8/27 Braves (Smoltz) vs. Brewers (Helling) 6:05 Uecker Night

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[pogokat]

somebody PLEEEEEEEAAAAASSSSSEEE get me some dolls...i will pay you

 

also, enjoy watching smoltz work if you guys haven't seen him recently...or ever

 

he's really amazing

[AJAY]

It stinks that every time they expect a capacity crowd, we get a lousy pitching matchup. Helling has no chance to outpitch Smoltz.

[splitterpfj]

Maybe Smoltz will do one of those Latissimus Dorsi things.

[ja002h]

Helling has no chance to outpitch Smoltz.

 

That's why I'm fearlessly guaranteeing a win tonight.

[ja002h]

Today's fun stat:

 

During the homestand, Carlos is hitting .437, and JJ's hitting a cool .467. Hope he's in the lineup again tonight.

[Ennder]

Smoltz has over a 4 ERA on the month, I think he's starting to wear down... which means he'll throw a shutout against us for sure.

[brewerjamie15]

The wife and I will be there tonight, gotta buy tickets from a scalper though. Helling vs Smoltz? Yikes.

Brewers couldn't win this game if Atlanta were to forefit.

Yost couldn't out manage a chimp.

Helling couldn't give up less than three runs to a scout troop.

blah blah blah....

[burniebrewer]

Fear not, Brewer fans. If Smoltz outpitches us as is predicted, let's hope it's a close game so Chris Reitsma can come in and blow the save. He has blown a save in 2 of Smoltz's last 3 outings (8/10 & 8/16). So Smoltz has had a little hard luck lately, here's to piling it on GP style.

[ThePurpleStorm]

Seeing as the Crew almost always does good against aces, I'm predicting a 7-5 victory tonight. Hey, remember the Pedro matchup? And that was on the road.

[Weirdos19]

They've been closing with Farnsworth lately.

 

Another Cubs mistake.

[hawing]

Well, this pitching matchup does have a Christians vs. lions feeling that is hard to shake. But how many times this season have the Brewers done the unexpected?

They've been closing with Farnsworth lately.

 

Yeah, I didn't realize they had him until the scoreboard indicated he was warming up in the Braves bullpen last night. At the time I was thinking, sure, bring him on. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/happy.gif

[MadisonBrewerBlue]

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Helling has no chance to outpitch Smoltz.

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love the vote of confidence for helling and the brewers. lets see, we have beaten randy johnson. pedro martinez, roger clemens, greg maddux... i hate negativity. it leads to losing teams.

[Shampoo4U]

I have a better feeling of the Brewers winning this game than if the Braves trotted out some AA pitcher making his first start in the majors.

[steve267268]

i'm guessing that there are some pretty favorable betting odds for this one.. i bet we are at least +200..would be a good game to bet on for those of you who are into that sort of thing.

[JoeH33]

 Name AVG HR RBI Name AVG HR RBI Rafael Furcal SS .275 11 48 Brady Clark CF .310 9 40 Marcus Giles 2B .304 8 46 Rickie Weeks 2B .255 11 31 Chipper Jones 3B .300 13 48 Lyle Overbay 1B .281 16 63 Andruw Jones CF .272 40 97 Carlos Lee LF .266 29 97 Adam LaRoche 1B .251 15 65 Geoff Jenkins RF .287 17 63 Jeff Francoeur RF .350 10 30 Bill Hall 3B .265 15 52 Kelly Johnson LF .241 9 38 Damian Miller C .256 7 36 Brian McCann C .277 4 14 J.J. Hardy SS .217 3 29 John Smoltz P .161 0 3 Rick Helling P --- 0 0 

[ThePurpleStorm]

Time to make up ground. NYM, Nats, and Phills lost.

[And That]

The Brewers are 12-6 against pitchers with ERAs under 3.00.

 

Then again, it is Helling starting. My prediction: Brewers win 8-7 just to give Uecker Night some good karma.

[batman]

For those that didn't see it, FSN North did a very nice introductory piece about Bob Uecker featuring comments from a host of famous baseball people. Jim Powell is interviewing Ueck right now, too, which is quite cool.

 

Good job, FSN.

 

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Checking out Uecker's Baseball-Reference.com page, he had quite a bit of plate discipline. While his career batting average was only .200, his career on-base average was a not-bad-by-comparison .293. Amazingly, that is actually higher than his career slugging average (.287). He walked 96 times in 731 at-bats... twelve of those were intentional (!), and he was also hit by three pitches. He must have batted eighth quite a bit.

 

Cool stuff.

 

~Bill

[kiwi brewer]

Just saw thye Uecker piece. Very nice. Made me homesick.

 

Let's win this one for Bob, boys.

[endaround]

Who allowed Bud to speak? No man can bring things to a crashing halt faster than Allan H Selig.

[BuckyTuba]

how long is this ceremony gonna last? i need to make a booze run for my sister

[BrewCityUnit]

Without Bud Selig, Milwuakee doesn't have a team.

[RoseBowlMtg]

Play Ball and thanks Bud for your unwavering effort keeping a team in your hometown where without you the 42,000 people there tonight would not be celebrating 50 yrs of Ueck! The Brewers are on the upswing for the first time in a very long time so let's get this one tonight and gain some ground.

 

Brewers Baseball: Love it!

 

Now Rick Helling remember to throw some breaking balls.

[kiwi brewer]

true BrewCity. Selig made it happen. I don't think I'd ever want to be in his position. He's done a fine job, sans All-Star game decision. And I actually thought Mark A. would be a better speaker, but boy did he sound monotone and nervous. Oh well, with Benny's condition and it being Uecker night, there is no better time for a win...