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...On one hand Suppan is a veteran and has proven to be a gamer in the post-season so part of me thinks he'll pitch his way out of this funk. But if he can't bring the same kind of "gamer" mentality when the team is in the thick of a pennant race and every game is starting to bring that playoff atmosphere, can you count on him for the playoffs? I hope that the teams decisions are not based on a playoff performances from 3 years ago, but then again it is Ned. If the brewers do end up making the playoffs and Suppan has not made any progression towards being effective, how could they possibly trust him pitching in a playoff game? To me it would be too much of a risk to put him out there after his recent string of sub-par starts.

0-6 for me, just can't pick a good day I guess. 3 losses in boston, although it was still a great time. 2 losses in colorado, including the 8th inning Mota meltdown after a good Sheets outing. Came back to Miller park on this past Friday for a loss to Houston. Note to self: Stay away from all remaining games to avoid public tar and feathering.

I think its pretty funny that the yankees agreed to pick up sexon, who has been nothing short of horrible this year, over bonds. What does that say about how MLB teams view him.?

Well, I'd have to say that guys like Gantner and Gormon Thomas were pretty solid. Gary Sheffield, though, not so good for the team! Is it possible that Rickie Weeks is spelled with a silent "G"?

What is it with the rockies? It seems like we never play good against them, lately. Maybe the Brewers have a tendency to play to the level of the team they are playing. "Were only playing the rockies, so lets play like we are the worst road team in baseball" http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/mad.gif. At this point I would say that the Rockies have as good a chance as the Brewers do to make the playoffs. Their bullpen is coming back together after a rough start to the season and they have alway been patient and just overall good hitters. That seems to be exactly opposite of what the brewers are, an impatient group of "want to hit the home run every at bat" hitters with a bullpen that is seemingly getting worse every week. I don't know how much more of this roller-coaster I can take, I think I'm getting sick. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

I don't even know how he can get away with the way he signals balls and strikes. I thought that game speed was improtant to the league. How much does Tim slow the game down when it takes 5 seconds (maybe a little exageration) to know if he called a ball or strike. It also seems to me that he looks for a confrontation just so he can throw somebody out of the game. Why is he following Braun back to the dugout when Braun questioned a strikeout call? Leave it at the plate, there is no reason to follow him to the dugout. Quit trying to show up the players McClellan, you are just an umpire, no one comes to the game to see you and your lazy delayed strike calls.

Holy Hart!!!

I really wanted to go in the dugout after the game tonight (yes, I happened to be at this melt down.) and ask ned for my ticket money back. If a friend and I, who aren't at all baseball minds, say to each other, "why didn't Villy come back for the 8th, he had a 123 7th?", I think then it's obvious that yost doesn't have a clue. And then right after that say, "why aren't they taking mota out, he is getting crushed?" When I can question yosts managerial skills with .001% of the knowledge that I would think a major league baseball manager would have, that's not cutting it IMO. Does Simmons just sit back and say "whatever you want, you're the manager" while grinning to himself, knowing that Yost is complete joke. I know I might have had a few beers, but I deserve to vent and drink a little after that showing. Better start brewing another batch, cause it's gonna be a long season.

Unfortunately I got to witness this first hand. I don't really know why Villy didn't come out for the 8th too. I guess a 123 inning isn't good enough. I don't really know why Mota didn't get yanked after getting rocked by the first 4 batters. I don't know how any team gives up 5 runs in the 8th inning. I don't know how they missed 2 double play oportunities in that same inning (not that it had any bearing on the runs already scored). It seems like the whole team lost focus and were ok with giving this one away because they had been hot previously. Side note: would Cameron have caught those 2 doubles to center? Just thought I would throw that out there. Second side note: why do we strike out so much against a 1-6 pitcher with a high 5's era. I'm soooooo pissed at this game right now and will be for a while (until they win probably). I really am sick of yost and his attitude towards questions about his managing style. He talks like he always makes the right descision even if he is wrong (which seems like a lot). Aparently yost doesn't have any clue what needs to be done to get the job done. Someone has to be held responsible for this melt down. This seems like it is happening way too much to a team that is supposed to be one of the elite teams battling for a playoff spot.

