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  1. BruisedCrew
    I think it's you who sees the sad face of a Cubs fan when you look in the mirror.
  2. BruisedCrew
    Brewers are going to need an offensive explosion (3 runs) tomorrow to equal the pitiful 6 runs in 4 games managed in the NLDS against the Braves in 2021.
  3. BruisedCrew
    That could be the dagger.
  4. BruisedCrew
    Maybe make the game in Seattle the early game because the more enclosed configuration of that park wouldn’t have glare and shadows like this.
  5. BruisedCrew
    Scheduling a game at this time in this park is ridiculous. But, MLB is only interested in time slots for TV not providing the best environment for competition.
  6. BruisedCrew
    My biggest question mark about this team has been whether the Woodpecker offense would be able to produce runs against the best pitchers on the playoff teams. I think we’re getting the answer. After the 16 runs in the first two games against the Cubs they’ve managed just 8 in the last 5 games. It’s like 2021 all over again.
  7. BruisedCrew
    What a pathetic response. I never said that how the game is going doesn’t affect the crowd. And my “little feelings” are not hurt by your comments. But I am not sorry to tell you that the stadium last night was not “like a library”.
  8. BruisedCrew
    So, you have not been at any of the playoff games.
  9. BruisedCrew
    Unless you are at the game now or were there last night, you have no basis for making that statement. At my age I’m not the type to be standing up and yelling, but I had to get up frequently last night to see. Like almost every time a Dodgers hitter had two strikes I could only guess what the crowd would have been like if the Brewers had put together some scoring opportunities in the first 8 innings. It was insane in the 9th. Apparently that doesn’t come across on TV. The crowds for the Brewers games at Wrigley had a reason to be consistently energetic. They were ahead for the whole games after the first inning homers
  10. BruisedCrew
    You’re right. Beating your Cubs is nothing to get excited about. 🙄
  11. BruisedCrew
    Were you there last night?
  12. BruisedCrew
    I would like to see both Bauers and Vaughn in the lineup if they’re looking for more offense
  13. BruisedCrew
    Since you asked I do remember something that went totally wrong with Monasterio at SS. In the Saturday night game against the Giants with the Brewers leading 1-0 in the top of the 6th, he fielded a routine grounder and made a wild throw to first to put the leadoff man on. After a walk, and a hit, and an error by Stiegler the Giants had 3 runs. From there the Brewers went to the bullpen scrubs. I don’t really care if Monasterio starts, but I don’t see that providing a sudden boost to the offense. In his 26 PA since September 1 he’s posted an OPS of .397. And his career record doesn’t cry out “instant offense”.
  14. BruisedCrew
    The thing I can't get out of my head as I look at these teams is that the one that has 4 All Star caliber SP and 3 future Hall of Famers and 3 other All Star caliber hitters in their everyday lineup is going to be tough to beat.,
  15. BruisedCrew
    He would have had to get his head down pretty low to get beaned by that pitch. He could have let it hit him in the foot, but I can't blame a hitter whose self preservation instinct takes over.
  16. BruisedCrew
    I was at the game and am scrolling through the game thread. At the game with my old eyes I didn’t realize the ball had hit the wall so we didn’t know what had happened until we saw the replay on the scoreboard. After seeing what happened I still couldn’t believe Hernandez didn’t tag up and score easily. When I got home and watched the play on the telecast, I could see that he tagged up, but went back when the ball popped out of Frelick’s glove and he caught it on the rebound. That was Hernandez’s big mistake. It is a seemingly little known rule that a runner can tag up and advance once a fielder touches the ball, not when he “catches” it. So if he had just kept coming home, he would have scored. He did not have to go back and retag.
  17. BruisedCrew
    It’s also,only recently that the 4 games went to the team with a better record. For over a century they simply alternated leagues except for the brief period of using the winner of the All Star Game.
  18. BruisedCrew
    There is no merciful Supreme Being if Brewers fans are subjected to two straight years of soul crushing late inning playoff exits.
  19. BruisedCrew
    I have made it clear that I have never favored playing Monasterio over Ortiz, mainly because I don’t think Monasterio is as good a hitter as his OPS in limited ABs might suggest. But in that case I was begging to give Bauers a shot at a potential game breaking hit when Counsell couldn’t have countered with a lefty. We’ll never know what Bauers would have done but I wanted him to have a chance. There probably won’t be a better opportunity in this game.
