6/8/2004 - Brewers(Sheets)@Angels(Escobar)/Cheese Sandwiches

[batman]

I blame Toby and his Menard's comment for Jinxing Ben......Booooooooh!

 

Good call... what were you thinking, Toby?

 

Boooooooooooo!

 

http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

~Bill

[endaround]

So obviously this means Ben should skip every other start.

[950opsLHcatcher]

I blame the Menards comment on my cheese sandwich.

 

But it is a good cheese sandwich.

[DHonks]

Too bad. Vlads is one of--if not--the best players in the game. He's a personal favorite. But damn that's rough to lose el perfecto on a dribbler in the hole at SS

[endaround]

So I was wondering, does this game qualify as a pitching duel?

[Harold Hutchison]

OUCH!!

 

Well, he'll get the perfecto next time.

 

Is it just me, or is the ball just not finding holes for guys like Scotty Podsednik?

[DuWayne Steurer]

Toby.

 

If it's a good sandwich, that's really all that matters.

[Justin Einerson]

Hey, remember when runs were cool?

[endaround]

Moeller's OPS is down to 635 and he is still outperforming Bennet.

[AJAY]

How about a bunt attempt once in a while?? Isn't that what you are supposed to do if the opposing pitcher is mowing you down?

[batman]

Ben Sheets is really, really good. Its getting lost in the bid for a perfect game and the offensive woes that he is absolutely dominating the Angels without his best stuff. His fastball isn't as quick as it can be, he's not striking guys out, and yet he's making the Angels look like... well... the Brewers.

 

The word that comes to mind is Ace.

 

~Bill

[bjkrautk]

Anyone else find themselves afraid to change what they were doing in some way because of Sheet's perfect game attempt?

 

I started listening to the radio broadcast while watching the FSN telecast in an attempt to hear Powell talk about the draft. In the sixth, I caught myself being worried to change over to the FSN audio....since I didn't want to break with what I've been doing because of how Sheets was pitching.

 

In retrospect, it's one of the more pathetic things I think I've done today. But if it had worked... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/roll.gif

[endaround]

Hey wasn't this lineup supposed to make up for its lack of power with its high OPB?

[batman]

In retrospect, it's one of the more pathetic things I think I've done today. But if it had worked...

 

I was afraid to stop posting the 1-2-3/4-5-6/etc. lines. And I didn't turn on the radio broadcast even though I wanted to hear JP because I didn't want to jinx it.

 

Why do we do stuff like that? It's pretty stupid, and I *know* it's stupid, but I can't help myself.

 

I feel your pain.

 

Podsednik, on the other hand... well. Nevermind.

 

~Bill

[xisxisxis]

If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times. I've never seen anyone get as many called strikes and called 3rd strikes as Scotty Podsednik. He just doesn't get the whole strike zone thing.

[xisxisxis]

Hey wasn't this lineup supposed to make up for its lack of power with its high OPB?

 

Outs Per Batter?

[DuWayne Steurer]

anyone wanna go to thesaurus.com and find all the matches for "pathetic"? I want to know how many different ways I can truthfully describe our offense. Our high obp, lots of doubles hitting offense.

[scoop53714]

I cant stand the thought of losing this game. If Ginter or Grieve could have just made contact the Brewers are in the drivers seat, but I guess k's dont matter.

[950opsLHcatcher]

Hey wasn't this lineup supposed to make up for its lack of power with its high OPB?

 

Offensive peanut butter.

[batman]

Scotty K? How aboot Mr. Adventure, 'cause he has one on every flyball?

 

At least he's starting to catch them again.

 

~Bill

[xisxisxis]

Our high obp, lots of doubles hitting offense.

 

It sure beats a HR doesn't it!

[batman]

Pathetic has a couple meanings.

 

a) Sad - affecting, commiserable, crummy, deplorable, distressing, feeble, heart-rending, heartbreaking, inadequate, lamentable, meager, melting, miserable, moving, paltry, petty, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, poor, puny, rueful, sorry, tender, touching, useless, woeful, worthless, wretched

 

b) Hopeless - base, contemptible, degraded, dejected, deplorable, destitute, dishonorable, downtrodden, fawning, forlorn, groveling, hang dog, hopeless, humbling, humiliating, low, miserable, outcast, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, servile, squalid, stark, submissive, underfoot, worthless, wretched

 

Pick your favorite.

 

~Bill

[DuWayne Steurer]

That's what I'm told xis, but I'm still not sold........yet! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[batman]

Wonderful... we "chase" Escobar and we get to face...

 

...drumroll....

 

K-Rod.

 

I'm stoked.

 

~Bill

[DuWayne Steurer]

I particularly like "wretched" and "hang dog" sounds pretty cool

 

"Pitiable" is starting to apply as well.

 

EDIT: "Poor" and "Inadequate" don't do our offense justice.

 

I think I'm gonna go with "hang dog" because that sounds so cool.