Brewers-Cubs NLDS Game Four Thread - 10/9/2025 @ 8:08PM

[MDCrew]

3 minutes ago, Patrick425 said:

If you just flipped the 2 games start times, the home teams would be playing at 5pm local time and 6pm local time instead of 3pm and 8pm on a weekday. But good point someone brought up about the Eagles game. Also, the poster talking about their kid at the breakfast table saying he can only watch 3 innings.  Are you that strict? Let your kid stay up to watch the game!

Another point. Baseball has done a great job shortening the time of games. Then they get in the national spotlight and add time to commercial breaks and every game is over 3 hours. Great promotion of the sport.

Lastly.  Boyd has a 9.00 lifetime ERA vs the Brewers and over a 4.50 ERA post AS break. Peralta has allowed more than 3 runs in only 4 of his 34 starts this year. 

 

I am not that strict but we are on the east coast so it’s a 9 start time, he was exaggerating when he said it, but won’t be able to stay awake for the whole game and probably fall asleep watching it. He is only 9. 

[AKCheesehead]

Murphy knows what he's doing, he didn't set the lineup arbitrarily.  Will it work?  We'll soon find out. 

I want this win today, bad.  I want to beat them in illinois in front of their fans.  

[pitchleague]

I’m out for the night on the site*. I’m hoping that I can come in here tomorrow and read a really enjoyable game thread!

Go Brewers!

 

*-subject to change

[adambr2]

55 minutes ago, BCF said:

How can you say it didn’t work yesterday? 

Because we scored 3 runs. 

[adambr2]

48 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Because they only scored three runs, one of them aided by the sun, and they lost?

Yeah let’s be honest about the 3 runs yesterday — we earned 2, and 1 was a complete fluke.

[BarremlensTSSC]

8 hours ago, jason21nl said:

I can’t help but feel that this series is going back to Milwaukee with the Cubs advancing.  Last year was awful.  This would be the most Brewers thing ever and I would bet money on it happening.  What a gross feeling.  

Fandom really is a form of insanity.  The Brewers have thoroughly out played the Cubs for 2 of 3 games and nearly won a game where they had a disaster start.  Anything's possible, but if you asked a Cubs fan if they'd rather be in their position or the Brewers' they'd swap places in a heartbeat.

[JCREW]

24 minutes ago, MDCrew said:

I am not that strict but we are on the east coast so it’s a 9 start time, he was exaggerating when he said it, but won’t be able to stay awake for the whole game and probably fall asleep watching it. He is only 9. 

Also eastern TZ.
My 9yo fell asleep during the 3rd on Monday. 
My 12yo made it to the 7th. 
 

hopefully the crew puts up a lotta runs before they fall asleep. 

[Brian]

58 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

According to this Yelich only led off 6 times in the reg. season, went 5-24 with 4bb.

Christian Yelich 2025 Batting Splits | Baseball-Reference.com

Well, that is a .208 avg. Murphy is one stubborn dude. 

[KurtRussell]

Murphy has previously talked about the ideal lineup having lefties at the 1, 4, and 7 spot for better L/R matchups later in the game. 

 

[Brian]

50 minutes ago, AKCheesehead said:

Murphy knows what he's doing, he didn't set the lineup arbitrarily.  Will it work?  We'll soon find out. 

I want this win today, bad.  I want to beat them in illinois in front of their fans.  

I used to say that also but why switch up what worked all season long and hasn't worked since Yelich has been leading off? Make me wrong tonight Murphy. Dumb to switch up things just because its the playoffs with no new injuries. Come-on man!

[Jim French Stepstool]

5 minutes ago, Brian said:

I used to say that also but why switch up what worked all season long and hasn't worked since Yelich has been leading off? Make me wrong tonight Murphy. 

 I believe it boils down to getting Yelich back up to the plate (as well as Chourio, who I assume is hitting 2nd) ASAP in a close game. That's not to say I'm in favor of it, but that's the mindset.

I guess it's the offensive equivalent of using a closer early, or asking him to get five or six outs, in a playoff game. If 8 & 9 in the order can get on base like in the first two games it'll look a lot smarter.

[Playing Catch]

Yelich led off yesterday, thus allowing him to be at the plate with 2 down in the 9th of a one-run game. Don't tell me you want more power,  but that you don't want him leading off. 

[HarryDoyle]

Well, there you have it.

 

[treego14]

Fred will put the Cubs in the Red!

Enough Said!

[bm1090]

Game going to be on a different channel until this one ends?

[AKCheesehead]

Just now, bm1090 said:

Game going to be on a different channel until this one ends?

Yeah TNT

[HarryDoyle]

The Phillies-Dodgers game is not going to end before the start of our game. What channel are we going to be on?

[edfunderburk]

Just now, HarryDoyle said:

The Phillies-Dodgers game is not going to end before the start of our game. What channel are we going to be on?

I’m watching on HBO Max 

[Frisbee Slider]

It seems like the Dodgers/Phillies game could take awhile.

[BarremlensTSSC]

Go Phillies?

[TURBO]

I want that series to go all 5 games.  

[BarremlensTSSC]

Please Brewers win tonight so I don't have to listen to Darling's ******** for a 5th time.

[Brian]

19 minutes ago, Playing Catch said:

Yelich led off yesterday, thus allowing him to be at the plate with 2 down in the 9th of a one-run game. Don't tell me you want more power,  but that you don't want him leading off. 

Hope your not talking to me because I never said anything close to that.  Amazing how you make a statement like that and no one but you knows who your talkin about. 

[adambr2]

Is Gameday off? According to that, Yelich walked on 6 strikes.

nevermind, now it changed them.

[BarremlensTSSC]

Power Yelich making an appearance tonight and for the rest of the playoffs would be cool with me.