  20. BruisedCrew
    As little confidence as I have in Misioroski, I am tending to agree that he might hold the key to keeping the Brewers in the game tomorrow. I would consider using Santana as an opener with a short leash with the hope that he can avoid the first inning HR and also take some of the pressure off Misioroski by being on the mound at the beginning of the game when the noise and energy from the crowd will be at its peak. It's something of a Hail Mary move, but that might be what it takes to keep the Brewers in the game until the 6th inning. The other hope is that having at least half of the crowd noise in their favor will spur the hitters into putting up more of a fight than they have the last two days.
  21. BruisedCrew
    Adding to my earlier comparison to 2011, that year I was cautiously optimistic about the Brewers winning Game 5 because of the home field and crowd and the fact that Gallardo had shut down the DBacks in Game 1. But I was anxious that a loss would wipe out what had been the Brewers best season since 1982. Today I am essentially resigned to the fact that the Brewers will lose tomorrow, very possibly in a blow out reminiscent of the final game of the 2011 NLCS when Roenicke insisted on starting Marcum, even though he hadn't been effective for several weeks. I am also more jaded about the Brewers ability to advance in the playoffs. The scars from 2021 run pretty deep., The Brewers appeared to have a dominant pitching staff that could lead them through the playoffs, but the bats went completely silent after scratching out a first game win over the Braves. I know that unexpected things happen in baseball all the time. But this one seems very unlikely. My gloomy mood is also affected by the realization that the Brewers patchwork pitching staff and woodpecker offense, which is struggling to make it through 5 games in 8 days against the Cubs, will be no match for the now healthy Dodgers.
  22. BruisedCrew
    There have been some understandable comparisons between this situation and Game 5 of the series against Arizona in 2011. I remember well how I felt about that game and it was similar in a lot of ways to how I feel about this game. But there are also some significant differences. In 2011 the Brewers won their first division title in 29 years. It was a team that seemed as good as any in MLB and that had a real chance to go to and win the World Series. but it was also a team that performed dramatically better at home than in the road (57-24 at home vs 39-42 on the road). So when the Brewers lost games 3 and 4 in Arizona there was still the thought that the home field would save them. And, having Gallardo on the mound instead of Wolf and Marcum, who had both struggled down the stretch , provided some reasons for optimism. But I remember being extremely nervous about the possibility that a promising postseason would come to an extremely disappointing end. That anxiety continued through the tight game, increased as Axford blew the save and the DBacks threatened to take the lead. Morgan’s game winning single was one of the great moments in the life of a Brewer fan.
  23. BruisedCrew
    If there’s any consolation in losing this series (and I’m not sure there is any) it would be that it has been exposed that this team would be squashed by the Dodgers. Now that the Dodgers have Ohtani, Snell, Glasnow, and Yamamoto as SP, and their HOF and All Star string of hitters healthy and producing, the series would be a mismatch. With 5 games and 6 days the Brewers pitching staff would be dead before the series could come back to Milwaukee. Im still holding out hope (with no expectation) for the Brewers to ride the home crowd to a win on Saturday so I can use the tickets I bought for Game 1 on Monday. But this Brewers team looks defeated.
  24. BruisedCrew
    I detailed in the other thread ( “Game 4 if Necessary”) why I feel strongly that Peralta is the only choice and why I will be upset if it isn’t him.
  25. BruisedCrew
    How do you have a more rested pen on Saturday with a bullpen game today than if you start Peralta today? And who would the bullpen game pitchers even be after several of them pitched multiple innings yesterday.? Putting a pivotal game in the hands of Misioroski and Gasser seems extremely reckless. The Weather Channel forecast calls for a wind of 7 MPH .out of the SSE at 8 PM. A “wind” of 7 MPH is barely noticeable and SSE is more foul pole to foul pole than blowing out. It’s more like the absence of a wind blowing in. I’m going on record as saying that, unless there is some unknown physical reason for Peralta not to pitch tonight, I’m going to be pretty peeved if he doesn’t start.
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