Jim French Stepstool
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😫 Dammit!!!!! Stop making sense!!!!!😫 Different fans are wired differently. I keep hearing about playoff failures & WS exclusions. Both those things, yeah, you'd rather they be different. But I can look through the most powerful microscope there is & never see any correlation of this post-season performance with last years', or 2021, or 2018. The disappointment I feel right now is for THIS team, THIS year. And had we won a WS in 2023 I'd feel just as disappointed right now. No more, no less. I guess, to me, each season is its' own universe. But due to much of what you brought up above, I can't help but be buoyed by how this whole organization is put together & can't help but look forward with positivity. Bottom line, I guess I'm glad I'm wired the way I am.
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And the winner of tonights' game gets to deal with the pit bulls😄.
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Well done. 2nd & 3rd stanzas in particular are golden. This may not be THE year, but this is a different year.
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Boy, I'm itching to see Coleman Crow finally take the mound.
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Not that it was lucky per se, but if I had to commemorate the 1st two games it would be a statue of Brice Turang hustling far to his left & still coming about 8 inches short of an opposite-field ground ball to RF.
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So it comes down to us facing Quintana for the 2,638th time (I looked it up😁). If he's on it'll be a challenge as he gets you on the swinging at balls/taking strikes teeter-totter. One thing to look for--if we take a few close ones early @ they're called balls, expect the 3rd base dugout to get on the HP umpire immediately. Maybe not at a Wainwright/Molina level------well, yeah, maybe that bad. If he does get his share of calls, KEEP OFF the occasional inside fastball as it's probably not a strike. Also let's watch Lindor. Is the back flaring up? A couple low throws yesterday with Alonso bailing him out, and on the INF hit from Sanchez that was a slow man going down the line. You'd expect him to at least scramble up & try to make a throw. He did neither. We gave them several runs early in both games. That has to stop & I think it will. Not talking about the good ABs NY put up; they had several. Talking about leadoff walks & appearing as if PFP was shunned in March. It's a moot point b/c I doubt they're considering it, but I don't think Quintana would be an especially good match for Haase with all the offspeed stuff. Maybe it's because like @Brewcrew82 I follow the entire system, but he's right. This is a really smart, well-put together organization from bottom to top, and I look ahead with appropriate optimism, regardless of what happens tonite. But let's, you know, win.
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It isn't. I don't know if we'll get it done or not, but you win one game & everything changes. Hell, I remember saying that to people after being down 0-2 to the Angels in '82. And yes, that was a much better Brewer team, but relatively speaking that Angel team was a lot better than this Mets group, too.
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Yes, & despite Mitchells' recent performance I'm more comfy with Frelick vs a LHP. I too was thinking of the health factor.
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Haase, the 2024 Erik Kratz? Not bad, and you may have a point re Contreras & the pitch calling. But I'd be floored if Sanchez wasn't the DH tonite. And I wouldn't be surprised if Mitchell is in RF over Frelick. Call that one a tossup.
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I don't know whether or not it's specific to Milw/WI sports fans, but the 'pout' thing definitely rears its' ugly head sometimes. I've noticed how some other home crowds try to lift up a team when they're down, almost like at a college hoops game. Seems more sporadic here. It would be nice to conjure up an "us vs them" atmosphere tonight. OTOH, If anyone directed boos at Payamps after not breaking to 1B right away, I got no problem wid it.
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A week or two ago I mentioned on here what type of game I expect it to be, for us to have our best chance in the postseason. Of the four games yesterday, all of them were that type of game--except ours. Even with the offense going to sleep midway through (and Severino settling in had something to do with that), we didn't make two plays--one somewhat tough & the other spring training basic--that cost us five runs. Lean on the pitching and defense. Dance with what brung ya. Last night we danced with two left feet. Perkins will be in the lineup; he's hit LHP recently. And Sanchez; this is the stage for an experienced, veteran bat to show up. I think Montas will have success IF he locates the FB well.
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The most questionable part of the decision-making yesterday IMO. He went to guys that had been terrific recently so I get it, but Murphy brought up the '3rd time through the order' thing & the first three hitters due up had only faced him once. So there is definitely room to question the move.
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The thing is, you're likely to hit for Bauers if a LHP enters, unless they're leading. In that case, if he's at 1B & Hoskins is DHing then Sanchez has to play 1B unless you put Hoskins there & then you lose the DH. Bauers certainly is the better defender, but that's why they do it that way.
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IMO "annoying" and "media" almost become redundant. But I think the undaunted thing describes pretty well how this team responded to the ebbs & flows of the season, given their youth. The youth also is at least a partial explanation of how you can win five in a row vs LA & Cleveland, sweep Atlanta on the road & win series at Baltimore & vs Philly & yet finish .500 or a little below vs people like Miami, Colorado & Pittsburgh. I think the term describes their regular season well. But you're right; a LOT of stuff goes out the window this time of year.
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Perfect name for IGTs. Let me be the first to nominate changing the name of that forum to "The single Game Drama Factory".
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I think they can fall short of the World Series & still show progress. In fact, given the preseason expectations they already have. Many post-season failures over the last 6,7 years. The fans stay the same, but some of these players have been here for part of it, some for none of it. Just a little perspective on a disappointing day.
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Frelick?
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In the five-run inning, they asked Murphy about it afterwards & everything he said was spot-on. You COULD pick on his 'twice through the lineup' comment regarding Peralta because technically he could've worked the fifth w/o facing anyone a third time. But he went to a guy who was terrific for about a month. Mostly it was as described---just some really good ABs, not being afraid to hit w/two strikes, going the other way. Very impressive. Maybe a little bit of luck on the Nimmo ball--a nice AB L vs L for him, but it goes to the perfect spot for Adames to not be able to make a play. But 90% just great ABs. I honestly thought Payamps felt the ball hit to Hoskins was going through for a hit, and that's why he hesitated going to first base. Not an excuse; he clearly screwed up. Just an observation. Severino, once he got the big lead, it was like he was pitching with a nagging headache all game & the aspirin just kicked in. Started locating & settled in. I think maybe our ABs stay as good as they were earlier if we were only down a run or tied. But down four, Severino locating better coincided with us starting to chase. bad combination. Youth.
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I was just about to go on record as saying I'd open with Koenig. But with 3 LHP total I think you go with Peralta to start & light a few candles during the 1st inning.
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Agree with all of this. There should be no "Official Gambling Partner of Major League Baseball". But the fact that there is, does not exonerate Pete.
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Very well put. Few people ever existed who did a worse job of deciding who to befriend, and who to shun. From a purely baseball standpoint, he was one of the players I tried to emulate as a kid. I doubt anyone on the diamond ever did as much with the gifts he had than Pete.
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Playoff Opponent Options
Jim French Stepstool replied to Cool Hand Lucroy's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
We're talking about two pretty good teams so it'll still come down to how we perform. But I'll always prefer to play the team that just played a DH the day before & had to endure two plane trips in as many days over a group that was able to rest up since Sunday. And if it had been Arizona, they would've had that emotional bump that comes with a 'reprieve from the governor' type scenario had there been a DH sweep on Monday. This outcome guarantees nothing, but I'm fine with it. -
Playoff Opponent Options
Jim French Stepstool replied to Cool Hand Lucroy's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Ok, I was talking about the plane ride. Gotcha. -
Playoff Opponent Options
Jim French Stepstool replied to Cool Hand Lucroy's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
It would be ATL to SD, but still a difference. -
Playoff Opponent Options
Jim French Stepstool replied to Cool Hand Lucroy's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Good way of putting it.😄
