"So Michael Wacha, just how awesome is it to be a Cardinal? It's the best thing ever, isn't it? Do you ever pinch yourself that you play for the greatest team, with the most perfect fans, known to man"? Only a slight exaggeration...
Thames in the OF? No thanks. Played 30 games in the OF last year. I don't recall him being any worse than Braun is in left. Thames had really limited range (as does Braun), but Thames was pretty rough to watch out there. Braun at least looks like an outfielder. Thames doesn't get to much that isn't hit right to him. I guess it just depends on the upside of 5 Thames ABs per game vs. the downside of the ball being hit far enough away from Thames and not close enough to LoCain to hurt the Crew.
In this climate of boring, no-personality players, give me a Brent Suter 110%, smile-on-his-face guy any day. We'd have taken 5 2/3rds and 2 ER all day.
The Brewers are 14-17 against teams with a winning record. If the DBacks lose two more, that will drop to 9-16, and we can start picking at that thread again. I'm pretty sure that if WE are the reason they go from a winning record to a losing record, that stat is moot!