Cardinals at Brewers; Saturday, September 13 @ 7:15 p.m.: Jacob Misiorowski (4.09 ERA, 3.12 FIP) vs. Sonny Gray (4.45 ERA, 3.48 FIP)

[willie key]

This is the team that fights every damn at bat.      Where has that been.     Now get back to doing this from the first inning on like we were 

I bet the crowd was going nuts

[Austin Tatious]

That was a very advanced piece of hitting, no question.  

[treego14]

4 minutes ago, Austin Tatious said:

That was a very advanced piece of hitting, no question.  

I like your name, Austin Taitious!  🙃

[Jim French Stepstool]

4 hours ago, BruisedCrew said:

In my old age I have seen enough teams blow 6 game leads in the last two weeks to not take anything for granted. 

When I went to college I met Phillies fans who were still traumatized by 1964 (6 years earlier) when the Phillies led by 6 with 12 games to play and lost 10 in a row to be passed by the Cardinals. 

And when I was first old enough to follow baseball my Dad talked about the 1951 Giants who trailed the Dodgers by 13 games in mid August and were still down by 6 with 10 games to play. But they forced a playoff and won on Bobby Thomason’s famous “shot heard round the world. “

Those early experiences shaped me, and I’ve seen several more like them over the years. Catastrophic collapses and heroic comebacks happen and they have to start somewhere I don’t like seeing them get started  . 

That's fair (But you omitted my favorite one, albeit not a late-season slide. The Mets were ten games behind Chicago in August 1969, and were in 1st less than 30 days later). But there's a reason why those incidents are so famously remembered---they very rarely happen. I get wanting to finalize, but totally understand people doing the math & making what seems a pretty obvious call, too.

And, it's Thomson🙂.

[Austin Tatious]

Just now, treego14 said:

I like your name, Austin Taitious!  🙃

Thank you!  Hard to rhyme it though!

[RobertCrawley]

Up 6 1/2 with 13 games left.

I like our chances.

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, Austin Tatious said:

Thank you!  Hard to rhyme it though!

Good gracious!

[treego14]

1 minute ago, Austin Tatious said:

Thank you!  Hard to rhyme it though!

I will be gracious, Austin Tatious!

[willie key]

Just now, RobertCrawley said:

Up 6 1/2 with 13 games left.

I like our chances.

Aside from that we finally saw the teams from June July August tonight.    Tomorrow will be the mother of all Sunday lineups but let’s go on and start playing like the 2025 brewers the rest of the year

[edfunderburk]

2 minutes ago, willie key said:

Aside from that we finally saw the teams from June July August tonight.    Tomorrow will be the mother of all Sunday lineups but let’s go on and start playing like the 2025 brewers the rest of the year

Rhys starting at 1B or DH tomorrow 

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, edfunderburk said:

Rhys starting at 1B or DH tomorrow 

He looked lost at the plate tonight. He needs some ABs.

[edfunderburk]

25 minutes ago, MoreTrife said:

Fedde being in the middle of the scrum was hilarious. 

He contributed two walks & got yanked to stress the bullpen 

[DesertBrew52]

I’m speechless. Watched updates all evening at an event. Grumbled all game. The magic returns even amidst Miz overratedness, Murphy managing weirdness…and Monasterio delivering the AB that the high paid, all star Yelich can no longer provide. Beautiful moments from utter confusion. 
 

someone started writing again…

[RobertCrawley]

3 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

He contributed two walks & got yanked to stress the bullpen 

To put it in the best light, he added drama to the proceedings.

Actually, didn't he have a scoreless inning?

[edfunderburk]

28 minutes ago, ReverendBrewmeister said:

Big FOX field crew not used to the Gatorade baths.

I missed Sophia doing the interview 

I prefer the Brewers TV crew over the FOX stuffed shirts 

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, RobertCrawley said:

To put it in the best light, he added drama to the proceedings.

Actually, didn't he have a scoreless inning?

Yes - I think he threw 1.1 innings 

[Brian]

25 minutes ago, willie key said:

This is the team that fights every damn at bat.      Where has that been.     Now get back to doing this from the first inning on like we were 

I bet the crowd was going nuts

Mona, Mona, Mona, Mona!

