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If we had a member who actually was at the game, it might help us out a bit. It seemed like everyone in the park knew it was gone -- Braun, the announcers, the fans (you could hear all the air let out of the stadium when he made contact). It definitely seems like one of those shots that was hit a mile high as well as 400+ feet. Here's roughly where the ball landed -- it's almost impossible to view the video frame-by-frame, so I had to hit PrtSc as fast as I could: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/jami34/braunhr.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/jami34/braunhrzoom.jpg

I don't have much of a problem with him mentioning a no-hitter if it's getting reasonably late in the game (if the guy makes it through 6th, by all means, go nuts). What I have a problem with is how he'll openly bash those who are superstitious and the hint of arrogance he gives off while he's doing it. At least during Bush's no-hit bid, Jim Powell sounded reluctant to mention the hit column -- you could tell he respected the superstition and tradition of the game while he was calling the action.

I don't have much of a problem with him mentioning a no-hitter if it's getting reasonably late in the game (if the guy makes it through 6th, by all means, go nuts). What I have a problem with is how he'll openly bash those who are superstitious and the hint of arrogance he gives off while he's doing it. At least during Bush's no-hit bid, Jim Powell sounded reluctant to mention the hit column -- you could tell he respected the superstition and tradition of the game while he was calling the action.

I don't have much of a problem with him mentioning a no-hitter if it's getting reasonably late in the game (if the guy makes it through 6th, by all means, go nuts). What I have a problem with is how he'll openly bash those who are superstitious and the hint of arrogance he gives off while he's doing it. At least during Bush's no-hit bid, Jim Powell sounded reluctant to mention the hit column -- you could tell he respected the superstition and tradition of the game while he was calling the action.

I don't have much of a problem with him mentioning a no-hitter if it's getting reasonably late in the game (if the guy makes it through 6th, by all means, go nuts). What I have a problem with is how he'll openly bash those who are superstitious and the hint of arrogance he gives off while he's doing it. At least during Bush's no-hit bid, Jim Powell sounded reluctant to mention the hit column -- you could tell he respected the superstition and tradition of the game while he was calling the action.

I don't have much of a problem with him mentioning a no-hitter if it's getting reasonably late in the game (if the guy makes it through 6th, by all means, go nuts). What I have a problem with is how he'll openly bash those who are superstitious and the hint of arrogance he gives off while he's doing it. At least during Bush's no-hit bid, Jim Powell sounded reluctant to mention the hit column -- you could tell he respected the superstition and tradition of the game while he was calling the action.

I don't have much of a problem with him mentioning a no-hitter if it's getting reasonably late in the game (if the guy makes it through 6th, by all means, go nuts). What I have a problem with is how he'll openly bash those who are superstitious and the hint of arrogance he gives off while he's doing it. At least during Bush's no-hit bid, Jim Powell sounded reluctant to mention the hit column -- you could tell he respected the superstition and tradition of the game while he was calling the action.

The Brewers just finished a 7-game road trip, and the biggest thing we have to complain about is if the Brewers posed a bit too much while hitting their game-winning home runs. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

If he hits a game-winner against the Cubs, I want to see him do a repeat of Alfonso Soriano's moonwalk out of the batter's box. I watched the video that's on MLB.com's recap of the game, and came to the same conclusion TLB did -- judging from the FSN Midwest feed, it ricocheted off the stairs and bounced back into the field. The Cards outfielders stopped running once they realized they had no chance of robbing it. I think if it was close to being a wall-scraper, they would've tried to make a leaping grab, considering the circumstances.

Miller Park is going to be electric. Even though they'll be playing the last place team in the Central, I have no doubts the crowd will be acting like it's a playoff game. That 27-16 record against the NL Central is awesome.

