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30/30 for Braun. That just locked up the MVP.

How will Chris Carpenter explain that to his son?

GEORGE! Is Suppan pitching for the Reds?

DFA Green.

http://cdn.fd.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Pedro-cerrano-major-league2.jpg The bats have woken up.

BRAUN!!!! MVP. MVP. MVP.

Kotsay Krush! I never doubted you.

How does Woof look? Is he throwing meatballs?

Let's do it Woof. Need a big game.

Kotsay 2nd? Really?!? Thanks RR. My fantasy baseball team didn't need Hart in the lineup. Maybe I should run to the waivers and grab Mark Kotsay because he is obviously a better player. /blue

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K-Rod unhappy he's not in closer's mix Brewers' K-Rod unhappy he's not in the closer's mix MILWAUKEE -- He's done his job. He's been a good soldier. But if you think Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez is fine with pitching exclusively as a set-up man for first-place Milwaukee, you'd be wrong. "I'm not fine," Rodriguez said Tuesday. "They told me I'd have the opportunity to close some games, and we've had 20-some save opportunities since then and I haven't even had one." John Axford has earned 19 of his 42 saves since K-Rod's arrival. In 24 appearances, Rodriguez has worked only one ninth inning, in what was a 5-1 cruise over St. Louis on Aug. 10. "I'm a little disappointed in that," said Rodriguez, who is 3-0 with a 2.31 ERA for the Brewers. "But that's something that's out of my hands." Rodriguez will be a free agent this winter and figures he will return to closing in 2012. Until then? "Suck it up, pretty much," he said. He apparently has not expressed these feelings of betrayal much to his teammates. "He's been great," Axford says. "Coming to a new team, it takes a couple of days to adjust, but he jumped in pretty quickly. "He's similar in attitude to the rest of us in the pen. It's a goofy group. Guys like to have fun. But we get serious at game time. That's the way he is, too. By the sixth or seventh inning, he's all business." Initially, when the Brewers acquired Rodriguez, even Axford wasn't sure of what the roles would be -- his own, or K-Rod's. "The biggest thing was, when I found out, I felt I did everything I could to that point to be the closer," Axford said. "But I wasn't going to argue if my role changed. "We got Francisco to help the team. The important part wasn't was I going to close or was he?" For his part, though he's unhappy he's not getting any save opportunities, Rodriguez has enjoyed his teammates and is looking forward to October. "We've still got a couple of series to win to wrap up the division," he says.

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BRAUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well done, Ax. Let's walk em off here.

Well done, RR. Ax is coming back out.

Pit is making it interesting. Down 6-4 in the 9th. Runners on 1st & 2nd. No outs. Edit: STL wins

Casey DP and a Yuni pop out. They are a special kind of terrible.

Bucs tie the game on a McCutchen HR.

Yuni bounces out on the first pitch. Shocking.

Was Rickie safe? Why the hell is Ed sending him?

No ilovebeer yet so.... 3-2 STL. 2 RBI for Carpenter

The trade value of Casey McGehee

I don't see how this article serves any of the parties involved (Brewers organization, Money, Gamel). Nothing is gained by speaking negatively about players in your organization. It decreases the trade value of Gamel and creates hostility between the players and management. We never should have read this and Don Money should never be allowed to talk to a journalist.

Wow. Troy. Really?