Brewers (Rea) vs Cubs (Taillon): 7/23/24, 7:05pm

[yourout]

1 minute ago, SomewhereInTime said:

Its shown a lot of missed calls tonight

And rightfully so.

[rickh150]

3 minutes ago, Baldkin said:

Can't believe they bunted up in the count

Crazy to say, but it is possible Ortiz did it on his own.

[yourout]

Not feeling good about this one.

[82brewcrew82]

Just now, rickh150 said:

Crazy to say, but it is possible Ortiz did it on his own.

OK, but then you have a whole bunch of guys bunting on their own which means they feel free to do so.

[adambr2]

The amount of bunting tonight. .did Ron Roenicke take over this team again?

[kevinisaname]

YES! FLY THE L CUBBIES!

[yourout]

If they would poll the players after this one you'd get about 30 votes for a challenge system

[82brewcrew82]

Escaped.

[Gump]

Let’s go baby!!!

[Bulldogboy]

I will say that the bunting more is a function of nobody hitting but still. Big W.

[yourout]

Just now, kevinisaname said:

YES! FLY THE L CUBBIES!

Loud and proud!

[rickh150]

Whoooo hooo!

[willie key]

Finally held a one run lead.     Let’s go

[JCREW]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

The amount of bunting tonight. .did Ron Roenicke take over this team again?

Murphy wanted to make sure the vicious Chicago media didn’t ask him any questions about the Brewers swinging for the lake. 

[Baldkin]

Fly the L

[wallus]

Hey Chicago, whatta say.... you lost today!

[adambr2]

Can some baseball historian confirm that this was the stretch of winning 4 out of 5 games that least felt like winning 4 out of 5 games in MLB history?

[HarveysWBs]

Go cry some more, Craig

[SomewhereInTime]

Good to grind out wins on the frustrating days when everyone is angry all game long.

[BruisedCrew]

11 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

I understand the bunt call there if you had a player that was good at bunting.

Even then I don’t like it. They just said something about how the Brewers are one of the worst teams in MLB at driving in runners from third with less than 2 out.

Also why attempt a bunt that is probably not going to be successful to set up a situation that is probably not going to produce the result you want.

Ortiz probably had a better chance of hitting a grounder through an infield that is moving around than laying down a successful sacrifice. 

[rickh150]

3 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

OK, but then you have a whole bunch of guys bunting on their own which means they feel free to do so.

They do have that freedom. That is not news. But I have to think the bunt was on with Ortiz and yes it is very questionable with .200 K hitter up next.

[BruisedCrew]

2 wins on this trip when scoring one run in 9 innings. 
 

Good to clinch the season series tonight with a bad pitching matchup and a stressed bullpen tomorrow. 

[rickh150]

Great pitching again. How many games have we had where bullpen gives up nothing? Seems extraordinarily good.
Lots of rumor mill stuff today too with Brewers inked to a bunch of SP. wondering if its a case of smoke and then fire. 

[Bulldogboy]

Bullpen taxed is not the day to have Johnny wholestaff. Going to be tough.

[duewizard]

36 minutes ago, yourout said:

Need to go to McGill

Come on man its Megill. Sorry to be the grammar police but the guy has literally saved 20 games. He deserves to get his name called correctly