littledoc83

I'm actually encouraged by this start for Marcum. He "rusty" to start the game which is understandable. If nothing else he looked like he just wasn't comfortable. After the second inning he settled down fine. Would have been easy for him to have a complete blow up starting out that bad coming off only 1 start after missing a start in st. He battled through it and could end up with 5 IP and 3 ER which is perfectly fine by me on 80 pitches. The bigger positive is the amount of movement he has on his off speed stuff. First time I've seen him pitch and his ball moves late by the looks of it. HE'LL BE FINE

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I know the new "aggressive" style was quite the topic prior to ST starting up, but since the games have started I haven't heard much about it. From glancing through box scores, I haven't seen very many stolen bases or caught stealing. Does anyone have the steals/attempts numbers from spring games? For those that are down in AZ have there been many runners stretching singles into doubles or that type of aggressiveness?

Boggs and Almonte seemed to stand out to me so far. With Almonte having SS experience, he seems to be pretty agile coming off the bag at first on some slightly poor throws. Gallardo and Axford look like they are ready to go now.

Eric Almonte

1. I had an issue just getting into the parking lot. They were screening cars as they turned around the left hand corner to come into the general parking lot entrance road. The officers there were asking to see tickets before you could go in. I had chose the print at home method and then never received the e-mail to print from. I contacted the brewers ticket office and they told me it was their mistake and that the tickets would be waiting at will call. The officer didn't want to seem to believe me.... argued my case for prolly 3-4 minutes before he finally let me into the parking lot. I forgot they did that on opening day... note to any others who may use will call on opening day.... bring a printed off receipt if at all possible to avoid the hassle. 2. Agree that I seen far less "incidences" this year than the past couple years. 3. Sure hope the anti-clutch hitting doesn't become a trend. 4. Beautiful weather can not be stated enough. 5. Noticed the new pasta cart... seemed odd to me for a baseball game. 6. Got a chuckle out of a Ohka jersey sitting right in front of me.

Jeffress listed as a 2009 ETA.... they guessing at an end of the year call up?

I have thought about moving Hardy to 3B, and bringing Escobar up to play short. That would be a great defensive left side of the infield. I would think Hardy is above average defense at 3B. He may be lacking a little power for there, but in all honesty hit for more power than anyone we played at 3B this year, except maybe Branyan. Also don't forget about Cappy... Maybe a long shot at this point, but thought his name deserved to be thrown out there.

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I was trying to make late plans to go to this Sunday's game, but when I tried to buy tickets the only ones available are single tickets (I need 2 together). I went to a sold out game on short notice last year planning on buying tickets from a scalper or something, and ended up finding out that there were still tickets available at the window. Does the team keep a certain amount of tickets just for walk up customers? If so, how early would I have to get to the game to pick up 2 seats together? Thanks in advance.

Two things to say: 1. Here's to hoping that Mike Cameron = Big shot in the arm. There is enough talent in the line up now that individuals shouldn't feel the need to press, but another veteran like Cameron could be a spark. 2. How much did the Brewers not need TGJ to get hurt during the first 25 games. He would have been a left handed bat that brought another dimension to the table with his speed and defense.... aka the anti-gross.

One thing that hasn't been brought up is that it is raining. The chance of a rain delay and the possibility of having to use extra pitchers could have also played a roll.

Is there some sort of deadline in which this decision has to be made? Yost declined to comment after the game today. Any idea of when the decision will be announced? I was also wondering if there was a deadline as to when the brewers would have to let Cincy know who was starting?

And I'm not sure yet that one of those 84-85 mph pitches at the end there wasn't actually a fastball. I went back and looked at it. The last pitch that he threw in the inning to get the strikeout was a fastball that registered at 86. The announcers were talking about him throwing the 3 or 4 change-ups in a row, so the FSN camera angle was showing the signs that Kendall was putting down. The second to last pitch he called for a change-up and the last pitch he called for a fastball.

60 pitches and he's done... that's a for sure somethings up type deal. Here's to hoping that something is rather minor