason.

To each their own.  I grew up watching the Brewers be an absolute joke for the first twenty years of my life.  I’m enjoying the last decade plus, thank you very much.

[NBBrewFan]

Your Milwaukee Brewers - setting the bar so low, a 2-dimensional man can't fit under it.

[yourout]

Cmon blue....you cant miss that one.

[HarveysWBs]

Dang, blue…

[nate82]

Ummm umpire you awake?

[stoutdude04]

Just a brutal at bat from the umpire.

[stoutdude04]

Lol. Come on...

[nate82]

Seriously Yelich come on

[trwi7]

lol Yelich.  They probably should've sent him even if he didn't f that up but still lol.

[Eye Black]

Christian Yelich playing left field is becoming Khris Davis level’s of maddening. 

[Simba2020]

More great play from the gold glover.

[HarveysWBs]

That is absolutely brutal

[Guest]

Ump has had several balls called strikes against Brewers batters and now the two missed strikes with a Brewer pitcher. I suspect the ump scorecard shows Cubs + 1.5 or so tomorrow.

[mtrebs]

Just now, HarveysWBs said:

To each their own.  I grew up watching the Brewers be an absolute joke for the first twenty years of my life.  I’m enjoying the last decade plus, thank you very much.

Fair enough. I was too young in 1982 (only 3 at the time) so I don’t remember the “best we’ve had). I do remember the late 80’s teams being exciting and even the early 90’s, but it was too hard to make the postseason at that time with no wild card. My teenage though mid-20s years the team was complete garbage. I even had a 20-pack in the wonderful 2002 season and was at loss 100. Of course being competitive is better, but never progressing can be even more disappointing than having regular sub-.500 teams.  Don’t get me wrong, being at the first postseason game in 2008 was amazing, and our runs in 2011 and 2018 were awesome, but knowing that the team hasn’t taken advantage of the best pitching window in franchise history is demoralizing and continuing to go forward with this approach is extremely disappointing.