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Yeah, it looks like this game is over. No help from the Marlins today.

I'm not able to see the game where I live, I'm getting the Philles-Nationals game. Does anyone know if the game can be seen on Sopcast or somewhere online. Thanks.

I'm not sure why the Mets game isn't a day game to begin with, especially with it being a travel day for the Cubs. As it stands now, it looks like there is a 50-50 chance the game gets in and can be finished. It's also going to be windy out, so there is a good chance the Cubs could decide to not start Harden at all and/or go with a bunch of bench players.

Gee, thanks Lou. First he walks Chavez to load the bases with two outs and now he brings in Howry to face the heart of the Mets lineup. So close to being tied, darn!

Congrats on the Gallardo scoop. Personally, I don't like the idea of Gallardo starting. He is the future ace of this team and is too young and valuable to risk. He'll also probably be rusty, so it's hard to know how effective he will be. I guess the Brewers medical staff and management would know better about Gallardo's health than I would. I'm just worried about Gallardo hurting himself again and really setting his career back. Not too thrilled at the thought of Suppan starting agaisnt the Cubs, yuck. I would have gone with McClung with the hopes of Sheets going Saturday and only going with Suppan on Saturday if they had no other real good option. Although at this point Mark DiFelice might be a better option than Suppan. Maybe the exra rest will help Suppan and Gallardo will step up, pitch a good 3-5 innings without further injuring himself and the Brewers win both games. Ah.. life as a Brewer fan. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Counsell swing at a high and inside pitch that wasn't even in the same time zone of being strike, what a wasted chance to score a few runs.

Okay, directv channel 669 is also showing the news conference for those who don't live in the area.

For those of us who don't live in the area, the press conference is supposed to be shown on Brewers.com. I'm also keeping an eye on Directv channel 669 to see if they might show it there.

I was watching ESPN News a few minutes ago and they had Buster Olney on. There were a few things he said. 1. He mentioned that 10 days ago, a friend of one of the players told him that Yost would be fired before the end of the season and Sveum would take over. 2. Thought that Melvin would be one of the least likely GM's to make a move like this as Melvin is a pretty loyal guy. 3. Said Sveum was different than Yost as Sveum was more of a tough, hard nosed, old time baseball type of guy. Though for the final 12 games, he would probably present more of a calming presence in the dugout. Said a few other things as well, but that is what stuck out in my mind. Or in other words, what I still remember. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

I have to think that this decision came from Mark A. It just doesn't seem to be the type of thing that Doug Melvin would do. Homer said that Busty Olney reported this morning that Ned Yost had lost faith in his players. Maybe there is something there that lead to his firing at this time. I haven't been a Yost fan, but I don't know if this is going to make any difference either way. I didn't think the Brewers were going to be able to turn things around, so I guess it might have been worth the risk. I don't have much confidence in Sveum, but we'll see. See if Weeks is in the lineup, Hall playing most of the games, Shouse facing righties, etc... In the end though, it's the players getting tight and not being able to play well down the stretch. Brewer teams under Yost have had some of the biggest 2nd hald collapses in Brewer history. I don't know how this is going to work out and how the players are going to respond, but hopefully this will snap things around.

From Mo Williams press conference, "Williams was asked about his defense and how he would fit into coach Mike Brown's plan. "Defense comes with a lot of different things," Williams said. "You've got to want to do it; you've got to have the mentality to do it. I've got away from that the last few years, for whatever reason. We can go on and on for the reasons." Gee, maybe now that Williams is playing with Cleveland, he'll decide to try to play some defense. Would have been nice if Mo would have wanted to try to play defense while with Milwaukee. Like most people, I am not thrilled with the trade, but maybe Ridnour will at least try to play defense. I think that quote alone by Williams is a big reason why he was traded. http://blogs.jsonline.com/bucks/archive/2008/08/14/cavs-owner-gilbert-welcomes-mo.aspx

It's time for the Brewers to hit a home run and end this game.

Only 4 runs and one of those runs was in part due to an error. 16 left on base vs the mighty Nationals.

Seeing how Lannan is throwing a NO HITTER, that might have been the ball game. I'm getting the Nat announcers and they appear afraid to say the word NO HITTER. Is Brian Anderson mentioning that Lannan is throwing a NO HITTER.

If being married doesn't exclude anyone. 1. Ashley Judd. Beautiful, rich and not only likes sports, but likes to attend sporting events. 2. Salma Hayek 3. Penélope Cruz-- Saw her in person once, just in passing, was just as beautiful in person as in the movies. 4. Halle Berry 5. Milla Jovovich

Did Mike Rivera piss Yost off. Does Yost have a man crunch on Kendall. By September, Kendall is going to be so tired that he's not going to be able to hit the ball out of the infield. Hope some of the bench guys played well today and the Brewers sweep the Braves.

