DuWayne Steurer

Thank you Luc, for not leaving our fate in the bat of McGehee.

WHY in the ...........blue billy> GRRRRRRR is MCGEHEE on deck?!? WHY?

While I'm happy with trading the DP for a run, that run is SQUARELY on RR.

Gladly trade a DP for the run here.

Yeah, that leadoff single is looming large now. Without the hit and run on, that's a routine grounder to the SS. I'd SURE like to know what RRR was thinking running Greinke ou there.....

Alright, last inning, I thought it was at least an arguable/questionable decision to send Greinke back out. With the heart of the order coming up to take their 4th look at Greinke, I can't agree with this.

Ideally, the Brewers will refuse to engage in that type of idiocy with the Cardinals, even if context allows.

I'm a bit surprised that Greinke is coming back out, and I hope this doesn't backfire. Loe was getting up and ready to go, so a walk or hit or whatever, and a switch needs to be made.

PRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINCE~~!!!!!!11!! Game over indeed!

That's what I thought, Hart was coming into third as noodle arm Holliday was bending over to pick up th ball

Jerry's been hitting ..........well, this post season.

I'm sure they'll appreciate the built in excuse Well what do you want to hear? They were first in the NL in runs scored by far.So Greinke's NOT pitching like crap? He walked Molina, a notorious free swinger, on 4 pitches that weren't close, and then threw a belt high hanger to Freese. He's leaving stuff up, and throwing a lot of very hittable first pitch strikes to good hitters. Yes, they're good hitters. That doesn't mean that the pitchers can not not have bad performances.

I'm sure they'll appreciate the built in excuse

So a bleeder basehit through the shift, a 4 pitch walk 2 a guy who never walks........and then he throws a meatball. Greinke not really putting up good results under the glare of post season lights.

I still hate the shift.........

Nice to see Rickie actually hit a ball HARD. Too bad that didn't have any elevation on it.......

Good inning for Greinke. Always nice to face Alberta with the bases empty.

Way to work back and take the walk. Work that pitch count, and get into that crappy bullpen ASAP.

Problem is, I can envision a scenario where Melvin brings him back next season. I can already see Doug's press release highlighting his smoke and mirrors stats like RBI and HR and neglecting his important stats such as OBP and OPS and defense. I'd like to believe (and I honestly do) that Melvin's smarter than this. The problem is, when the trade deadline was coming up, I think Melvin got caught up in Yuni's hot streak, and that, more than anything, lead to no deal being made for a SS. Melvin can't be blind to the multiple shortcomings that make Yuni a bad ballplayer. Can he?

It really is amazing that Yuni even hit .250 with his horrible plate discipline. Guy is flat out struggling to throw strikes, and Yuni STILL sees fit to go up there hacking at just about everything. Just about the worst plate approach of any player I've ever watched.

I have a ticket for game 6, so my luck is the Brewers will close it out in 5.

One thing I wonder about with Prince, is how important is being a 'legend' to him? If you look at baseball history, and especially more recent history, those guys who stuck with one team for their entire careers, or almost all of their careers just seem to have more 'status' than guys who bounced around or chased money. Yount, Ripken, Brett........guys like Jim Rice, Alan Trammel, Whitaker, you know, I think those guys just have an extra 'bump' in the minds of people when they think of legendary ballplayers, they have an instant association when they draw a mental picture in their mind. Let's play a hypothetical game here. Let's say Robin Yount had bounced around to 4-5 teams in his career, and landed, just for example, with say.........the Orioles his last 2 years. Would those fans have been cheering him while he hit in the .250's with almost no power? Doubtful. He wasn't one of their own. But as a Brewer fan, I remember almost wishing he'd hang on just one more year. What about a George Brett? If he was hitting .240, .250 as a mercenary free agent addition for the Rangers or Blue Jays or whoever, would those fans have given him a pass? (Granted, Brett went out on a nice note, hitting .266 with 19 homers) I mean, when you think of Gary Sheffield, or Robby Alomar, or Manny Ramirez, or guys like that, does one team even come to mind right away? A buddy of mine and his daughter are going to games 1 and 2 of the NLCS, and he's going to make a big poster, with a blow up photo of the concrete rim of the outfield with the retired numbers, and he's going to photo shop an 8 and 28 up there as well. (FWIW, he's sitting 14 rows right behind the Crews dugout), and put PRINCE STAY! on the bottom, and of course, in a complete chicken/gutless move, have the little girl hold the poster. But it's kind of funny. It makes you wonder how much that stuff matters to some guys. Prince does seem like the kind of guy who'd rather be a guy who's a leader, and a hero, and a great teammate, and eventually a legend, a guy with a legacy, rather than a mercenary who chased the money. Ultimately, I'm sure that won't matter as much as the extra 40-50 million someone throws at him, and it shouldn't. That's far too much money to ignore. I'm not sure too many of us have ever been in the position to turn down an extra 40 million dollars, so until then, I can't really judge what I could buy for 140 million dollars that I wouldn't be able to buy with 100 million dollars.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?cid=mlb mlb.com usually plays all the highlights with the tv call, and then the home radio/tv call as well.

Game 3 should be Gallardo vs. Carpenter. That one could be what the series hinges on. I'm going to be sick to my stomach for the next week.

Yuni had some big hits in the series, and he was a key part of the win today. I'm cheering for the guy for the rest of the season, but I certainly won't apologizing for acknowledging that he's sucked for most of the regular season. He's a bad baseball player, who had a clutch hit in a key situation. Good for him, and I'm happy for the Brewers. That doesn't mean he didn't suck for 3/4ths of the regular season.