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  1. crichar3
    I don't disagree about the difficulty of the plays Branyan failed to make. But if Helms handled the same balls in the same way, he would be crucified in forums like this. Few would be lining up with apologies.
  2. crichar3
    Cappy has been behind in the count, but 3TO hasn't been helping him. The big inning wasn't all on CC.
  3. crichar3
    All in all, I'm not ready to write this one off. Another thing I can't quite figure out- did anyone here think that we were playoff bound? If you thought we were a division contender, than by all means start freaking out. Otherwise, you've got time untill things start getting hairy. If you thought that playoffs was too high an expectation, and adjusted your thoughts to .500 ball, look at May's schedule and tell me they won't make a bit of a run. If you were more realistic in your projections like myself and several others, you'd have said something like 72-78 wins and we're no where near off the pace for that. I personally thought that we'd get 74-78 wins and I'm sticking to it. I figured 80 wins. Perhaps that was a little high. Perhaps I was a little high when I predicted it. In any case, I am not ready to throw my guess out the window with 13 games played. They are just three under .500 at this point with plenty of time to regain that lost ground.
  4. crichar3
    I haven't bailed on this team over the past 12 years, so I don't know why I would do so now. I've loved this team since they were pasted 12-0 by CA in April 1970, so I am not walking away now. Hell, I don't expect to walk away as long as they continue to play baseball in MKE -- even if it is losing baseball. Yeah, today's loss was kick-me-in-the-nads bad. But we go on from here. There will be better days.
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    Phelps is getting a lot of flak here -- and it would seem to be well-deserved. But JDLR seemed to be brutal as well. Fortunately, I was away from my computer during the seventh, but reading over the play-by-play it looks like he was the guy who really failed to perform today. I'm not giving Phelps a pass, but there was plenty of blame in the bullpen today (e.g. Adams failed to close the door in the ninth).
  6. crichar3
    Not exactly "veteran savvy", eh?
  7. crichar3
    All three OFs play deep. There seems to be a good number of balls falling in so far this year.
  8. crichar3
    I nearly strained my back bending over so far to note that I like Brady Clark -- a lot, in fact. I am delighted that he is getting his shot. I like the intensity with which he plays. But that doesn't change the fact that his error today was costly and that the depth at which he plays center hurt them yesterday. I don't think it is nitpicking to note those problems in games in which they lose by one and two runs. It is precisely those kinds of little "nitpicking" things that matter in close games. Now one could argue that it wouldn't have been a two run game yesterday without Brady's big hit. That's very true. I am referring not to his offense -- which has been terrific -- but his defense which, while a likely improvement over Po, has not always been a plus factor for a team that desperately needs big defensive plays.
  9. crichar3
    If you swap edmonds and clark in the field today we win the game. STL won last year with defense as much as hitting and we still aren't a great team in defense. I hate to admit it because I really like Clark (and there is much to like about his offense right now), but he is not helping in center at present, perhaps because of how deep he plays. Yesterday two balls dropped in front of him; today he was a principal in the defensive fiasco that allowed Pujols to score. Last week v. CHI he should have made that play deep in the left-center field gap late in the game (I believe on Sunday). I do agree that the approach at the plate of many of our hitters bothers me. Me, too. I don't know what it is about the outside pitch that so dazzles the Brewers' hitters. A particularly vexing case is Carlos Lee. It appears opponents have started working him away, often with off-speed stuff. He has yet to adjust, either by laying off of it or going the other way. I expected that, based on the numbers he has posted, he would be the kind of hitter that used the whole field and could hurt the opposition regardless of how they attacked him. Of course, that may still prove to be the case -- it is still very early. However, I am a bit surprised and a little disappointed when I see an 0-12 in a series like he put up this weekend. I figured it would be in games like today and in series like this that Lee would be a difference maker. Hopefully it will still work out that way.
