pretendastronaut

Man I miss watching Zack Greinke. Greinke hasn't allowed more than 2 runs in a game since July 25th, a span of 20 consecutive starts counting the post season.

I think that was pretty well acknowledged as the reason the Red Sox didn't say anything about the hand incident. They had to say something last night, and Farrell basically acknowledged they had to do it only because of how blatant it was.

What was amazing was how utterly blatant it was, the Red Sox bench was just standing at the edge of the dugout in disbelief.

I don't have the disdain for the Cubs that I had around 2007, but there was a lot of poetry in that collapse.

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/logos/padres.png[/logo][game-info][h1]April 23 | 7:10 P.M.[/h1][h2]Padres (10-11) | Brewers (15-6)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/logos/brewers.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/pitchers/padres/ross-01.jpghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/pitchers/brewers/lohse-04.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][h2]2-2, 2.13 ERA, 1.22 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Brewers | Game Log[/h3][h3]Ross made an adjustment in his delivery before his last start, vs. the Giants, using his legs more. The result? Eight scoreless innings with four hits allowed and nine strikeouts. His slider, a plus pitch, was exceptional all game.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][h2]3-1, 2.67 ERA, 1.11 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Padres | Game Log[/h3][h3]Lohse became the first Brewer to reach three wins, thanks to back-to-back victories over the Pirates, against whom he's 11-2 lifetime. He also has a winning record against the Padres, going 5-4 with a 4.31 ERA in 11 starts.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away] SS Everth Cabrera RF Chris Denorfia LF Seth Smith 3B Chase Headley CF Will Venable 2B Jedd Gyorko 1B Yonder Alonso C René Rivera P Tyson Ross[/divclass][divclass=home] CF Carlos Gómez 2B Scooter Gennett RF Ryan Braun 3B Aramis Ramírez C Jonathan Lucroy LF Khris Davis 1B Lyle Overbay SS Jean Segura P Kyle Lohse[/divclass][/starting-lineup][/game-matchup][game-links][h3][chat]BrewerFan Chat[/chat] | MLB Gameday[/h3][/game-links][/igt-2012]

Completely agree, which is why I'm upset Snider only got 2 games. The focus media wise is between Gomez and Cole, but Snider was the actual catalyst to the physical portions of that event. I agree with this as well, I think that would be a valid approach for them to take, it would have completely avoided the fight and suspensions in this case. Plus it would eliminate the silliness of watching guys charge in from the bullpen only to get there when the 5 second dust-up is over.

Didn't see the Little Finger thing coming. Poor Sansa.

1) I can't figure out what language you tried to use there, but you've been here long enough to know better than that. 2) I don't think the suspension had a thing to do with the bat flip. Cole barked and walked away. Gomez didn't. If that were true, every player should just stay on the bench no matter what. I can't blame Maldonado, in the moment it looked like Gomez was taken down more than he really was. Emotions were high and take over very easily in moments like that.

U-G-L-Y

Alright Brauny, get the bunt down!

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/logos/padres.png[/logo][game-info][h1]April 22 | 7:10 P.M.[/h1][h2]Padres (9-11) | Brewers (15-5)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/logos/brewers.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/pitchers/padres/kennedy-01.jpghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/pitchers/brewers/gallardo-04.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][h2]1-3, 4.13 ERA, 1.04 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Brewers | Game Log[/h3][h3]Kennedy was a tough-luck loser in his last start against the Rockies, as he took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before allowed three runs in the seventh. He went a season-high seven innings, getting good use of a three-pitch mix.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][h2]2-0, 1.46 ERA, 1.09 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Padres | Game Log[/h3][h3]Brewers manager Ron Roenicke has said the same thing after each Gallardo start: "He keeps us in the game." Gallardo has six strikeouts in each of his last two outings, and has met the definition of quality start in all four.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away] SS Everth Cabrera CF Will Venable C Yasmani Grandal LF Seth Smith 3B Chase Headley 2B Jedd Gyorko 1B Yonder Alonso RF Chris Denorfia P Ian Kennedy[/divclass][divclass=home] CF Carlos Gómez 2B Scooter Gennett RF Ryan Braun 3B Aramis Ramírez C Jonathan Lucroy LF Khris Davis 1B Mark Reynolds SS Jean Segura P Yovani Gallardo[/divclass][/starting-lineup][/game-matchup][game-links][h3][chat]BrewerFan Chat[/chat] | MLB Gameday[/h3][/game-links][/igt-2012]

Everybody focuses on Cole, but if Snider stays back, the whole thing ends up being your standard MLB dustup and nobody gets a suspension.

Ya, they pretty much need him to appeal just to buy time at the very least.

We'll make this the general thread for this. The other suspensions have come down: Maldonado suspended 5 games, Gomez 3 games. Snider got 2 games and Martin 1 game. All fined. Twitter seems made that Cole wasn't suspended. IMO, you can't suspend a guy for barking though, so I would agree with him not getting a suspension. Personally, I'm more upset that somehow Snider only gets 2, he should have the same as Gomez.

Pretty sure he won't get paid for those games. Assuming 5 games and his additional $2,500 fine, he's looking at that punch costing him almost $18,000. Crazy when you think of it that way.

My understanding is you play short if a player is suspended, you don't get a roster move to compensate.

The suspension just came down today; he wasn't "pre-serving" the suspension last night....he just didn't play. Agreed that the off day will make it easier for Lucroy to handle catching everyday; it's basically 3 games consecutive (Monday - Wednesday), a day off, then another 3 games. Maybe float him an extra off day in the next series, but it's not that different from his usual routine. Fear The Chorizo meant that Maldonado started the game last night, not the suspension. No doubt he started last night as a result of the upcoming suspension. I would agree that he just starts serving it immediately. At best he gets a game off, but the timing of it might not work out as well at a later date.

