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I think it's a case of getting too much of the plate. His LD% is a ridiculous 25.8% coming into the game. While you are being WAY too hard on Greinke, I will agree that it does seem that he has put a lot of pitches over the middle this season. Fortunately, when he doesn't do that, he is giving batters fits.

But I thought Greinke was never allowed to give up a run.

And boom goes the dynamite.

Cubs announcers said it was blowing towards right, a little bit out. They didn't seem to indicate that it was a huge factor or anything.

For those not cursed with WGN, they talked a little about the Plush alter-ego. Didn't get into it too much, but they were laughing about it. Not like the Cards announcers would laugh about, which would be with scorn in their voices, but in a way to indicate they thought it was entertaining.

Just going for four posts in a row now.

Awesome, awesome, awesome.

Funny, as soon as the last pitch to Weeks left Garza's hand, I knew what was about to happen. Disappointing, but it was a very nice pitch. Best Weeks could hope for was to foul it off.

Very nice rendition of the National Anthem. That will probably be the highlight of the broadcast for me, since I'm stuck with WGN. Better than an illegal internet stream, I guess.

Because he's really good now.

Dillard would have likely just pitched the 5th and been PH for in the 6th. EDIT: I'm a slow pony.

That's not very classy to slide on the tarp. Not very classy at all. Baseball is serious business.

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I'm not disagreeing. I'm just not too upset over the choice of Dillard considering Hawkins and Braddock were already used.

I bet the people who get all ********* over fun celebrations are the same people who don't think you should smile during team pictures because you have to show that you take the game "seriously."

My thoughts exactly. I'm neither a Roenicke hater nor a Roenicke lover and typically give guys the benefit of the doubt, but yeah, these last couple games were pretty bad on his part. You have to give your team the best chance to win. That means putting your best players on the field (within reason - I am cool with Kotsay getting some starts, but not nearly the number that he's gotten lately), putting them in the best order in the lineup (I don't nitpick, but I agree that McGehee should be moved down in the order already), and put relievers in the game when they can be most effective (again, within reason - I don't expect Axford to pitch the 6th or to always get two inning saves). You also have to make appropriate in-game strategic decisions to give your team its best chance to win. Walking Castro last night wouldn't have guaranteed a win by any means, but not walking him obviously made it harder to win. Obviously. I can't think of any reason why he wouldn't be walked. And I would've seriously considered loading the bases, though that could've gone either way. I do understand the Wilson bunt in extras, as you're playing for one run, but it didn't make sense to do it right away. The pitcher couldn't find the strike zone, so make him throw a strike first. I also don't mind Dillard going in, given the options available at that point. He wasn't the ideal choice - I suppose Axford or Mitre would've been better - but it wasn't so bad. The double was flukish - it was a pitch low and outside off the plate that a punch-and-judy hitter flailed at and poked down the line. The game losing pitch wasn't even that bad, if I remember correctly - Castro did a good job. The players ultimately need to perform, but the manager needs to give them the best shot to be successful. RRR hasn't been doing that in this series.

Two nights, two IBB situations ignored by RRR.

He was out.

He laid off it just fine in an earlier AB. And I don't have the ability to go back to the 9th inning AB, but I think the last one would have been a called strike, anyway.Hart is an ok player that people love to give benefit of the doubt for whatever reason. I can't win on here. Same happened with Hardy and Hall.I really wish people around here would learn that every time a Brewer hitter makes an out or a Brewer pitcher gives up a run, it's not a miserable failure on his part. Sure, sometimes it is, but the guy on the other team is allowed to do something positive for his club, too.

I love the spite call by the ump on the check swing.

Corey has had 5 good games and the rest, quite frankly, have been bad. He just cannot lay off the slider away. He laid off it just fine in an earlier AB. And I don't have the ability to go back to the 9th inning AB, but I think the last one would have been a called strike, anyway.

This Carpenter kid has potential. Nice movement on pitches with gas.

If he did, he would have risked having to field it in between hops. And even if he fielded it cleanly, his momentum would have put him in a bad position to get the ball to Rickie cleanly. I know Yuni is a pariah, but not everything he does is some abject failure.

I feel really bad for Casey. This season has got to be killing him mentally.

Fukudome is terrible. I'd never throw him anything inside. He steps in the bucket every time he swings, so he can never touch outside breaking balls.