Ando Calrissian

Well, seeing that Mr. Roboto is 1-10 in his career vs. the Marlins, I will say that he is due to have their number. I predict the bizarro world pitching duel in a less-than-favorable match-up. I'll say that the Brewers win tonight, 4-3 as the rooks continue to impress with their getting on base skills and Carlos Lee improves on last night's perfomance and decides to hit again going into the last month of the season.

nope, heether will be in hunstville and braun will be in brevard co.

rluz, interesting that we're almost as likely to win two as we are to win one. well then, let's win two because it's more fun and is a nice show for the kids. also kind of scary to note that we're almost as likely to be swept as we are to sweep. let's win two.

i'm sorry that i missed this game and after reading the game thread i only have this to say: by page five of this thread people were already claiming that the game was over when we were down 1-0. i know clemens was on the mound and all and that our offense is frequently non-existent, but wow. page 5 and game over. even a blind squirrel yada yada yada.

I spent some time this afternoon reading threads over at the Astros' fan site (astrosdaily.com, I believe) and the mood over their is quite interesting. As fans they really aren't feeling confident about their club right now (*sigh* I wish I didn't feel confident about my team that was ten games over .500). I know it would be tough for our bats to wake up agains their pitching staff, but their offense is about as streaky as ours. Let's hope that we can exploit that weakness even if we are playing them at home where they are 20 games over .500.

[pre] [b]Hitters vs. Opposing Pitcher Stats[/b] [i]Brewers vs. Clemens[/i] Player AB Avg HR RBI SB BB D Miller 3 .333 0 0 0 0 L Overbay 10 .100 0 0 0 2 R Weeks - - - - - - R Branyan 15 .200 2 2 0 3 B Hall 1 .000 0 0 0 0 C Lee 17 .118 0 0 0 3 B Clark 5 .600 0 1 1 3 G Jenkins 9 .111 0 0 0 0 W Helms 5 .000 0 0 0 0 [i]Astros vs. Ohka[/i] Player AB Avg HR RBI SB BB B Ausmus 5 .400 0 0 0 1 L Berkman 4 .250 0 0 0 0 C Biggio 3 .000 0 0 0 0 M Ensberg 2 .500 0 0 0 0 A Everett - - - - - - C Burke - - - - - - W Taveras - - - - - - J Lane - - - - - - M Lamb 5 .000 0 0 [/pre]

I assume Santos will go Sunday, huh? It would be likely, otherwise Cappy would only be throwing on three days rest. However, at the moment the always infamous TBD is scheduled to pitch for the Crew. I don't know what his stats for the season are, but I have heard that he's a hard throwing prospect with a knee-buckling 12-6 curve http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Oswald, if you follow this link it will give you the pitching matchups for the series.

rluz, the daunting reality of your winning probabilities has cast a shroud over my day. here's hoping that our favorite team out-plays the forecast http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/ohwell.gif

I'm really hoping that Tomo can keep it close and avoid the long ball (tough, I know, especially for a fly ball pitcher at Minute Maid Park).