  10. crichar3
    A positive takeaway from today's game is Victor's performance. After a poor close to last season and little to show this spring, I figured his wad was shot. But he has done well for the most part so far. Today he did very well, considering the caliber of the opposition. A shame they wasted a fine outing by their #4 starter. That one was there for the taking, but when they don't hit and play sloppy D they are going to lose game like this. I don't like those echoes I hear; it sounds like last year, but it can't be...this should be an improved team. Well, it may still work out that way. But right now it is hard to see that.
  11. crichar3
    Wonderful plate discipline by Hall. He really did a fine job of working the count in the ninth. It's the stuff on which a .239 BA is built.
  12. crichar3
    So, you're telling me I can get Taste Loss from a foosball table?
  13. crichar3
    Now I am conflicted: I played varsity baseball in high school. But now I am a fatso with a computer. Does my present girth negate any insight I gained playing ball in school? Oh, the humanity!
  14. crichar3
    I find this comment encouraging as it suggests that this guy might not be back. None of us is pleased with the past two games, but stuff like this -- after game ten of a 162 game slate -- really adds nothing to the conversation.
  15. crichar3
    He just hit 98. Wow. To me, even more impressive was that Turnbow was consistently hitting 96 on the gun in the ninth, even when his pitch count was up around 30. My guess is that he was just being extra careful to Edmonds. However, it will be interesting to see how he does against lefties in the future. If he is ever to be called upon to close, he will have to be able to pitch as well to them as right-handers. Otherwise he is no more than a situational guy.
  16. crichar3
    I predict Ben Sheets gets more than one standing ovation. Hell, I won't be there until tomorrow and I still plan on giving him a standing O.
  17. crichar3
    Any reason Capuano only went 5 innings? While he came out throwing strikes, it looked like he got a little cute with the corners (understandable for a guy who rarely approached 90 on the gun) starting in the second inning. His pitch count got elevated in the third when he struggled with his control and the defense behind him was leaky. I think they could have gotten one more inning out of him, but when you have Wes Helms on the bench all ready to pinch hit how could you not go to him? Sarcasm aside, it looked to me that he was laboring a bit starting in the third inning, so I imagine that Ned decided to pull him an inning early rather than an inning late.
  18. crichar3
    They get fired way more than they deserve because it is easier to fire one guy and a few relatively cheap assistants than to remake a team that is likely comprised of more expensive talent, many of whom probably have long term deals. Strategy is fun to talk about, but execution trumps it just about every time.
  19. crichar3
    I agree. It makes me want to vomit in your mouth, too. Kidding aside, I know what you are saying, and its the same kind of stuff you read on Packers boards and the like. Many people seem to value strategy over execution to a wildly inappropriate degree in my judgment. Some seem to think that sports is some kind of board game where a good strategy will prevail in a predictable way. But that doesn't always happen when you factor in the wild card of human performance related to that strategy. Most times things don't work in sports it is not because of a flawed plan or a bad decision by the coach, but because some player didn't do his job. Likewise, when things go right it is largely because of what the players on the field do, not what the coach or manager does from the sidelines. Hence the cliche: Coaches coach, but players play. I'm not saying coaching is unimportant (it most certainly is a factor), but it is not as important to winning as player execution. Having said that, I understand the frustration voiced my many with all the failed steal attempts. Obviously, they don't have players who are very adept at this skill (and I believe the stats support that notion). If that's the case and Yost insists on forcing the steal attempts, then that would be on him and not on the players. Asking players to do something they have proven they can't or aren't very good at would seem a questionable tactic to me. However, I am not sure if that's the case in this instance (perhaps it is, as someone noted, failed hit and run attempts or other player issues).
  20. crichar3
    So, why isn't Wes Helms playing?
  21. crichar3
    Hate to say it, but I agree -- they've looked a bit like last year this afternoon. Can't drive in guys in scoring position.
  22. crichar3
    Well, unless he's really, really mad at her.
  23. crichar3
    Bill -- I think we got the former.
  24. crichar3
    Besides a little more muscle, I think Wise is about two years removed from arm surgery now, so he might just be getting his stuff fully back this season.
  25. crichar3
    Look, any more thoughtful, fair, big-picture, optimistic remarks like that and I will move to have you ejected from the premise. Don't you see we are whining here?
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