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I'd fire the pitching coach immediately after this series.

I predict the Brewers get shut out the rest of this series.

It worked for Lynn last night Because he fooled them all night by focusing on the outside part of the plate and set those pitches up. They had no clue what was coming and that's what smart pitching will do.

Dumb hitting, stupid pitching get to me and i take it very personally.

Yes, he's always been an aggressive pitcher like that. It's how he pitches it has flaws. With his control he should be focusing on the outside part of the plate.

God bless those ups...

Yep, Estrada is not trying to hit corners at all. He's up there just laying it down the middle of the plate on purpose and hoping the Cards just hit the ball right at someone. If the Brewers win it means they're smart. If they lose, it means they're dumb. Makes perfect sense. He can't fool the Cards with a 88 mph fastball down the center. He can't fool himself into believing his stuff is good enough to blow batters away for 6 innings by throwing a balloon down the middle of the plate.

Right down the middle of the plate. Next time Estrada pitch smarter by pitching away. It's not complicated especially when your only maxing out at 88 mph.

Estradas face right there said it all. "I'm not pitching smart."

I have a hard time believing Lucroy on his own just said "hey, I'm gonna try to steal on Molina." Who cares it's stupid regardless.

The Brewer look like they want to lose this game also...

Way to go Lucroy...... Should be 1 and 2nd with 1 out

The Cards would NEVER do that.

Horrible stupid pitching. You have a batter on a 1-2 count and you throw him a strike??????????????????????? Pitching 101 NEVER DO THAT!

Molina hit by pitch? Good. He deserved it.

That wasn't the point. The Cards are the best at pitching away, therefore a team like the Brewers needs to completely abandon pulling the baseball and drive the outside pitches the other way, which they refuse to do and as a result they get owned.

No this is a pattern with the Cards and Brewers and why the Cards own us, and it's because they are smarter. Their pitchers live on the outside corners all game long no matter who is pitching. I saw it this game and every Cardinals game. They also have great control, so they don't miss much and the Brewers hit their homeruns off of mistakes. Take mistakes out of the game you eliminate the Brewers main method of scoring, home runs. That means the Brewers need back to back to back hits to score runs vs the Cards, and the only way that will happen is if you go the other way so often vs the Cards that you force them to pitching you inside and that's the number 1 place where a pitcher will make a mistake and the ball tends to get to much of the plate and ends up in the wheelhouse of the batter. The sooner the Brewers realize this and make this their game plan heading into EVERY cards game they will continue to get owned by them. You realize this is basically the strategy of every team when they're in the field, right? Make the other team beat you with consecutive hits. Most of the time mistake pitches are hit hard and a lot of teams hit most of their HR from mistake pitches. Sometimes a HR comes from a good pitch and there's nothing the pitcher can do. That's why walks are so detrimental. What, did Lynn walk 1 batter tonight and the next batter (Gennett) was called out on strikes. Lynn didn't make mistakes but he wasn't in much of a worry of doing so because of that one walk and the Brewer hitters were either getting themselves out by swinging early and often or just swinging right through pitches. It was almost if they were behind every fastball Lynn threw. No. Lynn didn't make any mistake, because his best pitch is his fastball, which he can located just like most of the other Cards pitchers, and it's pretty hard to screw up and make a mistake over the plate when you are working the batters away, then more away, then more away, because when the Brewers see a fastball they have to swing no matter where it's located. Here is the typical pitch sequence for the Cards vs the Brewers. Keep in mind the Brewers pull fastballs 90+% of the time. Fastball away of center of the plate for a strike Fastball on the corner further away than the first pitch Count is an automatic 0-2 at this point Pitcher throws a fastball on the corner in the same spot or further away Brewers batter has to be aggressive and will likely pull it and miss it completely for a SO OR the other option on 0-2 is to keep throwing sliders away till they eventually swing, because you as a pitcher facing the Brewers know they will. How many 0-2/1-2 counts did Lynn have tonight? A lot. AND how many times did the Brewers SO? A lot. It was set up by the fastballs away. That was a designed plan by the Cards and the Brewers totally gave into it. the Cards IMO hvae the best and smartest pitchers in baseball. This is why I separate them from everybody else. the hitter has to be just as smart when facing them.

It's amazing the Brewers haven't hired you yet. They should hire me part time only Vs the Cards. the Cards are the only team smart enough and good enough to do this to the Brewers, and the Brewers are too stupid to adjust if only vs the Cards. If you are going to adjust you do it vs the Cards.

No this is a pattern with the Cards and Brewers and why the Cards own us, and it's because they are smarter. Their pitchers live on the outside corners all game long no matter who is pitching. I saw it this game and every Cardinals game. They also have great control, so they don't miss much and the Brewers hit their homeruns off of mistakes. Take mistakes out of the game you eliminate the Brewers main method of scoring, home runs. That means the Brewers need back to back to back hits to score runs vs the Cards, and the only way that will happen is if you go the other way so often vs the Cards that you force them to pitching you inside and that's the number 1 place where a pitcher will make a mistake and the ball tends to get to much of the plate and ends up in the wheelhouse of the batter. The sooner the Brewers realize this and make this their game plan heading into EVERY cards game they will continue to get owned by them.

Actually they failed to go the other way with the ball and pulled everything. That's why. How can you tell that based on following along online? Combination of over-swinging, chasing bad pitches with over-aggressivness, and Davidson's strike zone is as wide as a smart car. It was the trifecta of crap. I know this team well enough to know that they were trying to pull outside fastballs. You can expect it every game. Also, pitch p/f is pretty accurate. These guys can square up on most fastballs even away, but not when pulling hence all the k's

Yup, and they will keep beating us by pitching us away every time. You'd think the Brewers would learn.

Actually they failed to go the other way with the ball and pulled everything. That's why. Nope, just missed balls down the middle. Most of them were away, though.

Actually they failed to go the other way with the ball and pulled everything. That's why.

I was hoping to see Wang vs Wong.

and they will all be fastballs away.