Figured I'd jump on this one early as this ought to be a fun series. [pre] [b]Central[/b] W L PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST AL L10 STRK St. Louis 76 44 .633 - 39-23 37-21 11-11 36-16 19-12 10-5 7-3 W2 Houston 64 56 .533 12.0 40-20 24-36 15-14 25-25 17-9 7-8 5-5 L2 Chicago 59 62 .488 17.5 30-30 29-32 9-19 30-24 14-10 6-9 5-5 W2 Milwaukee 59 62 .488 17.5 31-25 28-37 15-15 23-28 13-12 8-7 4-6 W2 Cincinnati 54 66 .450 22.0 33-32 21-34 12-14 21-29 14-15 7-8 5-5 L4 Pittsburgh 51 69 .425 25.0 26-31 25-38 12-17 18-31 16-14 5-7 5-[/pre] [pre] [b]Wild Card Standings[/b] Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST AL L10 STRK Houston 64 56 .533 - 40-20 24-36 15-14 25-25 17-9 7-8 5-5 L2 Philadelphia 64 56 .533 - 37-26 27-30 21-27 17-15 19-6 7-8 7-3 W1 Washington 63 56 .529 0.5 34-22 29-34 20-24 17-16 14-10 12-6 5-5 L1 Florida 62 57 .521 1.5 34-27 28-30 23-25 15-15 14-12 10-5 5-5 W1 New York 61 58 .513 2.5 38-23 23-35 25-22 19-17 12-9 5-10 6-4 W2 Chicago 59 62 .488 5.5 30-30 29-32 9-19 30-24 14-10 6-9 5-5 W2 Milwaukee 59 62 .488 5.5 31-25 28-37 15-15 23-28 13-12 8-7 4-6 [/pre] The starting pitchers: Tomo Ohka, RHP, 7-7, 3.82 ERA vs. Roger Clemens, RHP, 11-4, 1.32 ERA Probable Starters Report from milwaukeebrewers.com: Scouting Report: Ohka followed up an eight-inning gem in Philadelphia with another solid start at Miller Park against the Reds, and has surrendered one earned run over his last 14 2/3 innings of work. That lone run scored after Ohka had left the start against the Reds, when a sacrifice fly against reliever Dana Eveland sent Ohka to a tough-luck loss. He has issued just two walks in his last 15 1/3 innings, and after allowing nine homers in his first eight Brewers starts, he hasn't been hit for a long ball in four straight appearances. Clemens lowered his already miniscule ERA in his last outing, throwing eight shutout frames in the Astros' 1-0 loss to the Pirates. The Rocket has been hampered by lower back problems for four starts, but it's hardly affected him on the mound -- during that time, he has allowed three earned runs over 29 innings. Clemens has held opponents to three runs or fewer in all but one outing this season. Game Previews Milwaukee Brewers Homepage Milwaukee Journal Sentinal CBS Sportsline Fox Sports Sports Illustrated I would also like to have included the STAT Pack from espn.com but it keeps crashing my computer whenever I try and access the website. At any rate, here's sending some good vibes the way of the Brew Crew because they're going to need them tonight. Let's go get 'em boys!

what's the background on miller (wv sp)? the player index says that he was drafted in the 47th rd of the 05 draft, but that info doesn't appear to be accurate when cross-checked with the draft list.

Kevin AKA Cal sorry, different fella, but apparently equally as lucky.

my first contribution to the drunk thread. almost 11:30 am and i think i'm still schnokered from last night. a buddy of mine won $1800.00 at a casino last weekend and i think we tried to drink it all last night.

well, i hope the game is exciting and that the good guys pull one out tonight with victor on the bump. unfortunately i won't be able to listen in as i will be spreading brewer influence over wrigleyville this evening as i cheer the reds on over the cubs. any team that causes the cubs to drop further in the standings and helps the crew is a team that i'll cheer for. go crew!!!

my wife and i have become quite good at planning ahead and bringing food to the game instead of spending $ on dogs and brats. it is soooo much cheaper to bring a couple sandwiches and some peanuts instead of shelling out dinero at the game. actually, we end up buying tickets to better seat because of it.

8/6/05 quote from philaphan.com I think we can take the Brewers off the patsy list. is it just me or does that actually sound a little like respect? weird. also, as brewer fans we've grown acustomed to watching mediocre pitchers with enormous era's dominate us. it's nice to return the favor for once: Phillies Fans Ripping Ohka

See this March 3 article about Weeks' bat waggle: Weeks' Waggle

i'm pretty sure i recall an article on the bat waggle indicating that he started it in the Arizona Fall league between his stints in AA and AAA as a timing mechanism to slow his swing down and not get out in front of the ball so much.

Helms, last year i'd say that's pretty darn accurate.

complete the analogy: david bell is to phillies fans as ___________ is to brewers fans.

BSCR, thanks for the help. i was noticing the spacing issues that came through using tabs.

ok, that's what i thought, now i'm working on it. thanks for the help.

sorry if i'm sounding completely technically challenged (i really am), but what do you mean by "notepad"? as in the "notepad" available in some of the microsoft applications?

brian, i guess my next question would be: what (and how) is the best way to present statistical info/standings (in an easy to read fashion) in a post?