TheCrew07

We still have a chance here.

It just occurred to me that my boy Brownstein still hasn't appeared in a game, his injury must be pretty serious.

Wow I could have sworn it was much lower than that just 2 days ago when I was there looking at splits. Unless I was looking at a split percentage and not the overall? My bad.

Ha. Dykstra was the strike out player of the game for the Tin Caps and listening to crowd react to his AB here in the 9th (a walk) reminds me of how much I hate the peanut promotion from Missoula. My least favorite part of listening to the H-Crew.

Did you look at Lo Cain's LD% while you were there? It's incredibly low as well, and he's having a tremendous season, there appear to be some inconsistencies in the data.

A Krestalude WP moved the tying runs to 2nd and 3rd, he was replaced by Pokorny, who allowed a run to score on a WP. The Tin Caps scored a run on no hits, 2 walks, and 2 wild pitches. T-Rats up by 1 going to the 9th. Watten was lit up pretty bad, BC down 8-0, though 3 of those runs were unearned. Cody recovers and manages one of his better outings of the season, but Huntsville is still down 3-1, Lawrie's HR the only run for the Stars. Nashville is losing 2-1 in the 6th.

As far as Lawrie is concerned, he's getting better with each month, and has the following line over the last 10 games, not including a 2 for 3 effort so far today. .300/.333/.500/.833

Why the hell did Braun let that ball drop? That's the second time he's done that in the last of couple of weeks, man is that irritating.

The T-Rats are officially playing the rest of the game under protest after the batting out of order incident led to hit in the 5th. I'm not sure how to interpret the rule but the way Chris read it over the air it appears that once the batter hitting out of order gets a base hit, he officially becomes the proper batter for that spot in the order. I'm slightly confused why Isom waited to appeal until the hit?

Lasker isn't pitching well out of this delay, he just walked in a run. edit. Make that 2 runs, the last one on 4 pitches.

The T-Rats are currently in the longest non injury, non weather related delay I've ever seen. The Tin Caps batted out of order (6,7 hitters) and it's taken forever to straighten out, almost 15 minutes now.

It's weird to be able to hear so much sound from the field... like for example right there when Fielder got hit by the pitch and was swearing.

Cody gives up another HR, that Huntsville staff has given up an astounding number of HRs so far this season. Last time I looked they were leading the league. Bowman has had his HR issues as well.

The ridiculous number of team losses in a row when Cappy starts a game.

Yikes... both change ups have be awfully high in the zone and nearly down the middle. Get em down Chris.

no way, I was bitterly thinking the same the thing.

Chris just mentioned the T-Rats are 3-14 in 1 run games this season, a stat I was curious after last night's game and was going to research today, so thanks Chris. They certainly haven't been as horrible as their record would suggest, I really wish this team could get over the hump and get some consistent winning to go with their development. edit. Dennis is day to day, he's expected to be back for the home stand next week.

These are not short term issues, it's always the same issues coming back around, the same scenarios repeating themselves over and over. Does anyone honestly think next year we're magically going to have a young and effective rotation and our problems will be solved? Why would next year be any different than this year? The only thing that would save next season is Butler, Rivas, and Rogers finishing this season dominant and proving that they are ready for a shot. Every we always say next year will be different... why? That's what we were saying in 2008 after Sabathia walked... Melvin has to make a move for pitching. That's exactly was said after Looper, Bush, and Parra failed last season... Melvin has to make a move. That's what exactly what we're all saying now... it's the same pattern repeating over and over and over going all the way back his time in Texas. There's no long term strategy here, there's just continual band aid fixes. Hoffman isn't the cause of the problem, he's an effect. Some people around here have cause/effect flipped on itself. All of these issues go back to the same root cause, a failure to build a rotation with enough talent at the top. Every other issue here is a side effect of that one core issue... wasting money on FA pitching, relying on old veterans approaching the end of their rope, the issues with pitching depth, the overuse of the bullpen, the poor results on the field... all of it goes back to the fact we're still a 1 pitcher team, all of it. Where's the evidence of a long term strategy for the top of the rotation? What happened when Jones, Rogers, and Parra all got hurt? What happened when Yo got hurt and everyone knew Sheets was going to walk? What happened after last season? The answer... nothing different. The same exact approach with the same predictable results. How are we ever going to get a different result if the approach/methods don't change? If impact pitching isn't the answer I'd sure love for someone to come up with a different viable solution. I think about this stuff every single day, and I just don't see how the smallest market in baseball can remain competitive long term without the focus being on the top of the rotation. You think I'm wrong? That's fine, give me a different solution that the majority of us can buy into. Just quit trying to sell me on how unlucky the organization has been. How many years of bad luck does it take to convince people that problem is actually the decisions that are being made and not the baseball gods continually crapping on the Brewers?

Can I reiterate my theory that there is no long term plan and the organization is just flying by the seat of it's pants?

I'd type something meaningful but the more I think about Suppan still being on the roster, the more irritated I get. I hope he gets a chance to stick in the bigs and this is just the start of better days ahead for Heether.

I had totally forgotten about the streak, and I was happier not remembering.. Go Cappy!

I was a huge Hart fan as he came up through the minors, my immediate family members even refer to him to this day as "TheCrew07's boy Hart". I had given up on him as a hitter, he was so pathetic last season, the issue seemed so easy to fix but he wasn't making progress. I'm not sure what to make of this torrid HR streak he's on, the funny thing is that he's not even hitting over .300 on this streak. His defense certainly hasn't improved though, in fact I think he's regressed. The bottom line? Even though he's one of my boys I really have no idea what to make of him as a player, I don't think I'll be willing to say anything definitively until much later in the season.

What does the number 2 in the "options" column for Hoffman mean here:http://www.brewerfan.net/ViewFortyManRoster.do?teamId=1 Options don't mean anything for a player with Hoffman's service time, he could refuse assignment like Bill Hall last season.

And I jumped away from the TV here for the bottom of the 8th and had to rewind the DVR but I like what Macha just did here in the 8th going to Axford right away. This is exactly the type of thing I've been hoping to see.

The best part? His BABIP entering tonight was .200. He should probably be hitting much better than he already is.Not really, 5 of those hits are HRs, which of course don't count for the metric so you're only left with 7 hits.