I saw a pretty decent highlight package featuring the game at the start of SportsCenter after they got done with the Cubs highlights -- they showed Ankiel's RBI in the first, Ludwick's diving catch to rob Sheets with the bases loaded, Wellemeyer's liner down the line that got past Hart, Hart grounding into the double play to end the 7th and kill a rally, Braun's HR, and Torres' game-ending strikeout. I thought it was a pretty decent highlight package -- maybe you saw a different part of SportsCenter? The Yankees hype doesn't surprise me, though -- this is the eve of another Yankees/Red Sox series, so most of their coverage tonight was probably geared towards that. The Cards/Brewers series has been getting a lot of love on ESPNEWS all week, though -- their "ESPN Pregame" show does a pretty solid job of previewing the day's games every day, and each day they have a fan poll to decide which game gets highlighted -- the Brews/Cards game won every time this week ahead of Mets/Phillies, IIRC, so they spent a lot of time interviewing people who cover the Brewers (Haudricourt, people from the local radio stations, etc.). The anchors hosting the thing do their homework, too, giving the Brewers a lot of love for being the only NL team left undefeated after the break. I'm slowly noticing more love on the parent network, though -- tonight Buck Showalter picked the Brewers to win the NL Central, on 1st and 10 they debated whether or not the Brewers were the best team in the National League, and Tim Kurkjian gave the Brewers a lot of love on Mike & Mike this morning. It's definitely cool to see.

Just an incredible series. The biggest difference between this year's team and last year's team, aside from the sudden success on the road -- whenever the team got down early last year, I had next to no hope of coming back late in the game. Even though Sheets gave up a couple runs early tonight and that error by Hart really stunk, I had no doubts that this team would make a comeback. Absolutely incredible. Apparently, Wellemeyer and LaRussa spent most of the postgame show on FSN Midwest complaining about the strike zone. I don't know what Wellemeyer's complaining about -- in that inning where he threw 42 pitches, none of them were really borderline calls. He just stunk. The zone got a little bigger for Torres in the 9th, but Ludwick & Co. shouldn't be standing there with the bat on their shoulders on 0-2 when they're down by 1 in the 9th. LaRussa basically said "We got beat." and didn't say much more -- a Cards reporter asked him about something else and LaRussa followed it up by saying "This is one of those times where I'm not saying anything to avoid getting into trouble. I'm leaving it at that." This was a huge loss for the Cards -- they came into the series on a 5-game win streak, and have now dropped 4 straight. At home. 3 of the 4 coming in the 9th inning or later. And now they get to go to New York, who's like 9-1 in their past 10 home games with a 1.33 starter ERA. Then they get to go to Atlanta, who's still very good at home despite being a horrible road team. Once they get back home, they get to play the Phillies and Cubs. There's a chance the Brewers could have effectively killed the Cards' season with this sweep, barring a huge trade to get them back in it. How freaking cool is that?

For the most part, I don't think the Brewers have a problem with staring at their home runs. Braun is the one that gets accused of it the most often, but the only times it's really noticeable is when he hits a big one, like tonight's go-head HR or that 3-run bomb he hit off Lidge with 2 outs in Houston last year. Most of the other times, he looks at it long enough to know it's gone, and it seems like he makes his way around the bases a lot quicker than most other players do. Hall tends to do it a lot, too, but a part of it is his swing makes it hard for him to get out of the box quickly since he has such a big follow-through. Prince really only watches his shots when he's falling back on his back foot. Hardy usually watches his shots while running down the line at the same time. Same with Hart, since he doesn't have many booming blasts. I don't know who else opposing fans could accuse of "showboating" when they come up with a big hit...Cameron maybe, since he has a tendency to just drop his bat in the batter's box when he knows he gets a hold of one. I never had a problem with established guys watching their home runs a little bit -- I think Braun's earned that right by now, considering the ridiculous pace at which he's hitting his home runs. I was surprised that Braun's shot was only a few rows deep, but it was also to one of the deepest parts of the park, if I remember correctly. Ryan Ludwick hit one off Jeff Suppan a couple nights ago that was only a few rows deeper and apparently it was ruled the longest HR in the history of Busch III. It wasn't as deep as Braun made it look, but it wasn't a wall-scraper, either.

