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Like hell it's not on Counsel. He's the captain of this ship, and he let the Titanic continue to drift towards the iceberg, and didn't get off his arse to turn the wheel until we were two inches from it. Knebel has been God awful of late. The leash he's on should be the length of a chihuahua. At the first sign of trouble, you get somebody else up in the pen. I don't buy into this "Padres are hot and confident" BS. They're the worst team in baseball for a reason, and we were facing the bottom of their lineup-at home, no less. Knebel walks the #7 guy, I'm already holding the phone to the pen. Knebel throws a few balls to the next batter, I'm putting the call in, calling time, and stalling to get the pen guy warmed up. Not a chance in hell that I'm allowing Knebel to see another batter after he walks two guys. The umpire can tongue lash me, kick me out of the game, write an impassioned letter to the league why I should be fined. I don't give a damn. I'd have Front Row Amy do jumping jacks for a few seconds-whatever it took to make sure that the head case on the mound doesn't throw another pitch. And after the third walk, there's not a little league coach, let alone another MLB manager, that would have let Knebel face a fourth batter. Knebel threw the pitches, but Counsel should have been watching him with the world's biggest magnifying glass. The buck has to stop somewhere, and Counsell has shown time and time again that he has no clue about when to act. Meet the new Brewers, same as the old Brewers. The late season swoon is underway. They'll choke down the stretch, just like they always do on the rare occasion when they have a decent squad. And, we'll blow sunshine up each other's butts about how bright the future is, because that's all fans of loser franchises have. Losers whine about doing their best. Winners go home and boink the Prom Queen. It does appear that we are now on choke mode but I dont think thats the case. We have a small budget and we simply dont have the depth so we cant trade our best MILB players for "Top" players that bring home playoffs. Soria and Shoop is about the best we can do. Small markets just dont go to the playoffs unless they are aggressive. Sorta like the Tribe trading their #1 for Miller a few years back, and trading their #1 this year for Hand. Crew got aggressive and traded for CC in 2008 and it paid off. We arent going anywhere without nabbing a Solid pitcher. The only other problem we have, and its a biggie, is we cant hit lefties. Pro players like shaw and thames hit like pee wee league players against lefties and until they are more balanced like moose they will be neutralized.

Man, I hope not. This is where CC really botched this game. Soria started warming up way too late. After that first walk Soria should've been warming up. Instead he waited.... and waited.... and waited. This wasn't the first time CC waited and waited. It was evident Knebel didn't have it today after he got behind his second hitter. By the time he was a couple of pitches away from walking the bases loaded CC decides to get on the damn phone and get somebody up. This is what really drives me crazy about Counsell. This isnt on Counsel. Knebel is our closer. Its his job. Once the decision was made, you go with it. That said, we need a new closer. Knebel has been really lucky not to have an era greater than 5.0. Dude gave up 12 runs in last 15 games. Bad.

Moose hits lefties good as well as righties but he took a rest day. We struggle really bad with LHP.

JJ only pitched 14. 13 were strikes. 2 Ks. Clearly he could have finished and we wouldnt be in a tie for the wildcard now. But we have seen this before this season with Corey. The silver lining in this is that Counsell will learn from this repeated error and finally allow JJ to finish or close. It chaps my ass when JJ or Hader only pitch 1 inning and yield to knebel or Barnes or anyone else. Makes no sense if the pitch count is less than 15. Im tired of the boys club, obviously Knebel is in it. Sheesh!

JJ only pitched 14. 13 were strikes. 2 Ks. Clearly he could have finished and we wouldnt be in a tie for the wildcard now. But we have seen this before this season with Corey. The silver lining in this is that Counsell will learn from this repeated error and finally allow JJ to finish or close. It chaps my ass when JJ or Hader only pitch 1 inning and yield to knebel or Barnes or anyone else. Makes no sense if the pitch count is less than 15. Im tired of the boys club, obviously Knebel is in it. Sheesh!

This Brewers team is built very differently than a historical Brewers team. That said, it can be tough to adjust to someone you haven't seen before. I still think we light this guy up today though. This guy on the surface looks nowhere near capable of pitching in the majors. This pitcher would never be pitching in the majors this early if it wasnt for the padres out of contention. That said, it doesnt look good for the brewers as they cant hit stink pitchers. We get crushed by pitchers with 5.0 or 6.0 era. Toss in a Cy Young winner and we are 6-1. We play up or down depending on competition. We just arent hungry or intense. There is a reason why we can get destroyed by miami or swept by the white sox but then win series against the best teams.

I just dont think we have that hungry feeling. It starts with counsel though. He gives top players days off in big games. Altuve played almost every game along with most players but we give rest days. No urgency. Not hungry. We play like a surburban team.

I just dont think we have that hungry feeling. It starts with counsel though. He gives top players days off in big games. Altuve played almost every game along with most players but we give rest days. No urgency. Not hungry. We play like a surburban team.

