Rays (Eflin) vs Brewers (Rea): 5/1/24, 12:10pm

[LouisEly]

2 hours ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

His suspension means you can't replace him, so he's put his team in a little bit of a bind. Growing up......we've all had to do it.

All they have to do is appeal the suspension.  By the time the appeal is heard and punishment finalized, he'll be in the minors and won't have to serve it until he's back up.

[brewmann04]

Very impressive with today effort especially Rea who does well it seems VS teams aces in 

[BruisedCrew]

15 hours ago, torts said:

Who knows, he had the glove last night and had no issue

The only thing that would make sense here is that the whiter color wasn’t as noticeable under the lights as in the sunlight so the umpires didn’’t react to it at night. 

[Jopal78]

1 hour ago, BruisedCrew said:

The only thing that would make sense here is that the whiter color wasn’t as noticeable under the lights as in the sunlight so the umpires didn’’t react to it at night. 

The umpires are being more strict in glove rules this year. Last week a Cubs pitcher had to change gloves in the exact same situation after using it the night before the following day the umps claimed the white from an American flag logo was against the rules and required a change  

[Brian]

21 hours ago, yfinn6 said:

Murphy should just get it out of the way and get ejected when the lineup cards are exchanged. 

Christian Yelich jokingly refers to Murphy as “Patches,” as in Patches O’Houlihan, who takes over as coach for the team.  A yellow “O’Houlihan” jersey even hangs in Murphy’s office at American Family Field. “He tells you how it is,” Yelich said. “When you play for Murph, you’re never wondering how he feels about you or what he thinks -- the good and bad. He’ll tell you if you're doing something really well and he'll also tell you if you're doing something that needs to stop. That doesn't happen as much in sports now days; you kind of have to decipher things on your own. There’s none of that here. What you see is what you get.”

 

Murphy’s persona isn’t a character of what he thinks a big league manager should be. For better or worse, it’s just him. So far, it’s been enough to keep the Brewers in the hunt despite the adversity.