[BruisedCrew]

12 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

That's fair (But you omitted my favorite one, albeit not a late-season slide. The Mets were ten games behind Chicago in August 1969, and were in 1st less than 30 days later). But there's a reason why those incidents are so famously remembered---they very rarely happen. I get wanting to finalize, but totally understand people doing the math & making what seems a pretty obvious call, too.

And, it's Thomson🙂.

I know it’s Thomson, but on this ad bloated site the words I type or dictate often don’t come up until a minute or so later so I might not notice typos or auto corrects.. Bobby Thomson went to the same high school as my Dad on Staten Island, though Bobby was a few years younger.
 

My Dad had a contract to start spring training in the Yankees minor league camp in 1942, but he got called into service and by the time he got out it was too late to start a professional baseball career. But he got a job in Milwaukee after getting married and played in the old industrial league. His name is on the Old Time Ballpayers Association Sandlot Hall of Fame that is on display at Am Fam Field. 
 

Anyway, there are a lot of other and more recent examples of dramatic late turnarounds, like the Tigers overtaking the Twins in the wild card race last year, the Cardinals, winning like 17 in a row in September of 2021 to come from nowhere to get a playoff spot, and many more. I just focused on the old ones because they planted in my head that it isn’t over until it’s over. 

[StearnsFTW]

4 hours ago, BruisedCrew said:

Yep. Even with that they have been gaining on the Brewers. Don’t want to see them get into a long winning streak. 

Most long winning streaks start with 3 or 4 in a row. 

Almost all of them.

[BruisedCrew]

22 minutes ago, willie key said:

Aside from that we finally saw the teams from June July August tonight.    Tomorrow will be the mother of all Sunday lineups but let’s go on and start playing like the 2025 brewers the rest of the year

We’re going tomorrow and I do expect a Sunday lineup. Though maybe with the Monday off day  it won’t be too bad. 

[greenlawler]

Wait, what we won this game? I was too attached to my Vanderbilt Commodore's beating South Carloina.  I cannot wait to watch these highlights. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

46 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Well it feels good to be validated. I keep hearing how we can't sit Ortiz because his defense is so great. I just can't understand what people are watching. This guy can't play a couple times a week?

I don't know what any of this validates. Joey Ortiz is going to continue to be the regular SS as long as he's healthy. And he should be. No one (at least not me) had any thoughts that Monasterio couldn't come through tonight as he did. He's put up terrific ABs lately, and put up probably the best one of the entire game to finish it. We're lucky to have him. This is about versatility, it's about attitude, it's about willingness to fill a role with a smile & the proper attitude. That crap is invaluable.

Oh, and since June 1st---well over three months--- Ortiz is hitting .265. Given his glove, most teams w/o an all-star caliber SS would play Ortiz every day if he hit quite a bit less than that.

I think we should just be thrilled to have a guy like Monasterio who fills his role so well.

 

[Brian]

Murphy said postgame: "Not one media analyst, sports handicapper or analytical site had us even picked to make the playoffs, not a single one." 😄

[StearnsFTW]

2 hours ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

Which is now down to a game in the loss column.  

Sure about that?

[Bulldogboy]

14 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

I don't know what any of this validates. Joey Ortiz is going to continue to be the regular SS as long as he's healthy. And he should be. No one (at least not me) had any thoughts that Monasterio couldn't come through tonight as he did. He's put up terrific ABs lately, and put up probably the best one of the entire game to finish it. We're lucky to have him. This is about versatility, it's about attitude, it's about willingness to fill a role with a smile & the proper attitude. That crap is invaluable.

Oh, and since June 1st---well over three months--- Ortiz is hitting .265. Given his glove, most teams w/o an all-star caliber SS would play Ortiz every day if he hit quite a bit less than that.

I think we should just be thrilled to have a guy like Monasterio who fills his role so well.

 

This take is something. Explain to me after what you have seen should Hoskins be pinch hitting for Ortiz or should Monasterio? That's what keeps happening and it's silly unless you just trying to keep Hoskins engaged.