Brian the Automator

much obliged

What happened with Jenks?

What happened with Rivera? Someone stopped by my desk.

[ I'm at work so I cant see @#%$, but I thank you guys for providing these PBP's on the web. ] Please re-read the FAQ in the issues forum regarding language.

JJ with the 2 run blast!... He's going to be a good one this year.

[ That's kind of what I was saying when I said maybe he can't adjust to getting pitched around. Maybe he'll just flail at everything like he has in the past, but maybe when that pitcher makes a mistake, it will get crushed by Rivera - if he hits .210 and has a SLG of .425 or so, then he's still a decent improvement over Moeller, and at least he'd have to be someone to worry about a little bit. ] I agree, he could go either way. And I also agree that it's probably time to see an alternative, whether it be Mark Johnson or Mike Rivera.

[ I think it's similar to where Branyan kind of helped out - he got walked a ton and helped cycle through the order. I don't know that Rivera will get that much respect, though, at least not right away. He'd probably start off hot and hit a couple bombs in April, then get figured out. It'd be a matter of him adjusting, which maybe he can't, to being pitched around. Mark Johnson might be overly patient, but I wouldn't mind him getting a shot at the backup spot, either. ] The difference between Rivera and Branyan is that Branyan has a history of a high OBP and Rivera doesn't.

what happened with Fielder?

If someone could track the top of the 2nd for me, that'd be great. i've got a phone call to attend to

If Rivera made the roster, Ned would need to put him 7th. If he's hitting 8th, the power does him no good at all when he's getting pitched around.

