Brewers (Zastryzny) vs Cubs (Steele): 7/24/24, 1:20pm

[Team Canada]

Bauers continues to be a credible PH option.

[Underachiever]

Bases loaded?!?! Surely good things will happen.

[HarryDoyle]

Bases loaded, one out. The Cubs got us right where they want us.

[Underachiever]

Nice, Brice.

[bensheeps]

Two straight good at bats for Turang.  Hopefully the change to something good.

[liveforoctober]

haha, nice that it worked. that was ball 4 by quite a bit. tie game!

[shanedog19]

The Brewers have been awfully conservative on the base paths this inning.

[Underachiever]

An out at home. Groundhog Day.

 

[Samurai Bucky]

Elevate the @$#(*&)($*& ball!!!!!

[BruisedCrew]

34 minutes ago, Team Canada said:

So the opener is only a successful strategy if no one gets on base?

Where are you getting that from? I wasn’t suggesting anything close to that.

Today the opener gave up a run on 2 hits in the first inning and put 2 men on to start the second and forced Wilson to inherit a tough situation. 

Even you said at about the same time I posted that it was probably a mistake trying to squeeze another inning out of the opener. 

[BruisedCrew]

10 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

An out at home. Groundhog Day.

 

I really don’t count force outs at home the same as other runners thrown out at the plate. 

[Team Canada]

1 minute ago, BruisedCrew said:

Where are you getting that from? I wasn’t suggesting anything close to that.

Today the opener gave up a run on 2 hits in the first inning and put 2 men on to start the second and forced Wilson to inherit a tough situation. 

Even you said at about the same time I posted that it was probably a mistake trying to squeeze another inning out of the opener. 

Sorry, you're right about the first inning, I was focused more on the second inning, and the fact that you called it a failure without knowing the results. Obviously it didn't affect Wilson, so you can say you don't like it as an approach, but any team can string a couple hits together and get a run, so the fact that it happened to take place against an opener once doesn't make it a bad strategy. I think this is the first run that's been scored on an opener?

[Bulldogboy]

I didn't know Hoskins was this big a strikeout guy. Disappointed. 

[BruisedCrew]

Even when the Brewers have scored today they leave you with a bad taste. In both cases they still had the bases loaded and one out and couldn’t add more. 
 

[Bulldogboy]

How are you going to survive this season hitting Hoskins and Adames 3-4? 

[Outlander]

2 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

How are you going to survive this season hitting Hoskins and Adames 3-4? 

By letting your phenom carry more and more of the load as the season goes on. He may be the next franchise player with back problems after he carries this team into the playoffs.

[Underachiever]

3 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

I really don’t count force outs at home the same as other runners thrown out at the plate. 

Contact play, crap ground ball to an infielder resulting in a Brewer out at home. Result would have been the same if it had been a tag out or a force out. Wasted opportunity. 

[willie key]

4 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

How are you going to survive this season hitting Hoskins and Adames 3-4? 

You aren’t 

[adambr2]

7 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

I didn't know Hoskins was this big a strikeout guy. Disappointed. 

There's nothing he does particularly well. He's just been a bad acquisition. 

[Team Canada]

1 minute ago, willie key said:

You aren’t 

They've managed ok so far.

[Bulldogboy]

Junis has been pretty good out of the pen. I like him.

[TURBO]

4 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

There's nothing he does particularly well. He's just been a bad acquisition. 

So far, yes...  If it continues, he'll be here next year too, which is kind of a bummer.

[TURBO]

2 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Junis has been pretty good out of the pen. I like him.

Pretty expensive pen guy, for us anyway...

[yfinn6]

Gonna be tough for Mitchell if he's going to keep wasting strikes on these stupid bunt attempts. 

[adambr2]

Can't decide whether Wiemer or Mitchell has been the more disappointing OF prospect. Frelick at least shows occasional flashes.