TheBucketheadBrigader

That was among the most terrible things I've ever seen.

Good roar from the crowd when Stetter recorded the final out. On to game 3 tomorrow.

With gas prices these days it should dispense free beer. Well, at least it would be considered a "deal" if the thing dispensed beer for $4.19/gal. It's the morning after and I'm STILL fuming about Yost taking our hottest hitter out with the bases loaded and nobody out, regardless of matchups.

Pinch hitting Bill Hall for Russell Branyan in a clutch situation? Screw lefty-righty matchups. You're guaranteeing a 3 pitch K, and that's EXACTLY what you got.

Come on Billy, nice and easy now.... I don't like taking out the muscle, but... I guess that's Ned's prerogative.

Yes, for all the bashing going on (some of which I've been part of), Ned sure was ballsy in the late going tonight. The decision to move hall from 2nd on a 3-0 turned out to be genius. When Mark A. was in the booth in FSN, he mentioned how all 3 division winners from last year were at or below where we currently are at the same point last season. Not to mention the fact that we've played the least amount of home games of any MLB team. I guess I'm having a surge of optimism after tonight. Maybe the turnaround begins here.

That's about as out as I've ever seen a baserunner at second...

We need to battle today. I think we will. We're a bunch of battlers.

What a FANTASTIC game... maybe my favorite on Ps3 (along with Call of Duty 4 and GTA IV). Anyone else love the terrible representation of Bernie Brewer going down the slide? Oh well, if that's my one complaint with this game, they're doing something right!

We just got Yosted. Again. I'm going to try to stay calm. *steam pours out of ears*

McJinxed....

I hope my feeling about the rest of this game is incorrect. I just have this gut feeling that Yost is not going to play games with his targeted 80 pitch count for McClung, and that'll take him to about 7 innings. If he's still dealing at that point, it would be a poor decision to take him out and put the game in the hands of our bullpen, especially if McClung is still throwing quality pitches. Sac fly for Weeks... 3-0. Keep piling it on. Seth, keep dealing.

Nice play by Billy/Prince to end the inning.

McClung had a web gem opportunity right there. LAY OUT SON!!!

McClung with no hit stuff through the first batter. Good to see.

I'm listening to Bob and Jim now, but I watched the entire pre game on TV and didn't have any problems.

Sometimes a simple "no comment" when asked about something, like 4 errors, an umpteenth blown save, etc. can speak volumes. I'm not necessarily sure pulling a Bob Knight to the media would really solve anything, but I'm hoping we all agree that the constant coddling isn't helping ANYONE. It would be nice if Ned showed some outward sign of distress or discomfort that such a talented team continues to struggle, and hasn't actually had an elongated stretch of good baseball since early in the 2007 season. Something has to give.

And I'll ask one more time still...for what purpose? I don't understand your stance here, Naivin. I'm thoroughly convinced that Ned's world of rainbows and butterflies that he portrays to the media is exactly the way he manages behind closed doors. What evidence do you have to prove otherwise? A nice, well rounded collapse after a hot start last season, and many, many mediocre seasons prior to that? I don't WANT to hear "Soup pitched well tonight" when his line is 5 IP, 9 H, 5 ER. Because that's a false statement. He didn't pitch well. Either that, or we get "we didn't give this game away, the [insert team here] just earned it." He used that one after a Fielder error led to a Dodgers victory the other night, right along with a Mota blown save. So, if logical connections can be made, if we didn't blow it, they just played better than we did, is Ned telling the media (and his players) that other teams are just better than we are, and that's why we continue to lose and they continue to beat us? That's not the message I want my manager giving his players. I like Ned Yost. I think he's a good guy. I just think he's way too soft of a manager for this team. I don't know who would be a suitable replacement, but I've finally come to the conclusion that we're never going to win anything of consequence with Ned at the helm. And since we don't have the money to hold on to ALL of these players, our window for success will never be that large. Luckily, Gamel and LaPorta will bring more fire power, and the window may be open for a few more years. So you ask for what purpose? Well, we can keep doing what we're doing. Not make any changes. Keep pretending nothing is wrong. And at the end of the year when we're battling for 5th place in the NL Central, you can begin asking yourself what is wrong with that picture. In the mean time, I WILL support Ned because he's my manager and the Brewers are my team. But I'll continue to disagree with how he runs this team. EDIT: Why are there no spaces in my paragraphs? This looks all jumbled and it isn't supposed to be... EDIT AGAIN: Nevermind, didn't realize we were using HTML.

Ortiz is single handedly winning my fantasy matchup this weekend at the expense of the Brewers pitching.

Big Papi was out at second. I guess I'll give him a free pass, if only because he's a die hard Packer fan.

He's unbelievable.

Alright Zach Jack... here we go.

Cameron wasn't even close to going around there...

Nice play Rickie!! McCarver: Oh my, and there's a sliding catch by... *looks at roster sheet* Rickie Weeks! The first baseman didn't even know where it was! *Flash to replays of Ortiz home run and fade to commercial*

Well.. Ortiz just got me a fantasy HR and 3 more fantasy RBIs... :-/ How come that doesn't make me feel any better about this situation? Oh good, more Red Sox "love" from the commentators.