NL Wild Card Game 1-Diamondbacks (Pfaadt) vs Brewers (Burnes): 10/3/23, 6:08pm

[liveforoctober]

I will happily eat my shorts if and when Winker/Miller win this series for us. Until then I am sulking big time.

[RobertCrawley]

2 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

I will happily eat my shorts if and when Winker/Miller win this series for us. Until then I am sulking big time.

I'm guessing Winker is in for pinch hitting. I just checked his stats. He's hitting .417 as a pinch hitter.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/2044492/jesse-winker/splits/

[liveforoctober]

2 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

I'm guessing Winker is in for pinch hitting. I just checked his stats. He's hitting .417 as a pinch hitter.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/2044492/jesse-winker/splits/

I guess so. But last pinch hit at bat was 7/24 :(

[dlk9s]

I can see Owens over Tellez for positional versatility and speed. Plus, as much as I love Rowdy, he really hasn't been good this year. The only thing he has over Miller is power.

[RobertCrawley]

I guess Joey's in the lineup to kill that bumblebee at home plate he's been swinging at all year.

[Brewin]

23 minutes ago, Vgmastr said:

Miller over Rowdy is a head scratcher

Miller on the roster at all makes no sense to me...he's been useless since Memorial Day. Rowdy's been bad all year, but he at least has power as a PHer

Winker I understand as I trust him to give a professional AB...

 

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

1 minute ago, RobertCrawley said:

I guess Joey's in the lineup to kill that bumblebee at home plate he's been swinging at all year.

Technically Joey isn't in the lineup. He's simply on the roster. Likely to serve as a pinch runner and/or defensive replacement late in games. If he starts any games this postseason I will be very surprised.

[HarveysWBs]

So we haven’t been an ESPN household for many years, but have watched regular season games on Fox Sports/Bally Sports Wisconsin.  Now I’m up against it for this week, since it’s all ESPN2.  I’m doing a free trial for Hulu and ESPN+, but I’m not seeing if that covers me or if I need a different package.  Any knowledgeable posters out there who can offer any guidance for navigating the labyrinth that is modern sports streaming?  It would be much appreciated!

[Nola Beery]

2 hours ago, Pugger said:

With Woody out we really need Cy Burnes tonight.

And I guess we'll need to HIT! Let's do it.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

3 minutes ago, HarveysWBs said:

So we haven’t been an ESPN household for many years, but have watched regular season games on Fox Sports/Bally Sports Wisconsin.  Now I’m up against it for this week, since it’s all ESPN2.  I’m doing a free trial for Hulu and ESPN+, but I’m not seeing if that covers me or if I need a different package.  Any knowledgeable posters out there who can offer any guidance for navigating the labyrinth that is modern sports streaming?  It would be much appreciated!

YouTubeTV has a free, 21-day trial for new users. I don't believe ESPN+ has the WC games. The YouTubeTV option also gives you the NLDS, should this series go well.

Sling also has a deal where it's 20/month for its ESPN package (which will include TBS for NLDS games). 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

I watched enough years of bad baseball to know that you never take a postseason gameday for granted. The build-up, the excitement, the abject terror of defensive half-innings, there's nothing else in sports that compares.

So, enjoy it. Enjoy it in all its horrific, painful glory. The Brewers won the division. They had a successful season. They're in great organizational shape, and none of that will change after this beautiful dice roll. Just getting to be part of the dance is what this sport is all about.

That being said, I hope we win the whole f----ing thing.

[treego14]

23 minutes ago, HarveysWBs said:

So we haven’t been an ESPN household for many years, but have watched regular season games on Fox Sports/Bally Sports Wisconsin.  Now I’m up against it for this week, since it’s all ESPN2.  I’m doing a free trial for Hulu and ESPN+, but I’m not seeing if that covers me or if I need a different package.  Any knowledgeable posters out there who can offer any guidance for navigating the labyrinth that is modern sports streaming?  It would be much appreciated!

ESPN2 is on the free channel lineup at https://streamwink.com/class/free-channel ; available to all except @TURBO as far as I can tell!  

[dlk9s]

41 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

Technically Joey isn't in the lineup. He's simply on the roster. Likely to serve as a pinch runner and/or defensive replacement late in games. If he starts any games this postseason I will be very surprised.

