Brew Crewsader

Season's over. Was at the game again tonight. They're done, no more playoff talk. Pitiful to watch. Rickie Weeks is a baserunning idiot. Branyan sucks. Magruder sucks. Helms Sucks. Sucks Sucks Sucks. Branyan doesnt deserve to play EVER again if all he does is swing for the fences. Unacceptable. Nothing else to say. Only highlight of the night was having the Diamond Dancers pass right next to me, and hang around for a while.

Astros lose tonight 6-5. Mike Lamb had chances to advance runners in both the 7th and 9th, but hit into DP's both times. ouch.

Well, I'd hope he'd at least learn his name by the end of the night. Especially after he just 2 hit the Brewers through 6 1/3 innings in his major league debut.

Neither Sutton or Reyes' own teammates refer to him by his own name. Hes just "the Youngster". jeez.

BALLGAME! bad ballgame, yet it was a ballgame.

slim to none.

Pujols, what was THAT? a lack of effort?

who cares? we did too. Was that Jason marquis who just got a hit? the pitcher?

I hate that TV commercial where all the people in the street combine to throw the ball back onto the field. So unrealistic. Thatd be a MONSTER shot to get in that guys backyard to start, and the scenery looks NOTHING like milwaukee. That commercial just makes me more angry right now.

Nice one chad.

Magruder can hit?

6-5 Nats in bottom of 7th. Astros came back, and may tie it up. Morgan Ensberg is good.

That story didnt matter. Just felt like adding some color commentating to the board. 4-2. Youre right. Game Over.

Abraham Nunez has never been on my good list since he stole my pen a few years ago while I was taking a tour of Miller Park. Borrowed it to write a number down, never gave it back. This was when he was still with the Pirates.

YES! Grudz got on base again! AWESOME.

what color are the brigade shirts tonight?

why do our announcers sing the praises of the opposing team so much? They should support us occasionally instead of finding good in everything the other team does.

Uh oh, here comes Flores

Ned didnt put anyone in, did he? I thought he was ejected? I wish Overbay was faster.

Branyan nice play.

Not good.....

Does anyone else think Brady Clark should have dived for that ball in the top of the 8th? Theres two outs, why play the hop? Get dirty, Brady! Otherwise, a major turning point in the game also came in the 8th. Wise got the balk call, putting Edmonds?(maybe Pujols) on second. JJ made a dazzling play getting the runner on 2nd into a pickle going to third, leaving Grudz on first. The major play was Grudzielanek then going and stealing 2nd base. That was HUGE for them. Next hit was the ball to Brady by Nunez in center, which he did not catch, and thus, Grudz scores a run rather than being on 3rd. Brady has to realize he doesnt have the arm to throw him out. Theres two outs, why not dive for that ball? If it gets past so be it. The runner still would have scored.

I typed all that, and then the talk just ends? Jeez. What a waste http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/ohwell.gif

And about the Magruder PH thing, it didnt turn out to be a big deal as he hit the ball, and the runner was SAFE at home. Mahoney pulled off home plate, it was plain as day. I watched it time and time again on the TV screens there, I still believe he was off the bag. Another comment: The umpire sucked. Why did he not go out and break up the Cards' little huddles on the mound than he did? He gave them well over a minute. Plus he was super inconsistent with his calls. I disagreed with almost half of them. And the called Strike 3 on jenks made me very angry. And why oh why does Branyan always swing for the fences, and swing at pitches in the dirt? Helms played good tonight, I'd stick with him tomorrow. Billy Hall should have hit in Branyan's place tonight as well. He had a real big battle with Tavarez earlier in the year, which I believe he then hit a two-run double down the RF line to put the Crew ahead. Righty-Righty isnt the smartest matchup I know, but I'd rather have Hall in there than Branyan.

Just got back from the game as well, and have a few comments of my own. 1) Cardinal fans are the rudest, most obnoxious people I have ever met. They used to be decent, but now most have become arrogant snobs. I wanted to punch many, many of them, but alas, I resisted. It doesnt help when half of them fill the park. 2) Why the heck did Daron Sutton tell the fans to wear white today? Does he realize the Cards colors are red and white? How is wearing white supposed to phase out the red. It sure seemed like there were even more Cards fans in the building than actually were. Who knows how many actually heeded his advice though? 3) Victor Santos is not a good SP, and should be replaced. Soon. 4) Dana Eveland pitched decent, worked himself out of some tight spots. He needs to keep the ball down to be good. A lot of his pitches were up, up, up, but yet he worked out of it. 5) Brady Clark should not be a leadoff hitter. He swings at the first pitch, every time. And he is not fast. 6) Rickie Weeks is horrible at fielding. Minus his error in the 4th, he bounced an easy DP ball to O-Bay, and luckily Overbay got a sunday hop on it. Add in his boneheaded play where he could have gunned down Pujols going to second, on that ball that Edmonds hit off the wall in the 4th. I mean, it was close even after he threw it after holding it and not turning around for at least 2 sec. 5) Sol Taguchi is a good fielder. Very good. How he ran down Clark's ball in the 9th, and got to Damian's in the later innings is beyond me. 6) Matt Wise is fading, big time. 7) All the cardinal runs scored with 2 outs, minus Grudzialanek's homer. Thats unacceptable. Why couldnt be put them away? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/glasses.gif Last thing for now, I really dislike Cardinals fans Positives: Got on the scoreboard as Sandy maxx interviewed fan of the game, and also met Bob Brainerd, which I'm really not sure is an honor.