From Drew Olson of the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel: Phoenix - First baseman Prince Fielder, who left camp on Sunday in order to return to Florida for the birth of his second son, Haven, has rejoined the club and will be in the starting lineup as the Brewers face Arizona this afternoon at Tucson Electric Park. Here is the lineup for the Brewers: 1, Brady Clark, cf 2, J.J. Hardy, ss 3, Geoff Jenkins, rf 4, Prince Fielder, 1b 5, Corey Koskie, 3b (Braun) 6, Gabe Gross, lf 7, Mike Rivera, c 8, Zach Sorensen, 2b 9, Doug Davis, p. ---- Starting Lineups: Brewers 1. Brady Clark, cf 2. J.J. Hardy, ss 3. Geoff Jenkins, rf 4. Prince Fielder, 1b 5. Corey Koskie, 3b 6. Gabe Gross, lf 7. Mike Rivera, c 8. Zach Sorensen, 2b 9. Doug Davis, p. Also pitching today: Lehr (6th and 7th) Diamondbacks 1. Jeff Davanon, CF (Terrero) 2. Andy Green, 2B 3. Shawn Green, RF (Quentin) 4. Tony Clark, 1B (Carter) 5. Carlos Quentin, LF (Frasier) 6. Stephen Drew, SS 7. Koyie Hill, C 8. Brian Barden, 3B 9. Brandon Webb, p (Castellanos, Mulholland) Top 1st Webb Pitching 1. Clark - flied out to left field 2. Hardy - grounded out to shortstop 3. Jenkins - grounded out to second base Bot 1st Davis Pitching 1. Davanon - struck out swinging 2. A Green - infield single 3. S Green - popped out to first base 4. Clark - flied out to right field Top 2nd Webb Pitching 1. Fielder - walked 2. Koskie - singled to left field, Fielder to second 3. Gross - singled to left field, Fielder to third, Koskie to second 4. Rivera - grounded into fielder's choice at second, Fielder scores, Koskie to third (1-0 Brewers) 5. Sorensen - flied out to left field, Koskie tags and scores, Rivera tags and goes to second. (2-0 Brewers) 6. Davis - struck out swinging Bot 2nd Davis Pitching 1. Quentin - flied out to left field 2. Drew - walked Drew caught stealing by Davis/Fielder/Sorensen 3. Hill - grounded out to second base Top 3rd Webb Pitching 1. Clark - singled, line drive to center field 2. Hardy - singled to right field, Clark to second 3. Jenkins - singled to right field, Clark scores, Hardy to third (3-0 Brewers) 4. Fielder - grounds into fielder's choice at second, Hardy scores, Fielder safe at first (4-0 Brewers) 5. Koskie - singled to right field, Fielder to second 6. Gross - singled to right fielder, Fielder to third, Koskie to second 7. Rivera - popped out to shortstop 8. Sorensen - singled to left field, Fielder scores, Koskie scores, Gross to second (6-0 Brewers) 9. Davis - struck out swinging Bot 3rd Davis pitching 1. Barden - lined out to second base 2. Webb - flied out to right field 3. Davanon - grounded out to shortstop Top 4th Webb pitching 1. Clark - reaches on error on second baseman (A Green) 2. Hardy - homered to left field, Clark scores (8-0 Brewers) 3. Jenkins - reaches second base on error by Drew 4. Fielder - doubled to deep center field, Jenkins scores (9-0 Brewers) John Castellanos replaces Webb 5. Koskie - grounds out to second base, Fielder to third 6. Gross - doubled to right field, Fielder scores (10-0 Brewers) 7. Rivera - flied out to center field 8. Sorensen - flied out to center field Bot 4th Ryan Braun replaces Corey Koskie Davis Pitching 1. A Green - singled to left field 2. S Green - popped out to third base 3. Clark - grounded out to first base 4. Quentin - struck out swinging Top 5th Quentin moves from LF to RF Terrero replaces Davanon Frasier replaces S Green Carter replaces Clark Mulholland replaces Castellanos Mulholland pitching 1. Davis - infield single off pitcher's leg 2. Clark - singled to left field, Davis to second 3. Hardy - walked, Davis to third, clark to second 4. Jenkins - lined out to shortstop 5. Fielder - singled to right field, Davis scores, clark to third, hardy to second (11-0 Brewers) 6. Braun - singled, Clark scores, Hardy to third, Fielder to first (12-0 Brewers) 7. Gross - flied out to deep right field, Hardy tags and scores (13-0 Brewers) 8. Rivera - singled to left field, Fielder scores, Braun to third (14-0 Brewers) Rivera takes second on a wild pitch 9. Sorensen - struck out swinging Bot 5th Sorensen moves to SS Abernathy replaces Sorensen Hart replaces Fielder Rottino replaces Gross Moss replaces Clark Cruz replaces Jenkins Davis pitching Gill replaces Drew 1. Gill - reaches on error by first baseman (Hart) Note: Braun got rid of the ball very quickly, strong, accurate throw. Hart botched the catch 2. Hill, singled to center field, Gill to seecond Note: Moss misses on a diving catch 3. Barden - popped out to first base 4. Frasier - homered to center field, Gill scores, Hill scores, (14-3 Brewers) 5. Terrero - walked 6. A Green - struck out swinging Daron reads my email on the air 7. Carter - flied out to left field Top 6th Gill remains in the game at SS Erickson replaces A Green Wilkinson replaces Mulholland 1. Davis - walked Escobar replaces Davis 2. Moss - struck out swinging Daron reads Casey's email 3. - Error on 2nd base, Escobar goes to second 4. -

[ perhaps we can convince al, or russ or someone to write up a glossary of definitions that could be pinned at the top of this forum ] This is something we already do: www.brewerfan.net/ViewStatsGlossary.do Although, i'm certainly open to adding things to it

Nothing makes me angrier than trying to score the game from work, and people coming up to me asking stupid questions. If you have a stupid question, at least ask it in a timely fashion.

[ Bronson who??? ] http://www.poster.net/bronson-charles/bronson-charles-photo-charles-bronson-6205480.jpg Hey, pally.

Does anyone know what happened up through Sorensen?

What happend to McMaines and Sandoval? I was interrupted.

[ BTW, Brian, is it just my ears, or is it 'Ryan' Radke? ] That's correct.

