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  1. hoosier
    Lockridge makes sense with all of the lingering injuries we've seen in the OF late in season. Was kinda hoping not to see Gasser show up again. I get leaving Henderson off, hasn't seen any live action in two months, would be asking too much for him to come back and pitch meaningful innings at this point in season.
  2. hoosier
    Assuming no Chourio tomorrow, I would almost rather see Yelich in LF and Jansen at DH instead of Collins starting in left. Collins is a little better from left side, Jansen's been hitting of late and Collins has not. Only thing that suffers a little with that model is LF defense, but it's not a huge difference.
  3. hoosier
    The negative stuff is totally understandable and even appropriate. It's what fans do when their team is playing like horse$h*t and they can't do anything to control it. It's a prolonged version of the angst and anger you feel when Giannis clanks another free throw. You feel like you have a lot riding on it, and you control absolutely none of it, so you get anxious and pissy. What could be more human than that?
  4. hoosier
    My biggest fear has become that the Brewers of the past three weeks is what we'll get in the postseason. Hence, three and done. Then I have to realize that what would make that even worse would be to get swept by the insufferable losers to the south. I hate to root for Padres because they are more dangerous than the Cubs, but if the Brewers have destined themselves to going out with nary a whimper, I would prefer that it be to anyone but the team of Harry Caray and the Ricketts family.
  5. hoosier
    The Yeli leadoff experiment continues. They are 1-4 since Murphy moved him to top of lineup on 9/22. At least we know Murph isn't a results merchant 🙃
  6. hoosier
    The massive dropoff over past three weeks is a problem. Team was clearly tired and needed a collective rest, but there is no switch you can turn off and then on again. It's not just Durbin, the entire team, with maybe the exception of Vaughn, has been struggling to hit. And then we have the lineup tweaks such as Yeli in the leadoff spot. I have a nagging feeling Murphy thinks that is a good thing, though I honestly have no clue what he sees in it. I just want it to stop.
  7. hoosier
    Here is my gut feeling about NLDS roster. I think the Miz gets left off, but his past experience closing (AAA) makes including him less of a long shot. I'm inclined to think Lockridge over Hoskins because they've shown little to no interest in getting Hoskins reps since he came back. Position players (14) Contreras / Jansen Vaughn / Bauers Turang / Ortiz / Durbin / Monasterio Collins / Chourio / Perkins / Frelick / Yelich One of: Hoskins / Lockridge Pitchers (12) Peralta / Priester / Quintana Patrick / Hall / Fedde / Anderson Mears / Ashby / Keonig / Uribe / Megill
  8. hoosier
    Yeah, if a guy from the 40MR doesn't get added to the NLDS roster they just go into limbo for the time being. They can get rostered in a subsequent postseason round or not, but there's no need to "assign" them to anything.
  9. hoosier
    I thought Fedde looked pretty good Wednesday at SD, he was locating well and his low 90s fastball wasn't getting torched. I would not be surprised to see him make the NLDS roster and get some innings, even if some of the rehabbing guys make the roster.
  10. hoosier
    No, I was actually referring to Riverfront/GABP, comparing those to what another poster said about PNC.
  11. hoosier
    Nice! Riverfront (I can't bring myself to call it by its corporate sponsor name) has also been good that way, usually clears out by end of sixth. So did you give the second ball back to dude in front after you came up with two?
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    Crap, just saw post about Palencia injury. Hard to feel as happy about it now.
  14. hoosier
    Cubbie meltdowns are almost as pleasurable as Brewer wins. It is really, really close.
  15. hoosier
    Nats put up four on Palencia in 9th featuring three run bomb by former Pirate Josh Bell!!!
  16. hoosier
    I posted after the game and based on my recollection of those two ABs (Yelich and Contreras in fourth with one on). I remembered them as being too passive early in the count. Went back and looked at them just now and they didn't go down quite as I remembered. Yelich swung at two fastballs in the zone and fouled them both off, in between was the splitter in the dirt that moved Chourio up to second. Then, down 1-2, he struck out on a splitter that dipped below the zone. Contreras took one fastball for a high strike, then fouled one off and then whiffed. So I guess I need to amend my complaint: the only approach I can find fault with is Contreras's, and even that is a little picky, the called strike was at top of zone and if he had swung there's a pretty good chance he wouldn't have caught up to it or would have fouled it off. My revised take is that Gausman was really dealing and made Brewers hitters look bad. Tip my hat to Gausman and move on.
  17. hoosier
    This is maybe going to sound picky and ungrateful, but I did not like the passive approaches by Yelich and Contreras after Churio gets on and advances in the fourth. Gausman pitched a great game today, and when the opp pitcher is that on, you have to capitalize on opportunities. Both of them took passive approaches early in the count, let fastballs go by or fouled them off and then looked horrible on the inevitable two strike diving splitter. With a runner on second and nobody out, back to back non-competitive ABs ending in whiffs is a killer. I get that the Brewers approach is to make the opposing pitcher work, drive up pitch counts, but when the guy on the mound is as on as Gausman was, you need to be ready to go early in the AB. Yelich looked more passive, Contreras just couldn't time him up. I am glad Priester was able to keep them in the game after Turang's errant throw led to a run, and happy with the outcome. But for a while I was expecting the top of the fourth to be the story within the story.
  18. hoosier
    I feel a little bit divided on this one. On one hand, success in the postseason involves a lot of good fortune and can easily hinge on one or two things going right or breaking bad. You can certainly have a good or even great season that ends in disappointment. Last year's WC game 3 is a great example: it came down to just one pitch. This team has already vastly exceeded expectations--those of the pundits but also my own--and that alone is reason to feel good about this season, regardless of what October brings. On the other hand, I have been following this team since 1978 and have seen plenty of good teams come and go, and none of the really good ones have ended the season with a win in October. This team has come together unlike any other iteration I've ever seen, and a loss in October to end the season would be a big disappointment.
  19. hoosier
    I am peeking at game via ESPN Gamecast. Really glad I am not watching, looks unbearable.
  20. hoosier
    Qs WHIP after 2 1/3 is 27.39
  21. hoosier
    Great take, thanks for the careful and thoughtful writeup!
  22. hoosier
    Playing the platoon splits, Walker has more success against righties by the tune of about 100 OPS. But in this case I woulda stuck with Durbin, who puts a better swing on heat and is more of a threat to do real damage. Until last week, 2025 was a tale of two seasons for the Brewers. Now it's starting to look like it might be at least three.
  23. hoosier
    We have a closer problem
  24. hoosier
    Murph clearly thinks Durbin's growth as a player will be enhanced by sticking with the soft platoon for the time being. I am as frustrated as anyone by Seigler's limitations, but I also understand Murphy's approach. We will see his management of the third base situation a lot differently if, come October, we are looking at a fresh Durbin who is getting back to hitting the ball the way he was in July.
  25. hoosier
    Well that was a nice finish
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