Saturday is supposed to be Estrada vs. Wainwright. That should be fun. At least our rotation is matching Estrada up against other teams number ones. No sense letting a #5 beat Estrada.
A very frustrating loss. I just wish we had a manager or hitting coach that had a clue about situational hitting. I hate the "swing as hard as you can at the first pitch you see" approach.
It's common knowledge that the way to beat the Reds is to make the starting pitcher throw a lot of pitches and get into their bullpen. What is our strategy? Swing at anything within 6 inches of the strike zone. We will never beat the Reds consistently as long as Roenicke and Narron are in charge of the offense.
Colorado probably can't afford to plunk anyone until they tighten the defense up. The errors and passed balls would bring them around without anyone getting a hit.[/quot All it takes to score against Colorado is one hit batter and one wild pitch.
Are the guys doing the game on MLB the Nationals regular announcers? If they are, they are remarkably fair to the Brewers. They are even defending the way Gomez swings out of his helmet.
What was the first base ump doing on that bunt? He set up in a direct route between Weeks and first base. It would have been close but there was no chance when Weeks had to run around him.