[ Who's the second broadcaster today? ] The voice of the Tuscon Sidewinders, Brian Radke

MLB Press Pass (Giants): presspass.mlb.com/pp_viewer.asp?d=26677 No Bonds today, as he didn't make the trip. Brewers Lineup 1. Clark - CF (Cruz) 2. Cirillo - 2B (Abernathy) 3. Koskie - 3B (Heether) 4. Hall - SS (Sorensen) 5. Gross - RF (Romano) 6. Hart - 1B 7. Rottino - LF 8. Moeller - C 9. Bush - P (De La Rosa, Adams) Schedued to work later: De La Rosa, Adams, Turnbow Giants Lineup 1. Winn - CF (Timpner) 2. Frandsen - 2B (McMaines) 3. Feliz - 3B (Sandoval) 4. Niekro - 1B (Von Schell) 5. Greene - C (Alfonzo) 6. Linden - LF (Ellison) 7. Nunez - RF (Ortmeier) 8. Chavez - SS 9. Hennsessy - P (Fassero, Walker) Top 1st Bush pitching 1. Winn - popped foul to 3B (Koskie) 2. Frandsen - bunted, groundout, 3B to 1B (Koskie to Hart.. nice play on a tough one) 3. Feliz - flyout to deep LF (Rottino) Bot 1st Hennessy pitching 1. Clark - popped foul to C (Greene) 2. Cirillo - walked 3. Koskie - FC, ball hit cirillo on way to 2nd 4. Hall - reaches on 3B error, Koskie to 2nd (Feliz) 5. Gross - doubled to RF, Koskie & Hall score, Gross to 3B on throw to plate (Nunez) (2-0 Brewers) 6. Hart - flied out to RF (Nunez) Top 2nd Bush pitching 1. Niekro - popped out to 2B (Cirillo) 2. Greene - struck out swinging 3. Linden - struck out looking Bot 2nd Hennessey pitching 1. Rottino - struck out swinging 2. Moeller - flied out to deep RF (Nunez) 3. Bush - grounded to SS (Chavez to Niekro) Top 3rd Bush pitching 1. Nunez - struck out swinging 2. Chavez - grounded to SS (Hall to Hart) 3. Hennessey - singled to CF 4. Winn - grounded to Hart, bobbled, flipped to Bush. Runner safe at first. Throw to 3B by Bush gets Hennessey out. Bot 3rd Hennessey pitching 1. Clark - Fly out to CF (Winn) 2. Cirillo - singled to CF 3. Koskie - doubled off the wall, just missed a home run, Cirillo scores, safe at 3B after rundown (3-0 Brewers) 4. Hall - FC, Koskie out at home 5. Gross - Walked 6. Hart - singled to RF, Hall scores, Gross to second (4-0 Brewers) 7. Rottino - Flied out to RF (Nunez) Top 4th Bush pitching 1. Frandsen - lined out to 2B (Cirillo) 2. Feliz - infield single to 3B (Koskie to Hart, late throw) 3. Niekro - flied out to RF (Gross) 4. Greene - doubled to LF, Feliz out at home (Rottino to Hall to Moeller) Bot 4th Hennessey pitching 1. Moeller - grounded to SS (Chavez to Niekro) 2. Bush - grounded to 3B (Feliz to Niekro) 3. Clark - lined out to a diving RF catch (Nunez) Top 5th Bush pitching 1. Linden - grounded to 2B (Cirillo to Hart) 2. Nunez - flied out to deep CF (Clark) 3. Chavez - infield single to 3B 4. Hennessey - grounded to 3B, FC (Koskie to Cirillo) Bot 5th Hennessey pitching 1. Cirillo - doubled to CF 2. Koskie - grounded to 2B 3. Hall - singled to CF, Cirillo scores (5-0 Brewers) 4. Gross - singled to CF of Hennessey's leg, Hall to 2B 5. Hart - singled to CF, Hall to 3B, Gross to 2B, bases loaded 6. Rottino - walked, Hall scores, Gross to 3B, Hart to 2B, bases loaded (6-0 Brewers) Fassero replaces Hennessey 7. Moeller - struck out looking 8. Bush - struck out swinging Top 6th Bush pitching 1. Winn - struck out looking 2. Frandsen - bloop double to RF 3. Feliz - flied to LF (Rottino) 4. Niekro - grounded to SS (Hall to Hart) Bot 6th Fassero pitching Timpner replaces Winn Sandoval replaces Feliz Alfonzo replaces Greene McMaines replaces Frandsen Von Schell replaces Niekro 1. Clark - singled to LF 2. Cirillo - flied out to LF, Clark tags up and takes 2B Clark takes 3B on wild pitch 3. Koskie - Error on McMaines, Clark scores, Koskie to 2B (7-0 Brewers) 4. Hall - flied out to LF 5. Gross - grounded out to pitcher (Fassero to Von Schell) Top 7th De La Rosa replaces Bush Cruz replaces Clark Romano replaces Gross Heether replaces Koskie Sorensen replaces Hall Abernathy replaces Cirillo 1. Alfonzo - singled to LF 2. Linden - walked, Alfonzo to 2B 3. Nunez - walked, Alfonzo to 3B, Linden to 2B, bases loaded 4. Chavez - FC, Alfonzo scores (Sorensen to Abernathy) (8-1 Brewers) Ortmeier replaces Fassero 5. Ortmeier - FC, Linden scores (Abernathy to Sorensen) (8-2 Brewers) 6. Timpner - struck out looking Bot 7th Ortmeier moves to RF Ellison replaces Linden Walker replaces Nunez Walker pitching 1. Hart - struck out swinging 2. Rottino - grounded out to 3B (Sandoval to Von Schell) 3. Moeller - popped out to 2B (McMaines) Top 8th Adams replaces De La Rosa 1. McMaines - tripled 2. Sandoval - popped out to SS 3. Von Schell - ??? Bot 8th ??? Sorensen - reached on error (Wald) Heether - grounded to 2B Top 9th Turnbow replaces Adams 1. Ellison - walked 2. Wald - walked 3. ? - GIDP 6-4-3 4. ? BREWERS WIN