0 for 15 RISP this series. "the Brewers have only three hits in (their last) 60 at-bats (.050) with RISP" "Since the all-star break, the Brewers are hitting .156 (19 for 122) with RISP" .239 average with RISP for the season. "There's nothing you can do about it," manager Ned Yost said. "Just keep battling. It'll turn around. I don't think it's a major ordeal they're going through." "Good pitching beats good hitting," he (Yost) said. "We've faced some really good pitchers. The majority of it is that." "...several players have struggled to hit in the clutch all season. Rickie Weeks is batting .205 with RISP, J.J. Hardy .207, Jason Kendall .227, Mike Cameron .228 and Prince Fielder .232." "We've been seeing a lot of sliders for our right-handed hitters," third baseman Bill Hall said. "Maybe we need to start 'sitting' on some with runners in scoring position because they are not giving us a lot of fastballs. "Maybe we need to make some adjustments." Gee, maybe they need to make some adjustments. Yeah, I think they do, but I could be wrong. I mean it's not like it's been a season long... umm, well I'm sure like Ned said, there's really nothing you can do about it. After 108 games you don't need to make any adjustments, just keep battling, that'll work.

I don't think DirecTV is moving FSN Wisconsin to another channel to make it a regular channel. They are moving around a bunch of their sports channels. Maybe to make room for additional programming and/or have the sports channels all together. Whatever the reason, he is a list of the sport channels they are moving and where. http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPage.jsp?assetId=P4670018

First, I'm not sure if someone already mentioned this, but the press conference is at 11 this morning and it appears as though Sabathia won't be there. I guess we'll find out soon who the players involved are, at least 3 of the 4 players. Earlier this morning, Ken Rosenthal wrote the following, "The Indians' four-player return will include Class AA outfielder Matt LaPorta, Class AAA left-hander Zach Jackson, Class A right-hander Rob Bryson and a player to be named, according to major-league sources. The Indians will choose the player to be named from a select list. They consider that player to be the second-best player in the deal -- a good prospect, sources said. Class A third baseman Taylor Green and outfielder Lorenzo Cain are among the names under consideration." So, that could be the confusion as to the exact players involved. Just like yesterday when Steve Phillips was the only person saying that the inclusion of LaPorta was holding up the deal, I tend to believe Haudricourt and the other multiple sources, then what ESPN was reporting this morning about the players involved. Overall, I think the Brewers gave up too much for Sabathia. I think these types of deals don't work at as well as people think they do. There are exceptions of course, but generally speaking I don't think they make as much of a difference as people think. Now, Sabathia has the type of talent that he could have a major impact and even an extra 2 or 3 wins could make a big difference. And, I'd rather have Sabathia then Bush or McClung starting. If the Brewers win the world series, then even if LaPorta and Green or whoever turn out to be all-stars it would have been worth it. Otherwise, we'll see how things turn out. Better to debate this, then when the shoe was on the other foot and we were debating prospects the Brewers got for a particular player.

I think the key to what Haudricourt wrote, which would also fit into what agent39 said is the following, "The fourth player currently is listed as "to be named later" but it is believed the Indians want to look more at Green, with the idea of moving him to second base." Most likely have a choice of players with Green the most likely player, but they just want to be sure.

Per ESPN.COM, actually sounds like they are taking much of their report from the Journal Sentinel, "The Brewers and the Cleveland Indians agreed in principle to a deal for the reigning AL Cy Young on Sunday, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney. The deal is contingent on paperwork being finished and the exchange of medical records..." "In a text message to ESPN.com's Amy K. Nelson, Sabathia all but confirmed the deal. "I'm good, excited," Sabathia wrote. "It's weird leaving these guys..." http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3475667

Here is what Shapiro said in that Cleveland Web site article which was posted at 7:23 Eastern time. "General manager Mark Shapiro confirmed that the Indians are in negotiations about a trade involving Sabathia. "Obviously," Shapiro said, "we've made some progress." Shapiro stopped short of confirming a rumor from a Major League source that the Indians and Brewers have completed a trade in which Sabathia, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, would be sent to Milwaukee for Double-A outfielder Matt LaPorta and two other prospects. "It is definitively not a done deal," Shapiro said. "I won't comment on what point it's at or how far along [it is]." http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080706&content_id=3080671&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle

I switched over the the Cleveland Indians telecast for a few minutes and I can say for sure that Sabathia is still in the Cleveland Indians dugout as of the 7th inning. I did happen to switch right when the Indians announcers starting talking about the Sabathia trade rumors. They believe that Sabathia will be traded before his next scheduled start. Sounded pretty sure about that. They also talked about the speculation out there that we've all heard about where he might end up. That the Brewers were the front runners and so on. However, it sounded like they were going by the media reports as oppose to any insider type of information as to where he might end up. Ended by saying that until they hear anything from Shapiro, Sabathia is still with the team.

It sounds like we'll found out by the end of today whether or not Sabathia is coming here. Since Cleveland is in Minnesota, it wouldn't take long for Sabathia to get here. However, I'm sure the Brewers would like to have Sabathia on the club by tomorrow so they could have a press conference the day before he pitches. As far as whether LaPorta is part of the deal or not. Most of the sources have mentioned LaPorta as the centerpiece of the deal, while Steve Phillips seems to be the only one at the moment stating otherwise. I tend to believe Haudricourt in this case as well due to the fact that he's about the only media member talking directly to Melvin. I guess it's possible that other team sources are the ones talking about what players are being offered. It seems like usually the key players in a big trade are known and it's the other players that will differ than what is being reported.

I'm getting nervous that Doug caves in and gives up the two AA prospects. I hope he stands firm as he is already giving up 1 top prospect and two pretty good prospects for a 3 month rental. I'd just rather go to plan B, then give up LaPorta and either Escobar or Gamel.