Is there a 30 day money back policy on scope? Im guessing he is just in a funk. If not, can we just send him to AA to redouble his efforts on his swinging? At any rate, we been taking the yearly brewer plunge and are barely hanging on to the last wildcard spot. Not looking good as our pitching cant hold anymore. Sad.

You hit everything spot on. Today, we have to give the padres credit. After a crap July, they won the Cubs series and are up on us. But so it begins again. The brewer fade. Only 1 game inside the wildcard but pitching is failing us. Schoop is thus far a complete disaster with errors and strikeouts. I hear he swings a strong bat. We havent seen it. Schoop = Villar. The problem is that we gave up a good arm for him. Lh Pitchers eat us alive.

the same reason why DS has to continue searching for a starting pitcher.And historically we just dont spend the money needed for that final kick. Maybe this year is different but we arent going anywhere, including a WC with Peralta (great propect though) and Miley in the rotation. I mean they have been looking solid but sustaining it on a playoff comp just is too high of a risk according to pundits.

I havent checked the numbers but it seems like Sundays or the last game of a series that Counsell gives days off to our best. And it has nothing to do with rest. For instance, use this latest week. LoCain just came off a 3 week rest on the DL and was given a holiday on Sunday. It wasnt like he was resting since our B team still managed to pull even and extra innings, so Locain was finally inserted. Why Counsell Why? Other than maybe Joe Maddon, nobody changes the lineup order as much as Counsell. We just enshrined new Brewer hall of fames, and some of those players played 158+ a year. Seems like we just give up games as ive learned to look at the lineups before going to a game. Some LU you already know we will lose, and do. I cant explain why.

Why Moose? He hits lefties better than righties? Definately sit Shaw against any lefty till he knows how to wear big boy pants against them. Thames needs to sit. he is almost just as awful against lefties. Id start with those 2 sitting. We just have to deal with Aguilar who is killing us. He is distraught and swinging at ghost.

I don't care how poorly Arcia is hitting, batting Shaw against a tough lefty in that situation was an odd move. Shaw and Thames really need to figure out LHP during the offseason. Its awful, especially Shaw who is like .100. I was surprised shaw was inserted. can someone tell me Counsells strategy?

we are undefeated against Cy Young winners. 6-0.

Knebel does have a good bobblehead though. Not as good as ding dong though.

Aguilar's July OPS was .770.... Stinky Aguilar > Perez every day of the week... Post ASG Aguilar avg has to be less than .100 is my guess. Awful. As far as his post asg ops it gotta be awful. He barely makes contact swinging from the arms. Its easy to see, especially if you watch his swing in June. Easy fix once pointed out.

Good points but id put Aguilar on the bench and play perez until Aguilar stops swinging with his arms and starts learning to break his wrist again on his swings. This is textbook so im sure our hitting coach sees it as well. Once he starts breaking his wrist on his swings, he will smash them again but until then, his arm swinging has him swinging at ghost balls.

The 2019 AL Central Champion Cleveland Indians say thanks. Would you like to assist us in raising the 2019 Division banner when you come to visit for the 2019 All Star game?? The division might be clinched by then.. I hope the Tribe wins the ALCS. Our only chance to have 4 WS games at home is if the Tribe pulls it off.

^^^This^^^ Realizing that we will most likely be playing the Cubs in the NLDS, DS has moved to build a team to beat the LHP. Well done DS! And, as much as I like Shaw, for whatever reason, he is awful against LHP. Really bad. Thames as well. Those two have to learn to balance things out like other HR hitters.

He's played a couple games in his career at short. He's basically been locked in at 2nd his entire career. But played SS a bunch in the minors. Good observation. He played his entire high school and early career at ss and most of his minor league career. Not sure why some are fussing and being negative about this. The Brewers have stayed impressively aggressive and obviously wants a ring this year. But we have control on Schoop for next year as well. It's pretty obvious that he is playing shortstop plus maybe 2nd base unless I missed something. We will get a SP because we have to chase all of the money we spent. My guess is by the waiver deadline in August but certainly by next Opening day. I can't see them leaning on Peralta and Burnes in the playoffs, and Davies seems out of order.

I agree here. We gave up MAYBE a 4th OF and a fring-y bullpen arm so that part doesn't bother me. It really just all boils down to whether Shaw can play 2B. Moustakas is OK but I gotta believe he is a better option than the players we are rolling out there now. Phillips is a helluva player to give up. Future All Star but I like us being aggressive. Seems like a rental and going for the world series this year. This highly suggest 1 more transaction. Wow. Go Crew!

the lineup is indicative that our lefties cant hit lhp. Thats a big problem. Guys like shaw and thames eventually will have to learn to hit lefties. This isnt pop warner. I remember our best players played 158+ games.

Aquilar lost his groove. Only .091 avg since allstar game, including only 2 hits (1 homer) and tons of Ks. BA sunk 20 pts. Hopefully he can bounce back soon.

orf gotta be the first one back down.