I love that Ramirez was voted as a starter when he wasn't deserving. Most of my life, Brewers haven't had a chance in hell of getting voted to start, deserving or not, so it's about time we get some satisfaction.
Braun was just interviewed on MLBN. As much as people have been worried about him, he is fully self-aware. He said how bad he's been hitting the last few weeks. And when he was asked about what he was looking for on that first pitch, he said he was looking for a fastball because, "I'm not good enough to look change-up and adjust to the fastball." Assuming he's healthy and doesn't have an eyesight issue, he'll be fine in the long-run. He knows what's up.
Ha! I actually did that once or twice in high school, as the irony of it was that I was a control pitcher. My pitching coach also wanted to teach me a knuckle ball so that I could throw it just once in the first inning. That way, it was another pitch the other team would have to think about. And of course, my catcher had a sign for "shake off the sign" as a fake-out.
OMG. A Herrera walk-off homer would've been the greatest thing I have ever witnessed in baseball. And I was at the Easter Sunday game and Yount's 3,000th hit.
So my alma mater is playing on ESPN and the MLB team I've loved since birth is on ESPN2...decisions, decisions. Think I'll have to opt for the team that is playing in a game they have never been to in the history of the program and relegate the Brewers to the tablet/laptop.
I mean, it's no good, but let's calm down a bit. Disgusting? Disgraceful? Come on. It's a poor performance in a baseball game. One we knew was coming, sure, but still just a baseball game.