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Hake had only 15 AB's with Beloit in 2001, and I'm unsure of the circumstances of his departure at that time. Hake retired after his first few games with Beloit in '01. Don't know or remember why. Evidently the Brewers didn't think enough of him to keep him on the reserve/retired roster after the season, so he was released. Must have re-thunk his decision, though it retrospect it probably wasn't a good one.

Brewers win 6-5 on a game-winning hit from Ryan Crew in the bottom of the 8th. Baby Brewers do it again. Turnbow with the save.

I corrected Darron's pronounciation of Callaspo's last name. Yay me.

Can anyone give me a recap of the BF love? I asked him a question about Ned Yost IV catching, but prefaced my statement saying I was from here, and Darron said it was a fun, informative site before answering my question. I just caught part of it, so maybe someone else has a better interpretation.

We all knew what you meant, but I just couldn't resist. Yah, I probably would have corrected myself if it wasn't me.

It's not just you. I haven't seen any time at 3B yet either. Probably best since I can't really play. Touche. Hey, man, I'm tryin to do a PBP and type off air-worthy emails to Sutton. And I have to use the bathroom.

Has Hart not seen any time at third base in a game yet, or is that just me?

Brewers' lineup: 1. Brady Clark, CF 2. Zach Sorensen, SS 3. Rickie Weeks, 2B 4. Geoff Jenkins, RF 5. Jeff Cirillo, 3B 6. Gabe Gross, LF 7. Corey Hart, 1B 8. Damian Miller, C 9. Dana Eveland, P -Jared Fernandez, P Diamondbacks' lineup: 1. Carlos Quentin, LF 2. Andy Green, 2B 3. Chad Tracy, 3B 4. Tony Clark, 1B 5. Shawn Green, RF 6. Johnny Estrada, C 7. Damion Easley, SS (he's still playing? holy crap) 8. Scott Hairston, CF 9. Dustin Nippert, P -Steven Jackson, P -Felix Heredia, P -Jarred Ball, PH Arizona 1st: Eveland pitching Quentin singled A. Green singled to left, Quentin to second Tracy flied out to center T. Clark doubled down the left field line, Quentin scored, A. Green scored S. Green grounded out to shortstop, T. Clark to third Estrada grounded out to third base Diamondbacks 2, Brewers 0 Brewers 1st: Nippert pitching B. Clark struck out swinging Sorensen infield singled to shortstop Weeks doubled down the left field line, Sorensen scored Jenkins flied out to deep left field, Weeks to third Cirillo singled to center, Weeks scored Gross struck out looking Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 2 Diamondbacks 2nd: Eveland pitching Easley singled to left field Hairston grounded into fielder's choice to third, Easley out at second (Easley hit Weeks hard sliding into second) Nippert sacrifice bunted to pitcher, Hairston to second Quentin grounded out to second Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 2 Brewers 2nd: Nippert pitching Hart walked Miller grounded into double play at shortstop, Hart out at second Eveland struck out looking Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 2 Diamondbacks 3rd: Eveland pitching A. Green flied out to left Tracy lined out to left (diving catch by Gross) T. Clark popped out to short center Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 2 Brewers 3rd: Nippert pitching B. Clark walked, stole second base Sorensen bunt singled over the pitcher, B. Clark to third; Sorensen stole second base on pitcher's pickoff bluff to third Weeks hit by pitch (shoulder) S. Jackson relieved Nippert Jenkins grounded into double play to second base, Clark scored, Sorensen to third, Weeks out at second Cirillo walked Gross walked, Cirillo to second Hart grounded out to second base Brewers 3, Diamondbacks 2 Diamondbacks 4th: Fernandez relieved Eveland S. Green struck out swinging Estrada grounded out to second Easley singled softly to center Hairston struck out swinging Brewers 3, Diamondbacks 2 Brewers 4th: Heredia relieved Jackson Miller singled to right field Fernandez sacrifice bunted to third, Miller to second Clark walked Sorensen popped out to short right field Weeks lined out to deep center field Brewers 3, Diamondbacks 2 Diamondbacks 5th: Fernandez pitching Ball singled to right Quentin walked, Ball to second Green grounded into double play at shortstop, Quentin out at second Tracy doubled to left-center, Ball scored Brewers 3, Diamondbacks 3 Brewers 5th: Hey, I have to run... if someone else wants to pick it up, cool Diamondbacks' battery: Dustin Nippert, Steven Jackson (3), Felix Heredia (4); Estrada Brewers' battery: Dana Eveland, Jared Fernandez (4); Miller

And if I remember correctly, when Sheets was on the DL we had a winning record. That could well be true, but the arbitrariness of his DL days makes that statistic sorta irrelevant to me, unless you want to argue that Sheets not being in the clubhouse helped the Brewers win. During his 22 starts, the Brewers were 12-10.