When I was at the games in boston this weekend, I was dumbfounded at the numbers of the whole boston line up. JD Drew batting 6th had a 390 obp. Their 6 through 9 hitters were all better statisticly than weeks and there is no drop off coming off their bench. And I saw why they were all good solid MLB hitters, they are able to take the ball to the other field and protect the plate. Weeks, imo, has never shown the ability to hit to the oposite field. The only time he does is when he gets jammed. I just don't see him ever batting more than 250 if he doesn't protect the plate, shorten up his swing and use oposite field. Those are 3 things I like to see in the leadoff hole. Even if he does get on base at a low 300 clip, he isn't the smartest of base runners and seems to be getting thrown out on steal attepts a lot more lately. He's there to set the table for the rest of the order and if he doesn't walk he fails at doing that. With his speed he should be a bunting/ground ball threat, but I don't remember the last time i've seen him even hit a ground ball. To me a leadoff hitter has to be willing to do anything he can to get on, even if it means no power numbers. Because of this I believe that he is being greatly miss used at the leadoff spot because he swings for the fences (just like all the other brewers I guess). Move him down to the bottom and give him some opportunities with runners on.

With all the draft picks that the Brewers have had in the last 10 years and all the "good" players that they have traded to contendors for young talent (i.e. Sexson, Overbay, Lee), how do we still have no pitching depth. The only reason we had any hope for a good bullpen this year was to sign 3 guys who are way past their prime. We didn't have anything to bring up through the system. The best guy we have to come up is a guy who is 2 bong hits away from saying goodbye to his baseball career. Sure we have all these young and potentially good hitters, blah, blah, but where is the pitching? I thought that pitching wins championships, not power hitters. We rave about all the position players that are coming up from our minor league system, but besides Yo, what do we have to look forward to on the mound? If Villy and Parra don't pan out, what's going to happen? We don't have the money to sign an ace and we don't have anyone in the minors that's going to be turning heads at the major league level. If we don't sign Sheets in the off-season, I'm afraid that this team is going to be far worse off than this year with it's pitching situation. As of now, I can't think of anything good to look forward to with this team. After this season, Gagne is gone, Torres will retire, Mota I'm not sure, Delifice will be 32, Zach Jackson may have a chance to stay, Sheet might be on another team, etc. We will need to fiind a closer again which won't be easy and do a patchwork job on the bullpen again. Unless Mark A. is willing to spend more money (not likely though, since they have to sign Hart and Fielder still) I think that worse days are still ahead for our pitching staff. I want pitchers not belly itchers http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Wow, that does hit it pretty hard. I tend to forget all the things that have gone wrong with this team over the years, I didn't remember it being that bad. But when you are faced with mediocrity from year to year, the bad situations seem almost common place. The brewers and their fans need a playoff run to put these bad things behind. GO CREW!!!

I will be there for the Friday and Saturday games as well. Little did I know, when I bought the tickets that hotels were going to be so expensive. Every college in the are has graduation that weekend. There are a lot of colleges in the area. We ended up getting a hotel way outside of town, in Braintree, but at least we can still take the train in.

I am looking for some cool brewers t-shirts that I can buy for my trip to Boston this month. I was thinking something more "off-beat" than the regular brewers logo t. Maybe something funny or player related. Maybe along the lines of something like: "I Hart Brewers." That would be sweet, maybe there is one like that and I haven't found it. Or maybe it needs to be made. Thanks in advance.

Braun's back!!!

Maybe Counsell should take advise from Yo on how to put the ball in play!

Did Counsell forget how to protect the plate with 2 strikes or what?

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Kapler, MY HERO!!!!!

I'm not getting anything done at work today watching this on gamecast. I wish they would end it now.

way to go billy, the only position player without a hit today. another 0- for. Even Parra got an rbi and a double

Maybe he'll have a "Ricky Vaughn" like resurgence now that he can see.

He had mentioned in the post game interview that he had set Patterson up for a change up and wanted to get the strikeout instead. So he shook off Kendall's sign for a change up and threw the fastball. He wanted to end the game on a strikeout, which is what the fans want to see out of a high profile closer. Two outs, two strikes, no one on. Why shouldn't he go for the strikeout. Patterson just got lucky.