9/16/2007 Cincinatti (Belisle) at Milwaukee (Villanueva) 1:05 CDT

[kgbaseball]

It's really amazing no other team has given Joe a real chance in the majrs. Here's a guy with a 900 career OPS in the minor leagues, and can play anywhere. Wouldn't that scream "25th man" to every team in the league? Kudos to Doug for giving him a chance. Here's hoping he's given a realistic chance to be on the club next season as well.

[Brewer Fever]

We all need to send Ned an apologetic email. Counsell, 2 runs scored. Dillon, 4 rbi. Ned is a Genius.

 

I don't know if I'd go that far, but I will call off my plan to kidnap Yost and hold him captive in my basement. For now.

[hawing]

The possibility of becoming a Cubs fan must be a hazard of growing up in Kenosha.

 

Yes. Complicating matters is that Milwaukee had no team at all when Tom was age 9-12 - which I would consider pretty formative years for a boy's baseball fandom. Grandma and Grandpa had WGN on a lot, he spent a lot of time there, bingo. I don't hold it against him.

[trwi7]

I'd love to see a standing O for CV. He's done a great job today and that was probably his last inning.

[crewcrazy]

Marathon AB there between Villy and Encarnacion. I imagine Villy's done for the day...6 innings, 0 ER, 94 pitches. Nice work.

[EdgarDiazRocks]

Yes. Complicating matters is that Milwaukee had no team at all when Tom was age 9-12 - which I would consider pretty formative years for a boy's baseball fandom.

 

I know for me it was a very good thing Willie Stargell retired when he did.

 

I can't imagine if my life revolved around the Pirates.

 

Cecil Cooper = God

 

Prince reminds me A LOT of Pops.

[moofnelson]

Matt Belisle looks like Beaver Cleaver.

[moofnelson]

Johnny Estrada looks like Lumpy Rutherford.

[hawing]

The chat is back, for any of you who switched to IGT after the latest hiccup.

[JET15]

Rickie knows how to keep it exciting

[tigerbrew]

7 shutout innings, Great job CV.

[crewcrazy]

Well, I was a little uneasy about Villy going out there for the 7th, but he got the job done. 7 shutout innings against the Reds is pretty impressive, if you ask me.

[crewcrazy]

The Shouse magic seems to have run out.

[Ennder]

The Shouse magic seems to have run out.

 

Surprisingly as soon as he starts to face real righties on a regular basis instead of just bottom of the batting order righties.

[DougJones43]

Cordero during the 8th two games in a row. I like it. Time to put out the fire, CoCo.

[crewcrazy]

CoCo K!

 

I just hope using CoCo for 4 outs on back-to-back days doesn't come back to bite the Brewers in the butt on the road. You would have to think that he'd be considered unavailable tomorrow against Houston if he was needed.

[jlau20]

I'm going to hope the Cardinals can play this bad when they show up in Milwaukee. Bases loaded twice, no runs, are you kidding me.

 

B+ for Ned today, it's almost like he's showing some sense and realizing not everything has to be righty/lefty though it does help OCCASIONALLY. I just hope he doesn't start thinking he should use Cordero for more than an inning every game we're leading late. I was a little nervous about it today, but it's paying off again, but if there's a situation like this again tomorrow, I would be very cautious about doing it again.

[logan82]

I wonder how many times Ned has trotted out these aparent give up lineups and they worked.

[DougJones43]

Brewers win! Keep on rockin' in the free world, CV and CoCo.

[berniebrewer4life]

Yay, brewers win! Let's keep it going boys. I really would like to see a division championship this year.

[Team Canada]

Cordero's a little good.

[crewcrazy]

Four outs, four K's. Unbelievable. Nice job nailing this thing down, CoCo!

 

Let's hit the road and beat up on the Astros...hopefully the Brewers don't lose ground on this road trip.

[AJAY]

THANK YOU DILLON

 

THANK YOU CORDERO

 

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[hawing]

OK, Reds, you may now proceed to turn it on the next few games. Win out and you can finish 81-81!

[Brian the Automator]

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