FWIW, the Brewers were 12-10 last year when Sheets started, so the team went 69-71 without him. Is it unreasonable to think that the Brewers could win 85ish games without Sheeter? Not necessarily, though they'd have to be pretty lucky with the rest of the team. Losing Sheets would not mean the whole team was sunk, and no one's even said we've lost Sheets yet. Time for a chill pill.

The VSL and DSL are more or less on par with the Arizona Rookie League, maybe a half step below it. Very few players over 20, mostly 16-19.

What happened? While Mr. Livngstone was doing his business (the #2, if you will) in the team's bathroom, he had to (as Sutton put it) "do some housekeeping" before flushing. During this "housekeeping" Livingstone somehow twisted the wrong way and tweaked his neck. So he missed his start because of an overextended wipe. The bathroom is a dangerous place.

Did anyone catch the scoop on the Bobby Livingstone "injury"? Unfortunately for Bobby Livingstone, yes. At least Jeff Liefer only got himself locked in the bathroom.

Hey nice little comeback again for the Baby Brewers, even if they fell a run short this time. Kids seem to be putting forth serious effort this spring.

Yay for Brent Abernathy! 2 run single.

OK. I'm back after an extended weekend vacation to Chattanooga TN and will try/hope to do a running box score for this game...just like I did for several of the ST games last year. I'll be around listening to the game, too. So if you need a break at any point (cuz I know it is tough work), just let me know. If I'm here.

Kolb threw about 8 pitches in his inning of work.

