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  1. DHonks
    kind of funny when Sutton mentioned Cappy's gem against the Dodgers in Sept '03...I'd almost forgotten I was there that night, I think he allowed only like 3 hits in 8 innings, shutting them out
  2. DHonks
    I agree Peavey. I counted three in the 3rd walk of the inning. I haven't complained much about the umps this year, especially the home plate umps (usually defending them), but boy I don't know where the zone is.
  3. DHonks
    1-4, 3 K's 2-3, single, 2b, BB, 1 RBI
  4. DHonks
    I've been a big Gwynn supporter since draft-day, however, even my enthusiasm is tempered. I met him briefly in the Fall League and he said he thanks all of us out there who are wishing him well, wanting to do his best for them. So I guess to me, it seems he feels a need to justify things--his draft position, his fast promotion to AA, even his name. Tony will be fine, probably is already better than Chad Green at his peak. But there's some simple things I want to see from Tony. I want to see his walks return to the 1:1 ratio of his rookie campaign in Beloit. I want do see the average continue to sit .280 or higher. That would give him an OBP in the .355+ range. Right now Tony has to step up. With a big first half he could shoot back up the prospect charts and go from "AA-flameout" to "AAAA star/MLB bench player." He's someone who will have to work at it at each level. Still, his tools are nearly identical to his father's, so I can't help but hold out hope that he'll be even a fraction of the player his father was.
  5. DHonks
    Much as I enjoy your posts, DHonks, I disagree with the notion that this game, or any April game, is 'must-win.' Yeah, kind of regretted posting that immediately. Basically, I'm an eternal optimist. Last year's team was much like this in terms of starting out with a few wins. But the key is that they never allowed themselves to fall more than a few below .500. I guess I didn't mean "must-win" in the truest sense of the term. Instead I probably should have said "a win today can go a long ways towards righting the ship." A win today brings us back to .500 with a guarantee of being within a game of .500 and Sheets and Davis going Wed-Thurs. Plus, we're the Brewers. We need all the wins in April/May we can get. Teams with more firepower can afford slow starts and still finish well above .500. We've seen it with quality teams like the Astros and Yankees. Plus, we saw last year that the most important game in each series for the Crew is the first game. Throughout the first half they won many 1st games in the series. Then they can split the next two and have taken the series. In a two game series, taking game one is especially important.
  6. DHonks
    also, I hate to say this this early in the season, but today's game is must-win. We need to get back to .500 and stay above it. I don't mind losing the games to the Cards (although we should have probably taken 1 game), but losing two to the Cubs really hurt. Still, we need a strong performance against LA and Hou these next 4 days. Maybe the Juicebox will wake up our bats.
  7. DHonks
    Hard to believe a career underachiever (until LY) is a blessed idiot. SBS and Al, the Dodgers aren't the only teams claiming it is haunted. When the Yankees come to town, the supposedly will be the only team in MLB not to stay there, as they've had many unexplained experiences there. Stuff from the bathtubs turning themselves on, filling and overflowing during the night. I heard one manager woke up and found a previous Yankee manager in his room talking with him...only the manager had died years before. So it's not just the Dodges who claim this, as many teams have claimed it.
  8. DHonks
    nice solid trio going tomorrow. Would be nice to see good starts from Rogers and Capellan. As for Khalid, his great start means I'll give him a free pass until June. I never was interested in him, but he has a cult following for some reason, and I'll trust their faith in Ballouli.
  9. DHonks
    wow, Scar with another homer. While Nashville is losing, good to see the other 3 clubs are winning
  10. DHonks
    I would assume Hall and Cirillo are the backup OFs, with Helms sliding to 3rd if Cirillo went to the OF
  11. DHonks
    interesting to see no Jenkins in there today. Less power today with Magruder and Cirillo in there. Of course, Magruder can flat out hit...I just always worry about his defense, especially with the afternoon game sun.
  12. DHonks
    wow, any lookers?
  13. DHonks
    you mean the super team?
  14. DHonks
    I find it funny that the knowledgable fans here are talking about Suppan as if he's terrible. I don't think anyone looked at the matchups for the series and said any of the games would be easy. Suppan is a very solid pitcher. Carpenter may have figured it out, we'll see, and Marquis is a very good up and coming pitcher. Remember, some times pitchers have good games. How many bats did he break? I can think of at least one of Clark's, 2 of Jenkins', and probably another one or two. And by the way, I love Rolen at third. Bill Hall should be made to watch footage of him. Rolen gets the ball and fires to first, not caring where the runner is. Hall likes to take his time and it often costs him.
  15. DHonks
    simple question, why are there two earned runs off sheets? runner on via error. Then a single puts 1 on first, 1 out (in scorebook terms). Then an out, so 2 outs. Then the bunt hit/error would move runner to third, if not for the error. Then an out. So to me, the runner should have gotten to third AT BEST
  16. DHonks
    Mrs. Sheets = hott. and the accent to go along with it....wow
  17. DHonks
    Last year we looked forward to seeing him because the alternative was Gary Bennett. remember, Gary Bennett had the better year offensively
  18. DHonks
    could this game be any MORE boring? Actually, I'm loving this. nothing like a pitcher's duel.
  19. DHonks
    should have been an error on Sheets, an error on Overbay, and one split between Cirillo/Overbay/Moeller/Sheets because they didn't follow whatever bunt play was on
  20. DHonks
    some terrible defense there. Right while I'm thinking Ben could one day win a gold glove, he throws it away. Then we are forced to remember that Lyle is a below average fielder at first.
  21. DHonks
    Can we start a "Clancy-Over-React-o-meter?" I miss Podsednik. this, after earlier in the week declaring that we should deal Spivey because he couldn't turn the DP on several balls which were not ideal
  22. DHonks
    Have we determined that we SUCK at stealing and/or hit+runs ??? Good gravy. What's weird is that in several obvious hit-and-runs, the hitters hasn't even tried to swing. In spring training the hit and runs yielded a lot of base hits, runs, and extra bases. For some reason they aren't working yet
  23. DHonks
    Bad play by Eckstein--it wasn't close. Jenkins did hias job, but Eckstein should have held. And I say good play by Eckstein. He wants to be on second with two outs, so a single can score him. Had Jenks not been hustling and not made a perfect throw, Eckstein is in there. Always make the defense make the perfect play
  24. DHonks
    simple rule of thumb, never run on Matheny, Blanco, the 3 Molina's, or Pudge. Run all you want when Maddux or Piazza is in the game
  25. DHonks
    Schroeder with a good point there that Jenkins just made a big baserunning mistake
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