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This got ugly in a hurry.
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Sunday game experience questions
BruisedCrew replied to PlayerHader's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
We usually wouldn't enter that early, but teams taking batting practice is a hit or miss proposition. Some days (and day games after night games are the most likely) the teams don't take BP at all. If the Brewers take BP, I think they usually finish up before the gates open. For as long as I can remember (and that goes back to the 50's) the home team takes BP first. It might be possible to get autographs if you try to hang out around the dugout. Kids with a sign of some kind probably have the best chance. Today is the Giannis bobblehead giveaway so that will prompt people to go in early. The steady rainfall will also cut down on tailgating so expect more people than usual to go into the park early. If you have kids that don't get to go to games often I would go with the idea of getting through the gates early and see what you can do. If nothing else stroll around the park to see the different displays and areas. I'm sure you know to be prepared to spring for snacks. If you can stay that long, they usually let the kids run the bases after the game on Sundays. You could ask at guest services if they are doing that today and where you go to participate. -
A nice quick win to keep pace with the Phillies.
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Nice hustle Renfroe. You deserve to be out.
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Is that your attempt at a rhyme.
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Brewers already have their quota of 2 runs but they should be good for 4 more hits.
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I’m not sure what point you’re making with those numbers, but you have to keep a couple of things in mind when comparing MLB ranks between seasons. First, in 2018 and 2019 when only the AL had the DH, the AL was generally higher scoring, Second, even when both leagues have the DH, it is inevitable that one league will be higher scoring than the other. Because the teams are playing very different schedules, just looking at pure runs scored may not be a good comparison. Third, even within a league, with the schedules being heavily weighted with intradivisional games, a team in a weaker division will have a built in advantage when it comes to wins and other stats. I don’t know if you can specifically quantify this but, like something like park adjustments, you have to recognize that it exists. I’ve made the point several times that, at least IMHO, the Brewers offensive stats this year are inflated by the high number of games they’ve had against the league’s worst teams. The Brewers record against these teams may be the most glaring evidence that this year’s team is further behind the league’s best teams than their record might suggest. If you want to compare the 2018 and 2022 Brewers, you have to consider that in 2018 the Reds were the only division team to finish under .500 and the division teams were an aggregate 45 games over .500. This year the division teams are an aggregate 51 games UNDER .500. ETA: Sorry for the double post. I edited the original one and somehow it came out as a whole new post.
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And actually 4.5 away from a playoff spot.
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2 runs on 5 hits is about the most you can expect from this offense unless the opponent kicks in with healthy helpings of walks and errors.
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Being back the Giants.
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He went on the IL so that’s at least 15 days. Unless and until I hear otherwise I don’t expect to see him again this season. With Lauer out with “elbow fatigue” and expected to miss at least one start, the Brewers are going to be scraping the barrel for SP. The two off days next week will help, but if Lauer is going to miss more than one start, the Brewers are really going to be stretched with only one more off day the rest of the way. The stretch of games on 10 straight days that includes the series with the Mets and Yankees could really be brutal. While the two wins yesterday were very much welcome and needed, the offense is going to do more than produce 4 earned runs and 9 hits like they did in the two games yesterday against the dregs of the Giants staff. The opponents’ pitching and hitting is going to be getting a lot better than what they faced yesterday, even from the Reds, much less the Cards, Yanks, and Mets.
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Almost certainly.
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I can’t, or at least don’t know how to, use the blue type when posting from my tablet. It never occurred to me that anyone would take that seriously.
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Punting? They dredged up a lefty to start the first game. That’s usually all it takes to silence the Brewers bats. ETA- the Giants are also playing Joc Peterson so that should be good for a couple of HRs.
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IMHO, winning 95 games in 2021 shows what can happen when a lot of things fall into place. The pitching especially had a combination of excellent performances and good luck with injuries that is unlikely to be repeated. The Brewers very rarely had to use anybody other than their established 6 man rotation to start a game. In this era that is extremely unusual, as the Brewers found out this year. In addition, they had the best 8th and 9th inning bullpen combo in MLB. That is gone. Offensively they had what might end up being the best 3 months of hitting that Adames will have in his career, plus big contributions from Urias, Garcia, and Narvaez (for at least half of the season). I think it’s questionable to expect a bunch of rookies to make substantial contributions.
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You get what you pay for.
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The Brewers can usually be counted on to pad their stats in the late innings of games that are hopelessly lost.
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Let Perdomo throw until his arm falls off and then ship him out and being in two new arms tomorrow.
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Looks like Lauer may be coming out soon with an injury of some type. Just what the Brewers need with the DH coming up tomorrow.
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Freeland is picking up where he left off in his previous outing against the Brewers.
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In many past years, after a game like last night I would have had trouble falling asleep. This year, I just cuss quietly to myself, shake it off, and move on. I am just not able to get too excited about this “race” because the best thing the Brewers can accomplish is to get into a 3 game wild card series on the road against a clearly superior opponent. I don’t think I could get excited unless and until the Brewers would get past the wild card round and get into a division series that would include a home game. The chances of that happening seem pretty slim at this point for a team that can’t string wins together and is clearly outclassed by at least 4 of the NL teams that will be in the playoffs. Maybe younger fans who are used to wild card teams and the ongoing expansion of the playoffs can be excited about grabbing one of the last spots. But many of us who spent several decades where only 2, and then 4, teams made the postseason see things differently. Because of expansion to 30 teams I could accept the 8 team playoff format. But adding more teams to the playoffs might keep fans of more teams “interested” in watching games in September, but it might not get fans of the marginal teams “excited”.
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I think the best bet is to petition the league to let more teams into the playoffs.
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Tellez is not a great MLB first baseman, but I strongly disagree that Hiura is far superior defensively. There were several plays during the few games that Tellez missed that would prove that Hiura is clearly inferior.
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Timely DP. I didn’t want to see Williams throw as many pitches as it would have taken to get 2 more Ks.
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Who’s going to be backing up Williams this inning if his pitch count gets too high?
