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Instead?
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Not to be a dick, but the game was tied for 2 pitches (first and last) and the Cardinals had the lead when the other 311 were thrown. Brewers never had the lead when any pitch was thrown -
Yep, very close to Perez taking that at-bat. Perez had a more important role to play, gatorade dumper
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This is very hard to research without access to the Elias database...but I will go out on a limb and say it has never happened before. Interesting, semi-related feat, here are the 6 players to hit a lead-off and walk-off HR in the same game http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/lead-off_walk-off_home-runs-in-same-game.shtml
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How many games have started with 2 HRs and ended with 2 HRs??? I will try to look
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As I said earlier, Yelich = good
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Yelich is good
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Vlad Guerrero hit on that one from Braun
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Eddie Sedar If someone know how please embed this directly in the thread
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Wow Sedar
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What's wrong with Gabe Kapler?
topper09er replied to A Swing and A Drive's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Well you're leaving it up to the discretion of the umpire at that point too, so probably not a great idea. I think it's good umpires can use common sense to bend a rule this way, but there should be some sort of punishment for the team delaying the game. Maybe a "delay of game" penalty, lol. First batter gets an automatic walk or something. Also, I think if a manager has done this before they would be much less likely to allow it going forward. What does the manager's history have to do with the injury risk of the player? I am not really suggesting this, just pointing out this dumb exception to the already dumb rule. Not warming up has nothing to do with preventing an injury, it just means you need to complete your warming up during a live AB. -
For all we know, Domingo could pinch hit for Thames in the 5th or 6th if a lefty comes in from the bullpen. Then Braun would move to first and Domingo moves to the outfield. true, but just the other night they let Thames face a lefty reliever in the 8th inning. Looks like when he is the starter CC will let him finish the game. I assume Santana will play somehow tonight, but obviously with a diminished impact.
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Last year we faced RH starters in 79% of our games. It better be the plan to play Cain/Yelich 150+ games. Also remember this year there are 4 extra off days baked into the schedule which is why the season started on a Thursday instead of the normal Monday.
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You don't really have anything. It doesn't work because they have guys that are everyday players on the bench, and guys that should be on the major league team in the minors. Sure, that is nice on paper, but it doesn't really help the team dynamic. Why? We constantly have good players playing... how doesn’t that help us win ball games? Because we could have other good players playing more often. Right now Santana is not going to help us win the ballgame tonight. Obviously, if you consider no other factors, having a guy like Santana on your bench is amazing. However, since we don't have 12 all star pitchers on our roster, seems like a waste to have Santana on the bench
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It is a problem, we have a perfectly healthy 25 year old who hit 30 HRs last season not in the starting lineup tonight. That is a waste. If Melvin could pull off the Brett Lawrie - Shaun Marcum deal we should have done something like that for Santana. Honestly, if DS thinks Brent Suter can consistently complete in MLB I don't know what to say. Last year, among all 157 pitchers with as many innings as him, his mighty 86.2 mph fastball was the second slowest only behind the 42 year old knuckballer RA Dickey. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=80&type=17&season=2017&month=0&season1=2017&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&page=6_30
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What's wrong with Gabe Kapler?
topper09er replied to A Swing and A Drive's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Given this no one should warm up ever, just wait until you want the next pitcher and have them warm up on the mound for as long as they need. -
If it was reversed, we had our current roster without Santana but with a better SP, would be trade that SP for Santana in order to have the added depth we have now? I don't think so. Sure we have Braun who is not an everyday player anymore, but we also have Brett Phillips who could fill in.
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No. Bill Wegman came pretty close though. Higuera is the only Brewer SP ever to post 2 seasons with an ERA under 3. Caldwell was kind of close, 2.36 in '78, 3.29 in '79. Sheets was also close, but not consecutive, with 2.70 in 2004 and 3.09 in 2008. Wegman posted a 2.84 mark in 1991, followed by 3.20 in 1992
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Something I haven't really seen in this thread yet, and the actual reason I think Braun continues to get the hate, is that ESPN had a vendetta against him. I think they were the ones who leaked the info, and they had a vested interest in that story being true. I feel like they covered the Braun story 10x more than they covered the entire Brewers team during our 2011 division title season. They made the people hate him and did not let them forget to hate him, and they probably have more sway over what the average fans thinks that the actual real life events. Palmeiro had basically the exact same situation, caught lying about PEDs after a very strong sounding public denial, in court under oath no less. Shown on ESPN and forgotten about a week later.
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Oh yeah. Derp. Although that only counts the balls you get to. Sorry, I don't want this to go off the rails. I'll look up the D stats when I have time. Thanks. Although remember fielding % only accounts for errors and outs, which does not represent every time you field a ball. You could make a great play in the hole, make a strong throw but the runner could still beat it out. You make a great play and your fielding % does not rise.
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Do you think he can hit 25 HRs in a season?
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Looks like he is also in the prime of his mustache career, which is the most concerning thing to me
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Looks like our only other such seasons were 2005 and 1986
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Last year our new addition Eric Thames was Babe Ruth in April, so far this year our new additions are hitting .500 and .571. Stearns is good at first impressions
