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Nice job Rick! Way to pick up ZJ.

Well, that puts an end to the "do we keep Zach Jackson in" debate, lol. I love Bill Hall HR swings when they connect, lol.

Ned is probably playing one of those hunches of his with Rivera, seeing how Miller hasn't fared well against Schmidt. I like the college photo mojo for ZJ.

When I heard the lineup on my break at work I was thinking "is Ned trying to lose today?" .. I just wish I wasn't right on my gut feeling this lineup wouldn't do much http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif . Granted, I didn't expect Cappy to give up 8 runs in 3 2/3rds, but yikes.

If Nomar should have hit for anyone it should have been Howard. The way Rivera owns lefties (.188 BA this season) combined with the fact Nomar can play first and has seen Rivera many, many times (unless Nomar is just awful against Rivera, which I didn't look up) would tell you he's a better bet than Howard to do something.

He tried for one of those right field bloops he's been successful with.

El Caballo is now in left field, hitting 4th... so unless the NL throws up a crooked number or the AL ties it he won't get an AB.

Alright D-Bow, nice going. He was consistently 96, and Penny was at 98. Do you think they recalibrated the guns? LOL

The fact they used Fuentes almost ensures Cappy won't pitch unless this goes extras. Carlos will probably PH, and Garner is probably going to pitch DBow one of the next two innings if the NL keeps the lead.

I'd sure hope not, but then again this is PNC and that may conjure up bad mojo as is.

I definitely understand both points, although the way I think about it, the talent level when the Seligs were in charge said: "Hey, here is Jeffrey Hammonds! He will save us from being bad!" "Hey, here is Marquis Grissom!" "Hey, here is Matt Kinney! Jimmy Haynes! Paul Bako is a MUCH better offensive catcher than Henry Blanco, nevermind Blanco throws out half the runners that try and steal on him, now we can lose games 8-6 instead of 4-2!". We're not putting has beens and never wases out there anymore. If a guy doesn't perform, he's gone. (see: Obermueller, Magruder, Durro, Bottalico). One thing that really showed me we were moving past that whole "at least we tried" attitude was when we cut Kieschnick last year. Kiesch was awesome, but we're past gimmick baseball now. Same with not bringing back Russell "3TO" Branyan. It was fun watching Russ try and tate, but all the strikeouts--not so much. The flashes of inconsistent play do drive me crazy, but I know it is a long season and we are putting guys out there who will get better over time because they're young and can learn from their mistakes (see: Rickie not booting/throwing into the 5th row every third ball hit to him, me not cringing when Bill Hall plays 3B). Not everyone goes all Albert Pujols and owns from the day he steps in a major league batters box. Frustrating, yes, but that's baseball. The offense may be inconsistent, but they at least are doing something to keep us around .500 considering only 4 of our 12 pitchers on the roster have an ERA under 4.70, and only 3 guys not here (Ohka, CV, Simpson) had ERA's under that (which makes the return of Ohka, Sheets, and George of the strikeout that much more important). As for the trading thing, It's the beginning of July. You're not going to get anyone worth any immediate value until later in the month when teams start giving up on their seasons and looking to next year unless it is a malcontent/someone struggling who needs to be traded ASAP. I am confident we are headed in the right direction, and I have faith down the road if these guys don't get the job done, they won't be here. If we can keep doing what we're doing, hopefully Doug can get us something to help as the deadline approaches. If nothing happens, then we can complain... but for now as much as it sucks losing 3 of 4 to the Cubs, at least it was a winning homestand. EDIT: Spelling.

I was thinking the same thing since they've been hyping the late inning heroics for the past hour now, lol.

Yes Daron, that would (partly) be Dusty Baker's fault. If your player is walking to first base because he thinks he hit a HR, you admonish him so he doesn't do it again. Ramirez does that all the time and hasn't ever been called out on it, so can we stop the "It's not Dusty Baker's fault" show? Thanks.

That was beautiful. Good fundamentals and timely hitting.

Gotta love getting the W there. Cappy has to empty the tank tomorrow, but we'll deal with that when we get there.

Jim Powell is the biggest jinx ever, lmao.

Freel likes lefties, but Shouse was still the move because Hatteberg likes righties almost as much (had we gone with a RHP).

Davis is at 102 pitches. Knowing Yost one of two things is going to happen: a) He's going to run Davis out there for the 9th. b) He's going to put in Jose Capellan The way our 'pen has been, it wouldn't surprise me if Nedly went with a.

I'm just glad this didn't go to the 10th. We were either looking at Salad Tongs for his second inning, or Kolb (or Helling), any of which would make me go http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif lol.

For the win! I told you I felt a comeback victory! Finally in my IGT we weren't on the losing end of the 8 spot, lol.

That'll work! Lets go El Caballo *clap clap clap clap clap* ... hey, it's the best I can do from home, lol.

Bill Hall = owns the Reds. Jenks please don't do something stupid, let Caballo send us home.

Ah, the Mike Maddux music. Let's hope it helps. Lock this one down D-Bow.

Just when I was going to give Shouse some props too, Griffey gets one http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif . Gotta get the positive vibes going, I feel a comeback victory!

Knowing Yost, it'll be Capellan with Salad Tongs in the 8th if we can take the lead in the bottom half. At least we can hope. Now we need to have the 'pen hold the game where it is.