Wild Card Round: game thread

[Frisbee Slider]

Kittredge for three straight days…

[Fear The Chorizo]

Kittredege in for the 3rd straight day - pucker time in Wrigley.

[Brewluver]

1 minute ago, markedman5 said:

It’s fine…..every playoff format in any sport allows wild card teams to beat division winners…..and it’s not changing.

True

Packers won the Super Bowl as a wild card.

[trwi7]

The Padres are the perfect example of you don't have to be faster than all your friends, you just have to be faster than one of them.

[torts]

It's on like donkey Kong

[HarveysWBs]

[82brewcrew82]

Yeah baby, bring it.

[markedman5]

Seeds holding so far in the NL…….just keep it going……

[Brewluver]

Better go buy your tickets boyz, they're coming on Saturday !!

 

[Fear The Chorizo]

I should think the Padres GM needs to pack his office up - he needs to be canned.

 Lets petition game 1 to be moved up to tomorrow night!

[BruisedCrew]

There goes the Brewers home crowd advantage. 

[RobertCrawley]

Bring 'em on. I can't wait.

[bm1090]

Gonna be a lot of fun 

[liveforoctober]

That might have been best case scenario. Had the Cubs won in a walk-off of some kind they would come in with a ton of juice. The fact that they nearly blew it and Counsell almost managed that one away is a good finish AND we probably get the worse team coming to us.

Not excited for the 6million Cubs fans an hour away who now have access to our stadium ... but let's go. If this is truly the season of destiny ... this is what was supposed to happen.

[sobomp3]

1 hour ago, Brewluver said:

Why are you even allowed to post here? Cripes.

(sounds stupid when you see what you actually wrote, doesn't it).

Not at all. Unlike you, I actually read your forum quite a bit to gauge the fanbase. But I wouldn't ever think about posting there to just troll your fanbase. Its pathetic. Enjoy your win.

[Slippery_Pete]

So, let me get this straight.  

The Brewers play all season to win the division, gain post-season entry, and have home field advantage throughout the playoffs as part of the perks of having the best record in MLB.

Except for the first round in the NLDS, where there will be no home field advantage.

Is that about right?

 

[sobomp3]

Yep!

[BruisedCrew]

50 minutes ago, Brewluver said:

Bush just hit a HR 3-0 Cubs

Learn to spell the names of the players on your favorite team. 

[BruisedCrew]

50 minutes ago, Brewluver said:

Bush just hit a HR 3-0 Cubs

Learn to spell the names of the players on your favorite team. 

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, BruisedCrew said:

Learn to spell the names of the players on your favorite team. 

 You can say that again.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

1 minute ago, trwi7 said:

The Padres are the perfect example of you don't have to be faster than all your friends, you just have to be faster than one of them.

I know this. If the Brewers hit some dribblers, we'll have way more infield hits.

What a weird inning. 

To be fair, I think the Cubs had some really bad challenge luck, probably should have had a 4th run. The strike three call on Bogaerts was awful, but maybe those things cancel out.

The bigger deal for the Padres is not being able to hit with RISP all series, and Darvish having an awful 2nd inning. 

Were the Cubs that good this week? I don't really think so. They hit two homers in Game 1. And got an RBI blooper and a walk in Game 3. The Padres offense was pretty awful, putting up bad ABs, failing to get runners home with less than two outs (their 4th inning in Game 1 probably cost them the game), and getting just the one, Machado homer. 

I worry very much about the Cubs offense. But if we keep them in the yard, we'll be in good shape.

[Fear The Chorizo]

WisDOT needs to reposition every single one of their construction barrels and jersey barriers between south Milwaukee and the state line, plus just randomly throw flashing lane change signs pointing in all directions, through Monday morning

[markedman5]

11 minutes ago, trwi7 said:

The Padres are the perfect example of you don't have to be faster than all your friends, you just have to be faster than one of them.

Ah yes………

“I don’t have to outrun the bear,” said the second friend. “I only have to outrun you.”

[BruisedCrew]

4 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

 You can say that again.

This stupid ad bloated site is to blame for that.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

21 minutes ago, HarveysWBs said:

I think regardless of the opponent, but especially if it is the Cubs, winning Game 1 is of paramount importance. With how evenly matched the teams are, needing a 3-1 stretch in order to advance feels like a really tall order. If the Crew wins out of the gate, and we need only a split to advance, I'd take those odds.

But Freddy needs to be at his best, the home crowd needs to be at its best, and the bats need to sequence their hits.

This is double, maybe triple true given the more limited pitching availability the Cubs will have Game 1. They'll probably start Rea (who threw an inning yesterday on his side day, I imagine)? Counsell seems to trust Kittredge, Palencia, Pomeranz, and Keller, in something close to that order. Thielbar factors in as well. None of those guys is elite, but all of them have gotten the job done, and there's not a huge drop off from one to the other.

I think this comes down to how quickly the Brewers can get the starter out and making sure we get to the bullpen. In the regular season, it's frustrating not to put up a big inning. You'd love a big inning in the playoffs, but given the stress put on the same pitchers, it's good to be woodpeckers and get one run, maybe two in multiple innings.