adambr2

Santana has CF experience, but I think the fact that Villar has played CF this year and Santana hasn't probably tells us all we need to know about how we feel about Santana in center. Maybe if they would have traded for Martinez they would have tried to get away with it once in awhile to get all 3 bats in the lineup, I don't know. I've wondered in the past if Braun could do a not disastrous job in center.

There's been some thinking (depending on who you ask) in analytics in recent years that strikeouts are rather unimportant for hitters, only fractionally worse than a regular out. Yet it's also accepted that strikeout pitchers are very valuable, particularly in high leverage late inning situations. It seems contradictory to me. Any logic behind it?

Yeah it's not so much the number of injuries right now as who they are to. Daniels and Perry are our 2 best defenders. Both starting tackles being nicked up is really tough. Easier to hide a guard than a tackle.

https://www.brewcrewball.com/2017/9/25/16360096/white-sox-wanted-josh-hader-in-a-potential-jose-quintana-deal-with-milwaukee-per-report It was reported that the hangup between the Brewers and White Sox on a Quintana deal was the Sox insisting that Hader be included. They also reportedly preferred the Cubs' package with Jimenez over a deal with us including both Brinson and Ortiz. Brinson and Ortiz would have been acceptable especially with the recent emergence of Phillips, but I can completely understand why including both Brinson and Hader was off the table. I'm disappointed we arent going to win the division but glad we did not do this deal.

To be honest, looking at the rest of the schedule, what the Cardinals do against the Cubs is of little consequence to us anyway. Reason being, we likely need to go 5-1 at worst anyway just to have a shot at the Rockies. Might need to run the table. That in itself would take the Cardinals out of the equation.

I don't think the Cubs will ease up on the Cards if they were to win the first two and have everything clinched up. I disagree. Maddon is not dumb, he is not going to put a rivalry ahead of bigger picture goals, and he made it a point to start resting guys in the middle of September last year when they had everything locked up. I'm not saying he's going to trot out Sunday lineups every day, but he's definitely going to try to set up his rotation for the playoffs and get his top relievers some rest.

Genius strategy by the Brewer offense. Tank the game and let Quintana go 9 so the Cubs can rest up their pen and sweep the Cards. Well played.

It's whatever to me at this point. If you continue to have to rely on the San Diego Padres every day for you to keep pace in the playoff race, you don't deserve to be going to the playoffs.

Maybe because we had like a 2% chance of winning this game coming into the 8th inning and it wouldn't make much sense to burn our best arms for a game we have almost no chance of winning when we might need to basically run the table the rest of the way to get in.

Carlos Whiteflag should solidify this loss.

That ought to do it. Thanks for another dandy, 2nd half offense.

SHAW!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!

Yeah, I can't do this again today. Good luck today guys, hope you win.

The cherry on top of these last 2 games is that the Cubs are basically going to have the division sewn up by the end of the series. So they have 4 coming up against St Louis, and instead of those being important games for the Cubs, they can essentially shift into cruise control and start lining up their pitching matchups for the playoffs, resting their top relievers and position players, etc. So not only have we hurt ourselves, we've actually helped the Cardinals in the Wild Card race by softening up their schedule for the last week. So let's hypothetically say we split these last two, as do the Cardinals. The Cubs would have a 5 game lead on St. Louis afterwards. You believe - after enduring 7 months of a baseball season - heading into a 4 game series against the only team that can take the division from them - the Cubs are going to lay down/rest? Give St. Louis any chance to get momentum and take the season down to the final game? The Cubs will play hard until math tells them they don't have to. Don't fool yourself. The Brewers haven't done themselves any favors the last 3 nights but don't be this way.. Uh, okay. So let's say this 'hypothetically' occurs, the Cubs would have a 5 game lead with 7 to play . So one single win makes it 6 with 6 to play. You believe --in the final 3 games -- after having at least a the clinched the Cubs are going to play all their starters, roll with Wade Davis and other top relievers on consecutive days, and in any way treat the games with the urgency of the 1st game of this series? That's absolute foolishness. Sure, they're not going to treat it like a ST game until they actually clinch, but they're not going to be playing it like they played the first game of this series. Please don't tell me not to 'be this way' when my point was complete logical. Maddon was resting starters from the middle of September last year. And it might not even come to that, they could clinch before the series. If it's 5 like you'd say, they'd clinch with 2 wins against St Louis. You don't think it's impactful that they'd be treating the last 2 games of the series like spring training games? Bottom line, we need to win these last 2 games against the Cubs to keep things competitive.

The cherry on top of these last 2 games is that the Cubs are basically going to have the division sewn up by the end of the series. So they have 4 coming up against St Louis, and instead of those being important games for the Cubs, they can essentially shift into cruise control and start lining up their pitching matchups for the playoffs, resting their top relievers and position players, etc. So not only have we hurt ourselves, we've actually helped the Cardinals in the Wild Card race by softening up their schedule for the last week.

Yeah I mean, if an umpires' wife and kids are sitting in the stands decked out in Cubs' gear, that's not a good look. But a friend sitting in the stands? Meh, whatever. Umpires are human beings with friends that are also fans of the team. It doesn't mean there's a huge conspiracy going on. It's not like there was a bad damning call last night that screams bias.

I fully expect the Cubs and Cardinals to meet in the NLCS this year. Because that is just how things seem to go for us as Brewer fans.

It's bad how predictable this has gotten. We can pretty much call our shot at home in a tie game in the bottom of the 9th, that we will in fact not walk off in the 9th, then give up the lead in the 10th and lose.

I vaguely recall the cussing ban being lifted for a day or two a few years ago and limited to one particular thread. Seems like a good time for a comeback.

Have you really seen a single thing this season in late or extra innings this season that led you to believe that was going to turn out well?

Does Strop not realize what a bag he looks like?

Blue?

Bout 10 HR cuts and 3 Ks coming in the bottom of the 10th.

It's pathetically embarrassing how loud it is for the Cubs in our own stadium. It can't possible be that drastic of a home environment anywhere else in the majors.

Couldn't have had that pop up first?