Yeah, I really don't think CC will rotate lineups every day like in the regular season. Maybe a Turang/Monasterio platoon, but that's about it.

[Nola Beery]

9 minutes ago, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

I watched enough years of bad baseball to know that you never take a postseason gameday for granted. The build-up, the excitement, the abject terror of defensive half-innings, there's nothing else in sports that compares.

So, enjoy it. Enjoy it in all its horrific, painful glory. The Brewers won the division. They had a successful season. They're in great organizational shape, and none of that will change after this beautiful dice roll. Just getting to be part of the dance is what this sport is all about.

That being said, I hope we win the whole f----ing thing.

This post says it all!  (especially:  " the abject terror of defensive half-innings," 😅 )

Remember last year when we weren't even in it, and the lowly WC Phils almost did it all? (Unless I'm remembering another year or universe, which sometimes happens. 🙁 )

Anyway Cool Hand makes the point!

[Nola Beery]

27 minutes ago, HarveysWBs said:

So we haven’t been an ESPN household for many years, but have watched regular season games on Fox Sports/Bally Sports Wisconsin.  Now I’m up against it for this week, since it’s all ESPN2.  I’m doing a free trial for Hulu and ESPN+, but I’m not seeing if that covers me or if I need a different package.  Any knowledgeable posters out there who can offer any guidance for navigating the labyrinth that is modern sports streaming?  It would be much appreciated!

I'm thinking the Hulu free trial should cover it, at least with the ESPN+? I hope so.

[wiguy94]

1 hour ago, Jake McKibbin said:

@wiguy94you're usually the guy for this.. was he at least hitting the ball hard in Nashville?

Winker or Wiemer? 

[wiguy94]

58 minutes ago, Brewin said:

Miller on the roster at all makes no sense to me...he's been useless since Memorial Day. Rowdy's been bad all year, but he at least has power as a PHer

Winker I understand as I trust him to give a professional AB...

 

Does Rowdy have power? Dude has 3 XBH since coming off the IL and 2 of them were in August. In September he had 1 double, a 34 wRC+, a .216 SLG, and a 31% K-rate. Rowdy just sucks now. Winker over him makes plenty of sense when you consider Rowdy isn't hitting for power or getting on base anymore.

[treego14]

15 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Does Rowdy have power? Dude has 3 XBH since coming off the IL and 2 of them were in August. In September he had 1 double, a 34 wRC+, a .216 SLG, and a 31% K-rate. Rowdy just sucks now. Winker over him makes plenty of sense when you consider Rowdy isn't hitting for power or getting on base anymore.

Informative!

[willie key]

1 hour ago, liveforoctober said:

I will happily eat my shorts if and when Winker/Miller win this series for us. Until then I am sulking big time.

We are trying to bring pre all star break brewers back.    Why?    I have no idea

[owbc]

If we win this series, I think we ride the momentum to a deep postseason run. 

If we lose this series, the Counsell era is going to largely be remembered for regular season success and postseason failure. 

[Brian]

1 hour ago, wibadgers23 said:

Why Wiemer over Mitchell? None of the Dbacks starters that we’re facing are lefties. What am I missing? 

My guess is that his shoulder still isn't 100% he was 1 for 7 since he came back and sure hasn't played much. 

[Nola Beery]

This post was deleted as factually baseless. But could have SWORN I saw Mitchell's name on the roster!!! Honest, I did!    

 

Edited October 3, 2023 by Nola Beery
effed up to the max.

[wiguy94]

4 minutes ago, Nola Beery said:

I think Mitchell is going to be a big positive factor for us, in one way or another. So get him up to the plate.

I hope that even if the analytics say I'm  wrong, the bizarre realities of baseball will show that the analytics are wrong.    

Someone hasn't been paying attention...

[treego14]

28 minutes ago, owbc said:

If we win this series, I think we ride the momentum to a deep postseason run. 

If we lose this series, the Counsell era is going to largely be remembered for regular season success and postseason failure. 

And remembered by me for payroll inequity failure of the MLB -- hence Counsell and Stearns going to the Mets!

[Brewcrew82]

Do it for Woody! Hope he gets the biggest ovation when he's introduced today.