I think he would've gone longer in that Colorado game if he wasn't so amped up and tried to strike everyone out. He threw a ton of pitches and tired himself out by the 5th inning, and he started to get hit hard. I wouldn't call it a great start, but it wasn't a bad one, either (although the end result of that game really sucked). I'd like to think he pitched poorly in San Francisco because he was operating on a short rest schedule. I think if there's a good thing you can take away from his subpar start against the Giants, it's that he had his normal good velocity on the fastball and it sounded like the curveball wasn't breaking too bad, either. Ueck and Powell made it sound like it was the control he was struggling with, since he was leaving everything thigh-high. Hopefully a full 4 days off will have him rested enough to get that location back.

I can't help but notice that Bud looks like Montgomery Burns in that picture..."Exxxxcellent..." http://www.cineplex.com/Movies/FamousNews/FamousMagazine/ecms.aspx/$cineplex/ShearerBurns_2.jpg How about the David Bell Era?http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00kZ9Rj30ZabY/340x.jpg Classic Turnbow http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c351/r84x/dt407.jpg

I wonder how many fans still want him to be traded? Not me. Anymore http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif If Bill Hall really wants to be a Brewer, he needs to hit a go-ahead HR two more times this series.

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gS2c07etNeOh/610x.jpg http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/sports/brew/img/apr03/glen408.jpg http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/nick_neugebauer_autograph.jpg http://sports.espn.go.com/photo/2007/0314/mlb_g_sheffield1_195.jpg

http://www.manlyweb.com/sports/injuries/baseball/geoff-jenkins-ankle-injury3.jpg http://sportsmaven.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/cubs-win-nl-central-title-9-28-07.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2374/2460159692_8f63d55e75.jpg http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/images/2005/08/26/xXbc5kUX.jpg (the game where Ben tore his lat)

Yeah, he's definitely under the 50-inning limit, but the thing that might trip him up is the part about being on the 25-man roster for more than 45 days. I don't know how many days he was on the roster last year, but it wouldn't surprise me if he was over the limit by a few days.

If Yost wants to out-Tony Tony, he could intentionally peg a guy in the bottom of the first inning and get both benches warned before the Cards even get the chance to intentionally hit Hall. I'm not a fan of beanball wars, though, so I kind of just hope CC retaliates by striking out Pujols 3 times and screaming into his glove while pumping his fist each time. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Reggie Bush (er, HB #5) in NCAA Football 06, especially when he was "in the zone." Unstoppable if he got to the outside, and if he was in the zone, he'd break tackles like Barry Sanders. And while it's not a sports game, I rocked in Mortal Kombat with Scorpion. Get as far away from the opponent as possible to avoid getting hit, use the "GET OVER HERE!!" spear to drag them over, and then unleash a nasty combo. Repeat as necessary. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif Mike Rivera's a beast in MLB 07 The Show -- for some reason, one of the best hitting catchers in the entire game. In Owner Mode, I had him producing like vintage Pudge/Piazza. Eric Gagne was pretty unhittable in MVP 05 -- 98 mph fastball, 70 mph curveball, 60 mph changeup.

It's like they stole a concept from every baseball video game made in the past few years, slapped a Burger King sponsorship on it, and used crappy sound effects. Speaking of FOX and horrible sound effects, what's with the robot sounds when the scoreboard pops up? And the effect that sounds like a computer mouse clicking after every out is recorded? And guess which network televises the NLCS this year? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

I couldn't come up with a better Hogan comparison on the Brewers. I figured Prince has the most Hulk-like biceps on the team and is a better nemesis for Pujols than Gabe Kapler. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Berniehttp://theallseeingeye.tv/dc_washingtonMonument_01.jpg http://umpbump.com/press/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/bobuecker.jpg http://www.hhfi.org/tbdf/Portals/0/North%20Braddock/george-washington-picture.jpg

http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123037/2111855/2127621/051005_sn_AlbertPujolsEX.jpg http://coedmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/27/hulk.jpg http://www.espnmediazone.com/images/ESPN0813cover.jpg

Len Kasper sounds like he's contemplating suicide in the broadcast booth. It's not easy being green (or a Cubs fan) for Kermit.