Diamondbacks at Brewers; Thursday, August 28 @ 1:10 p.m.: Jose Quintana (3.32 ERA, 4.77 FIP) vs. Nabil Crismatt (1.00 ERA, 2.45 FIP)

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

All that confidence just draining away.  You can just see it.

Yeah I don’t buy that they’re not shaken a bit lately. 

[Nola Beery]

The pitching stabilized. We've gotten a couple of defensive gems. But now we can't get hit with RISP.  Baseball is cruel.

[wntrtxn21]

3 minutes ago, Brian said:

Vaughn needs to get going very soon or tag team partner Rhys Hoskins will be up early September. 

Vaughn is back in his White Sox mode. 5 for his last 31 with only 3 RBIs. Milwaukee has to get him hot somehow. 

[adambr2]

Both teams have gotten some hits today. Both teams have left men on bases today.

But one teams’ starting pitcher put 6 men on bases for free today and the other teams’ starter did not. That’s the difference today. That’s it.

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, wntrtxn21 said:

Vaughn is back in his White Sox mode. 5 for his last 31 with only 3 RBIs. Milwaukee has to get him hot somehow. 

If he doesn’t, he’s going to find himself on the bench quickly for Rhys when he returns.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

5 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Yeah I don’t buy that they’re not shaken a bit lately. 

Professional athlete, literally the best in the world at what they do...worst guy on the bench is paid a king's ransom. Under scrutiny probably since they have been about 8 years old...but dropping a few games and being 6.5 up in the division has them shaken in the middle of a winnable game they trail 6-4? I don't buy it. I think we project our feelings onto what we "can just see."

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Time for a bottom of the lineup rally. Chance to turn the game around to a win. 

[HarryDoyle]

Jansen has a hit? How did that happen?

[adambr2]

Tell me why we can’t just DFA Jansen and call Quero up. He’s already on the 40.

[Bulldogboy]

Murphy was sitting there like how can I get Siegler into this game?? 

[Pugger]

This is one of the more frustrating couple of games we've had to endure in a while...

[adambr2]

3 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Professional athlete, literally the best in the world at what they do...worst guy on the bench is paid a king's ransom. Under scrutiny probably since they have been about 8 years old...but dropping a few games and being 6.5 up in the division has them shaken in the middle of a winnable game they trail 6-4? I don't buy it. I think we project our feelings onto what we "can just see."

I think this is akin to saying momentum and confidence revealing themselves on the field, both in good and bad ways at times, isn’t a thing in professional sports. I can’t buy that that is true either.

[Pugger]

Seigler?  Really Murph?   smh

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Just now, Pugger said:

This is one of the more frustrating couple of games we've had to endure in a while...

The last week has been that way even the ones we won. Things just look sloppy. They look tired.

[adambr2]

So you PH for one of the few guys that is actually swinging a hot bat lately?

[Bulldogboy]

1 minute ago, Bulldogboy said:

Murphy was sitting there like how can I get Siegler into this game?? 

There it is. No way Montesario deserves to be yanked for him. It is getting ridiculous. 

[HarryDoyle]

I suppose it could've been worse. There weren't men on base for Seigler to strand.

[Brian]

Seigler is about as good as I am, and I'm not very good. 

[Pugger]

It is going to get really ugly in Toronto.

[Nola Beery]

Bughghgh! Where are the bats?!??! 

[adambr2]

One thing that no one will ever truthfully be able to say about Anthony Seigler is “he just didn’t get enough opportunities.”

[HarryDoyle]

A lefty righty matchup isn't going to matter when your hitter doesn't belong in a major league uniform.

[Pugger]

1 minute ago, HarryDoyle said:

I suppose it could've been worse. There weren't men on base for Seigler to strand.

Seigler must have compromising photos of Murphy somewhere.

[Bulldogboy]

Just now, Bulldogboy said:

There it is. No way Montesario deserves to be yanked for him. It is getting ridiculous. 

The Brewers media is so in Murphy pocket. I just don't get how he's getting away with this. Mccalvy is literally fighting guys on Twitter sticking up for Murphy it's crazy.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

At some point, the results need to be shown on the field. Not there right now with Seigler. Want him to be successful and have some of the defensive versatility on the roster. But the production just isn’t there right now. Hard to see why the pinch hitting decision was made.