Brewers (Rea) vs Padres (Cease): 6/21/24, 8:40pm

[kevinisaname]

Why does Sal never run anymore? It feels like he hasn't tried to steal a base in a month.

[kevinisaname]

This is not optimal. I thought that was a DP off the bat.

[wibadgers23]

This could be a long series.  

[kevinisaname]

Just now, wibadgers23 said:

This could be a long series.  

Yeah, I have a bad feeling about this series, especially with C-Rod going tomorrow. But I've been wrong often.

[kevinisaname]

Dang, that should have been an out at home.

[Sixtolezcano]

1 minute ago, wibadgers23 said:

This could be a long series.  

Yep!

[igor67]

The wide strikes I saw in the first inning didn't look horrible, but that pitch first pitch to Black was super low and given Black's understanding of the zone it looked like that threw him off the entire AB and left him swinging at garbage.

[kevinisaname]

ROBOTS! That. Was. A. Strike.

[rickh150]

CC had Frelick hitting cleanup as a rookie and now he is in the 5th hole. Some say lineup spots mean nothing. I do not agree. Especially for our 2024 lineup with high OBP guys at #1-3, our 4 and 5 guys have huge opportunities. Like others have said, hitting Ortiz #2 and sliding lineup down a bit makes sense…still can go LRLR at top.

[rickh150]

I hate complaining about umps,, but last night’s ball/strike was awful.

[Brian]

Hawk-Eye camera technology to call strikes in baseball, has been used in minor leagues since 2019. The ABS calls strikes based on where the ball crosses the midpoint of the plate, which is 8.5 inches from the front and back. The system also generates a strike zone, which is 53.5% of batter height. 

[kevinisaname]

I'm frustrated with this strike zone already. Garbage.

[Bulldogboy]

Not a strike. Again. 

[folly412]

Got to love the "never a strike" strike.

[adambr2]

And then he calls Chourio out on that crap.

 

This homeplate umpire is an absolute trash can. 

[kevinisaname]

William's under .300 now. He's really struggled since that Astros series.

[adambr2]

That's a strike, but it wasn't a strike to Peralta last inning. 

[Brian]

I thought that was gone.

[kevinisaname]

Just now, Brian said:

I thought that was gone.

Same.

Now Colin's gotten a couple of those bad calls for strikes.

[Brian]

Just now, kevinisaname said:

Same.

Now Colin's gotten a couple of those bad calls for strikes.

Umps must need to warm up also.

[yourout]

Sure have struggled to get early leads lately.

[yourout]

15 minutes ago, Brian said:

Hawk-Eye camera technology to call strikes in baseball, has been used in minor leagues since 2019. The ABS calls strikes based on where the ball crosses the midpoint of the plate, which is 8.5 inches from the front and back. The system also generates a strike zone, which is 53.5% of batter height. 

They need to just make the zone the same size no matter how tall the batter.

[markedman5]

With this zone we might as well all go to bed now…….its as bad as last night

[yourout]

That was likely foul.

[kevinisaname]

Your five and six hitters, everyone. Hoskins is especially bad.