Not to nitpick, but to nitpick a bit, Karabell didn't get a vote, so at best we know it was maybe 3-1 putting the Brewers on top.

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/logos/padres.png[/logo][game-info][h1]April 21 | 7:10 P.M.[/h1][h2]Padres (9-10) | Brewers (14-5)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/logos/brewers.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/pitchers/padres/cashner-01.jpghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/pitchers/brewers/peralta-04.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][h2]2-1, 1.27 ERA, 0.95 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Brewers | Game Log[/h3][h3]No brush with a no-hitter this time, but Cashner continues to shine as he held the Rockies to one earned run in 7 1/3 innings the last time out. He struck out five, walked one and got 11 ground-ball outs, as his sinker was really moving.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][h2]2-0, 1.96 ERA, 1.09 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Padres | Game Log[/h3][h3]In his past 20 starts dating to last season, Peralta is 9-7 with a 2.88 ERA, including 2-0 with a 1.96 ERA in 2014. Not only has he has never faced the Padres, he's never faced a single hitter on San Diego's current roster.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away] SS Everth Cabrera CF Will Venable LF Seth Smith 3B Chase Headley 2B Jedd Gyorko 1B Yonder Alonso RF Chris Denorfia C René Rivera P Andrew Cashner[/divclass][divclass=home] CF Carlos Gómez 2B Scooter Gennett RF Ryan Braun 3B Aramis Ramírez LF Khris Davis 1B Mark Reynolds SS Jean Segura C Martín Maldonado P Wily Peralta[/divclass][/starting-lineup][/game-matchup][game-links][h3][chat]BrewerFan Chat[/chat] | MLB Gameday[/h3][/game-links][/igt-2012]

Found this on a Pirates forum talking about yesterday. What I thought was interesting was Volquez got caught using a fertility drug, the same way Manny Ramirez did, it had nothing to do with injury. These types of drugs are typically used to restart testosterone production after coming off a steroids cycle. Braun on the other hand, seems to have actually used PEDs to come back from injury. We all see what we want to see.

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Not that I don't like BA, but I'll take that versus BA taking a few seasons to stop thinking every fly ball was a home run.

I don't understand it when this stuff happens early in a game, as if no team has ever come back from such an early deficit. Does Bo Porter tell his guys after the first to pack it in, the game is lost?

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/logos/brewers.png[/logo][game-info][h1]April 19 | 6:05 P.M.[/h1][h2]Brewers (12-5) | Pirates (8-9)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/logos/pirates.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/pitchers/brewers/garza-04.jpghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/pitchers/pirates/rodriguez-01.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][h2]0-2, 3.43 ERA, 1.10 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Pirates | Game Log[/h3][h3]Going on the road might be a good thing for Garza, who has worked 15 innings in his two Miller Park starts without getting a single run of support.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][h2]0-2, 7.31 ERA, 1.56 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Brewers | Game Log[/h3][h3]The veteran lefty gets his first shot at recovering from Monday's Great American Ball Park nightmare, when he allowed a trio of two-run homers -- each erasing a one-run lead. Rodriguez has been hit progessively harder each start.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away] CF Carlos Gómez SS Jean Segura RF Ryan Braun 3B Aramis Ramírez C Jonathan Lucroy LF Khris Davis 1B Mark Reynolds 2B Rickie Weeks P Matt Garza[/divclass][divclass=home] LF Starling Marte C Russell Martin CF Andrew McCutchen 3B Pedro Álvarez RF José Tábata 1B Ike Davis 2B Neil Walker SS Clint Barmes P Wandy Rodríguez[/divclass][/starting-lineup][/game-matchup][game-links][h3][chat]BrewerFan Chat[/chat] | MLB Gameday[/h3][/game-links][/igt-2012]

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/logos/brewers.png[/logo][game-info][h1]April 17 | 6:05 P.M.[/h1][h2]Brewers (11-4) | Pirates (7-8)[/h2][h3]FSWI | MLBN | WTMJ 620[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/logos/pirates.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/pitchers/brewers/gallardo-03.jpghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/20589901/BrewerFan/2014/pitchers/pirates/volquez-02.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][h2]2-0, 0.96 ERA, 1.07 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Pirates | Game Log[/h3][h3]Gallardo allowed his first runs of the season in his last go-round, also against the Pirates, and left with a no-decision after permitting two runs in six frames. He's incurred just one loss in his last 12 starts.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][h2]0-0, 1.29 ERA, 0.79 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Brewers | Game Log[/h3][h3]Volquez comes off consecutive starts of at least 5 2/3 innings without allowing more than one earned run for first time since mid-2012. Pitching from the stretch during pregame warmup routine has helped him avoid big innings.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away] CF Carlos Gómez SS Jean Segura RF Ryan Braun 3B Aramis Ramírez C Jonathan Lucroy LF Khris Davis 1B Mark Reynolds 2B Scooter Gennett P Yovani Gallardo[/divclass][divclass=home] LF Starling Marte C Russell Martin CF Andrew McCutchen 3B Pedro Álvarez 2B Neil Walker 1B Gaby Sánchez RF Travis Snider SS Jordy Mercer P Edinson Volquez[/divclass][/starting-lineup][/game-matchup][game-links][h3][chat]BrewerFan Chat[/chat] | MLB Gameday[/h3][/game-links][/igt-2012]