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Here's the deal: 1) New members should not be "shamed" away. If they're rough around the edges, give them a hand instead of flaming them. 2) We're getting a lot of "internet tough guys" around here, recently. Condescendence is one of my biggest pet peeves. Talk to people like you'd actually talk to them face-to-face. 3) I picked my moderators for justifiable reasons. They have full authority. If I have a problem with what one of them does, I confront them. Until then, do what they say. If one of them comes down on you, you were probably being stupid, distracting, or a jerk. 4) We're going to start deleting one-liners and posts with excessive annoying emoticons. Don, you're one of the primary culprits. Off-topic posts and IGT's are exceptions to the rule (for the most part). Let's have some pride in posting. 5) Stop with the finger pointing. I hear a lot of "well, this guy does this, and I get yelled at for it". No one draws the 'evil eye' of the moderators unless they're consistently being foolish. We're pretty tolerant people. To sum up: Treat people with respect, and treat threads with respect. We were all newbies once too. Just because some of you had to learn through the school of hard knocks doesn't give you the right to blatantly flame a newbie. Also, none of us get paid for this babysitting. Understand that before you raise holy hell. We do the best we can.

What chance does Abernathy have of making the roster, when he really can only play 2B and LF? I know he's raking right now, but Sorensen still has the better shot, as he has more versatility. Sorensen has better speed too, which is an asset for a reserve player.

Generally speaking, it takes a long time for a 4th outfielder to "flop"... or 5th outfielder, if you factor in Corey Hart. Cruz won't come up until he's accomplished what he needs to in AAA (hurt AAA pitching & play a decent CF) or a need arises for a starting outfielder, I would imagine.

[ Sometimes, however, some cocky newbie will let us know that "it's a fact that Bill Hall is a better SS than JJ Hardy and K's are WAY worse than all other outs". That is when opinions become troublesome here. ] Are you being sarcastic? I don't agree that Hall's a better SS than Hardy and that K's are WAY worse than other outs, but I can certainly see how people would hold that opinion.

[ has Cruz done enough to beat out Gross? ] Yes, but it doesn't matter, as I think it's 95% likely that Cruz is headed to AAA. Melvin has said this previously, and i don't necessarily disagree. I've mentioned this in other threads, but starting every day in CF will do wonders for Cruz's value.