Brewers' lineup 1. Tony Gwynn, Jr., CF -Zach Sorensen, CF 2. J.J. Hardy, SS -Ozzie Chavez, SS 3. Bill Hall, 2B -Hernan Iribarren, 2B 4. Corey Koskie, 3B -Vinny Rottino, 3B 5. Gabe Gross, LF -Brad Nelson, LF 6. Corey Hart, 1B -Ned Yost IV, 1B 7. Nelson Cruz, RF -Steve Moss, RF 8. Lou Palmisano, DH 9. Chad Moeller, C -Mark Johnson, C Rangers' lineup 1. Adrian Brown, LF -Aarom Baldiris, 2B 2. Ruddy Yan, CF -Steven Murphy, LF 3. Brad Wilkerson, RF -Ian Gac, 1B 4. Phil Nevin, 1B -Adam Hyzdu, RF 5. Jason Botts, DH -Truan Mehl, PR/DH 6. Ian Kinsler, 2B -Brandon Boggs, PR/CF 7. Gerald Laird, C -Nick Trzesniak, C 8. Joaquin Arias, SS -D'Angelo Jimenez, SS 9. Travis Metcalf, 3B -John Whittleman, 3B Brewers 1st Padilla pitching Gwynn popped out to shortstop Hardy lined out to center Hall walked, caught stealing second base Brewers 0, Rangers 0 Rangers 1st D. Davis pitching Brown struck out looking Yan grounded out to shortstop Wilkerson homered to right Nevin struck out looking Rangers 1, Brewers 0 Brewers 1st Padilla pitching Koskie grounded out to first Gross popped out to second Hart grounded out to shortstop Rangers 1, Brewers 0 Rangers 2nd D. Davis pitching Botts struck out swinging Kinsler flied out to deep left field Laird singled to left field, stole second base Arias struck out looking Rangers 1, Brewers 0 Brewers 3rd Danks relieved Padilla Cruz walked Palmisano grounded into fielder's choice at shortstop, Cruz out at second, Palmisano caught stealing second base Moeller popped out to third Rangers 1, Brewers 0 Rangers 3rd K. Davis relieved D. Davis Metcalf walked Brown struck out swinging Yan singled to short left, Metcalf to second, wild pitch, Yan to second, Metcalf to third Wilkerson walked Nevin sacrifice flied out to center, Metcalf scored Botts struck out swinging Rangers 2, Brewers 0 Brewers 4th Danks pitching Gwynn grounded out to second Hardy popped out foul to first Hall walked Koskie grounded out to the pitcher Rangers 2, Brewers 0 Rangers 4th Capellan relieved K. Davis Kinsler struck out looking Laird flied out to center Arias grounded out to second Rangers 2, Brewers 0 Brewers 5th Leicester relieved Danks Gross walked Hart singled to left, Gross to second Cruz struck out swinging Palmisano walked, Gross to third, Hart to second Moeller hit by pitch (helmet), Gross scored, Hart to third, Palmisano to second Durocher relieved Leicester Gwynn grounded into fielder's choice at first, Hart out at home, Palmisano to third, Moeller to second Hardy struck out swinging Rangers 2, Brewers 1 Rangers 5th Kolb relieved Capellan Metcalf lined out to right Brown grounded out to first Yan singled to center Wilkerson flied out to left Rangers 2, Brewers 1 Brewers 6th Walker relieved Durocher Hyzdu replaced Wilkerson in right, Trzesniak replaced Laird at catcher, Gac replaced Nevin at first Hall grounded out to first Koskie flied out to right Gross popped out Rangers 2, Brewers 1 Rangers 6th Wise relieved Kolb Rottino replaced Koskie at third, Johnson replaced Moeller at catcher Hyzdu popped out to second Botts reached on infield single to third, Mehl pinch ran, caught stealing at second Kinsler walked, Boggs pinch ran Trzesniak struck out looking Rangers 2, Brewers 1 Brewers 7th Wasdin relieved Walker Baldiris replaced Boggs at secod, Jimenez replaced Arias at shortstop, Murphy replaced Brown in leftfield Hart reached on an infield single Cruz homered to left field, Hart scored Palmisano singled to center Johnson sacrifice bunted out to first, Palmisano to second Gwynn struck out swinging Hardy reached on infield single to second, Palmisano to third Hall popped out foul to first Brewers 3, Rangers 2 Rangers 7th Evert relieved Wise Nelson replaced Gross in left field, Sorensen replaced Gwynn in center field, Moss replaced Cruz in right field, Chavez replaced Hardy at shortstop, Iribarren replaced Hall at second base, Yost IV replaced Hart at first base Jimenez popped out to second Metcalf reached first on shortstop's error Baldiris grounded into double play at shortstop, Metcalf out at second Brewers 3, Rangers 2 Brewers 8th Chavez relieved Wasdin Rottino singled to center Nelson popped out to short right field Yost IV singled to right, Rottino to third Moss walked, Yost IV to second Palmisano doubled down left field line, Rottino scored, Yost IV scored, Moss scored Johnson flied out to center Sorensen walked Lee relieved Chavez Chavez doubled down left field line, Palmisano scored, Sorensen to third Iribarren singled to center, Sorensen scored, Chavez scored, Iribarren to second on throw Rottino lined out to right Brewers 9, Rangers 2 Rangers 8th Kershner relieved Evert Murphy struck out swinging Gac struck out swinging Hyzdu singled to left Mehl grounded out to the pitcher Brewers 9, Rangers 2 Brewers 9th Alfonseca relieved Lee Whittleman replaced Metcalf at third base Nelson struck out swinging Yost IV grounded out to third base Moss singled to right Palmisano grounded into fielder's choice at shortstop, Moss out at second Brewers 9, Rangers 2 Rangers 9th Kershner pitching Boggs struck out looking Trzesniak doubled to left center Metcalf singled to right field, Trzesniak scored Whittleman popped out to short center Baldiris popped out foul to right field Final Score: Brewers 9, Rangers 3 W - Matt Wise (1-0) L - John Wasdin (0-1) Pitchers: Milwaukee - Doug Davis, Kane Davis (3), Jose Capellan (4), Dan Kolb (5), Matt Wise (6), Brett Evert (7), Jason Kershner (8) Texas - Vicente Padilla, John Danks (3), Jon Leicester (5), Jayson Durocher (5), Kevin Walker (6), John Wasdin (7), Jesse Chavez (8) , Derek Lee (8) , Antonio Alfonseca (9)

He has that Capuano pitching motion down already. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Congrats again, Patrick. God bless you and your new family.

In the top of the ninth, Steve Moss and John Alonso got out, Ken Holmberg hit a line-drive single, Callix Crabbe doubled (Rex Hudler was in wonderment over his name) Holmberg to third, but Fermaint struck out to end it. Angels win, 12-1.

Robert Hinton in to pitch the bottom of the 8th against the Angels. Unless Evert got in earlier, looks like he might not get in. As I type that, Hinton gave up a jack.

I tuned in around the 5th inning. Can't say what happened before I turned it on. Miller retired the Angels 1-2-3.

Derek Miller now in, bottom of the 7th.

I'm listening on mlb.com radio.

It's still 11-1, now in the top of the 7th. I think Hammond pitched last inning.