PrinceEatMeat

HUGE DP there. Yes!!!

Really, most playoff series come down to a few key hits or plays. If it's between playing the Phillies, Giants, and Braves, there really won't be a huge difference. All 3 teams have very good pitching this year, and so do we. Either way we'll need to get through 2 of the 3 teams to get to the World Series. Just gotta come up big when it counts. Braun and Fielder are good players to have when you need big hits. However, as was said before the difference is home field advantage. If we play the Braves, then we'll have home field. Otherwise we'll likely be playing against the Phillies without home field. In that situation, I'll take home field.

Only way Hairston will crack the lineup right now is in CF vs LHP or at 2B or 3B. Yuni is swinging a good bat right now. Good to see him move in front of McGehee actually. Lopez hasn't done much for me, so I'd give Hairston a shot.

I have a feeling that Tony Plush will be a big part of this.

Even grabbing 2/3 in this series would be huge. Nice 3.5 game lead heading into a 3-game series in Houston would be nice. Could build a bigger cushion before the next series against the Cards next week.

Nope. That is all.

I'm gonna be optimistic and go with 18-10. I think they will a lot of games at home, and go about .500 on the road.

Yep, I think Doug will get a LH RP at some point. That's probably it.

I have bad news for you... Ramirez: said he wouldn't waive his full no-trade clause. Ludwick: the Brewers aren't going to get rid of Mark Kotsay to get a slightly better Mark Kotsay. He might be available in August if Pirates fall out of it, anyway. Michael Bourn: why would the Brewers trade for a CF? Clint Barmes: Astros told a bunch of teams they weren't interested in trading him. Look, I'm as bummed as anyone that Betancourt is still the SS, Counsell is still on the roster, Taylor Green, but the Brewers can't make roster moves in a vacuum. They have to be able to trade for players that are available (which Ramirez and Barmes most likely weren't) and are worth the price in prospects relative to the upgrade they're worth on the roster (Bourn is not). The Brewers will probably make some moves in August for another IF and a LOOGY. The IF won't be Jose Reyes and the LOOGY won't be Sean Marshall, so please don't set yourself up for disappointment. I agree with all of this 100%. Made sure to look through to see if anyone shared my opinion and this is it. There was no way Melvin was gonna do better than he did at the deadline. That's just a fact. I know people wanted a BIG move, but it just wasn't out there. I'm sure he'll add a LOGGY in August when the prices go down, and possibly a SS or 3B is Yuni and McGehee don't start getting hot. There just aren't gonna be any moves that are that exciting. Getting K-Rod, Lopez, and Hairston was a pretty good haul given the needs we had and what was out there. He also didn't give up very much to do it, pending the PTBNL in the Mets trade. But I really doubt anyone good will be in that trade either. Taylor Green isn't on the roster because they still have faith in McGehee, even though we all don't. He'll get called up in September.

Back-to-back sweeps!!!

My new tradition. Listen to New Noise while Ax is getting the save.

Prince! They should've walked him.

I would walk Fielder here every time.

Crap, this is why K-Rod needs to learn to hold runners.

No he doesn't actually. They found out that Davis was hitless in his last 7 ab's of '03. So it was actually 0 for 49 and not 42.Well the article I was reading mentioned 0-42 and Haudricourt tweeted it earlier also. Haven't checked since then.McCalvy tweeted the correction earlier.

No he doesn't actually. They found out that Davis was hitless in his last 7 ab's of '03. So it was actually 0 for 49 and not 42.

Three to tie, I think.Record is 0-49 by Doug Davis.

Man, Hart is on fire right now.

Jon Morosi just tweeted that the Brewers tried for some last minute upgrades, but made no deals.

Ludwick to the Pirates is done with 5 minutes to spare.

I would've put in K-Rod to begin with, but he wasn't warming up so knew that wouldn't happen.

Why would he bother doing a double switch here anyway? It's not like Saito is staying in to pitch the 8th.

Pirates are getting Ludwick.

He's been one of the most dominant setup men for the past few years. I didn't think anyone on this board could not have known that since most here wish we still had him (and some wonder why we let him go in the first place). Totally agree. Pretty much everyone here has brought that up repeatedly over the last few years. Especially when we are playing the Pads, and when our bullpen is struggling.

The Astros are gonna be a complete joke the rest of this season, and likely the next few years. Let's see if they can get to 50 wins this year.