Dodgers (Flaherty) vs Brewers (Myers): 8/15/24, 1:10pm

[Brewcrew82]

Okay, Devin. Gotta get these first two guys.

[TURBO]

Just now, Brewcrew82 said:

Kinda funny that Sal drops a perfect bunt down there after last inning. 

Too hard, far from perfect.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Nice to see a philosophical shift to putting the ball in play in tense situations instead of swinging out of their shoes looking to drive one, like in past years. 

[HarryDoyle]

So let me get this straight. If Devin puts this one away Hudson will win and lose this game?

[Brian]

9 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

So let me get this straight. If Devin puts this one away Hudson will win and lose this game?

No no no.

Edited August 15, 2024 by Brian

[sveumrules]

1 hour ago, HarryDoyle said:

The Dodgers have Hall of Fame hitting. The Brewers have AAA hitting.

Hall of Famers - 4

Triple AAAers - 6

[dlk9s]

Two games away from a pennant!

[igor67]

I think the Dodgers have to trade their whole farm for Williams on the offseason to protect their investment in Ohtani

[HarryDoyle]

Way to come back and split the series. Call it a moral victory.

[Brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, sveumrules said:

Hall of Famers - 4

Triple AAAers - 6

I will say that the Brewers have HOF caliber dude closing the game out in Devin, even if he doesn't accumulate the numbers. 

[HarveysWBs]

Unbelievable series. Way to get off the mat, boys! Let’s roll!

[wiguy94]

This Devin Williams guy is pretty darn good!

[HarryDoyle]

1 minute ago, sveumrules said:

Hall of Famers - 4

Triple AAAers - 6

Doesn't change a thing.

[liveforoctober]

I don't want to be too over dramatic here ... but winning these last two games might be a mini catapult. Getting  trucked by LA would have been a psychological weight the rest of the way. If we meet them again down the road ... there should now be belief.

[willie key]

Okay.   I guess I have to invest in following a top two seed.  
 

why do they do this to me

[Brian]

4 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

So let me get this straight. If Devin puts this one away Hudson will win and lose this game?

LOL, I didn't see lose also, Murphy gets the fireable offence win also.

[adambr2]

Obviously, these last 24 hours may be the biggest wins of the season so far. Not just for staying in the race for a top seed, but for the enormous confidence that was needed to start belonging with these guys. 

Still some things to work on for sure, but maybe that's confidence boosting in itself to know we won these last two despite quite a few things we can clean up. 

[Nola Beery]

2 minutes ago, Brian said:

LOL, I didn't see lose also, Murphy gets the fireable offence win also.

"fireable offence win"

Brilliant. heheheh

[sveumrules]

2 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Doesn't change a thing.

Coming into the game the Brewers were scoring 0.11 runs per game fewer than the Dodgers (4.83 vs 4.94), you may need to recalibrate what constitutes a AAA lineup.

 

[Bulldogboy]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

Obviously, these last 24 hours may be the biggest wins of the season so far. Not just for staying in the race for a top seed, but for the enormous confidence that was needed to start belonging with these guys. 

Still some things to work on for sure, but maybe that's confidence boosting in itself to know we won these last two despite quite a few things we can clean up. 

Agreed. Two big w. Credit to the boys for stepping up big time.

[shanedog19]

7 minutes ago, willie key said:

Okay.   I guess I have to invest in following a top two seed.  
 

why do they do this to me

That is a push that will keep the team from becoming complacent.

[Joseph Zarr]

4 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Coming into the game the Brewers were scoring 0.11 runs per game fewer than the Dodgers (4.83 vs 4.94), you may need to recalibrate what constitutes a AAA lineup.

 

Well, he may be referring to a PCL Triple-A lineup 🤭

[Zad Fnark]

9 over the Cards now.  They can put that in their pipe and smoke it.

[HarveysWBs]

7 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

I don't want to be too over dramatic here ... but winning these last two games might be a mini catapult. Getting  trucked by LA would have been a psychological weight the rest of the way. If we meet them again down the road ... there should now be belief.

I couldn’t agree more. Humans, and maybe especially baseball players, are such creatures of the story. Even when we want to deny that the past bears any weight on our present and future, we fall back on literary metaphors like “we’re going to turn the page.” If they get swept or lose the season series by like a 1-7 margin, the story is the same old Brewers can’t hang with the big boys. Now they know they can do it, not just intellectually (everyone always knows sports is an any given day proposition) but if they have a narrative in their favor, that means belief. That’s huge.

[Joseph Zarr]

SO, the Brewers have a HOF caliber closer back in the fold. They have their relief corps getting healthy at the perfect time. They have darkhorse studs in Yoho and Miz waiting in the wings. They have the third best run diff in all of baseball. They have scored the 7th most runs in MLB. They have allowed the 4th fewest runs in MLB.

This guy?