Saturday, April 28, 2007
Ok, Seriously Now
How many broadcasts will Ann Carroll screw up before FSN yanks her off the air? Seriously, I haven't seen one pre- or post-show that she hasn't flubbed. How hard is it to read a teleprompter? "Brewers Live" is almost unwatchable since she started, and what's with the studio shots? I much preferred the live feed from the ballpark, filled in with pretaped interviews. The new format sucks, as does Ann Carroll, and not in a good way. Go Brewers!
Monday, April 23, 2007
Take That, Zambrano!
Holy hard fought comebacks, Batman! How awesome was that game tonight?? I must admit, I watched most of the last few innings through my fingers, rocking back and forth on the sofa like a catatonic. But all was well in the end as the Brewers made Carlos Zambrano eat his words.
JJ Hardy. Craig Counsell. Geoff Jenkins. Prince Fielder. Carlos Villanueva. Derrick Turnbow. Outstanding, clutch offense. Unbelievably amazing defense. Tremendous bullpen effort. There aren't enough adjectives to describe the way our Brewers played tonight. Games like this are going to give me a heart attack before the All Star Break!
One of the commentators mentioned early in the game that Lou Piniella divides his season into ten sixteen-game segments. He said that after sixteen games you should know where your club is at, and how they're going to play. Hmmmm. 19 games into the season and the Brewers are 12-7, and the Cubs are 7-12. I like Lou's theory!
Claudio Vargas didn't have his good stuff tonight, but luckily the bullpen pitched out of some jams to keep the team in the game, and ultimately deliver a win for Villanueva, and a save for Turnbow, his first since last July.
I could ramble on all night about how fantastic this game was, but I won't. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's matchup between Rich Hill and our $42 million dollar man, Jeff Suppan. Rich Hill is tough, sporting an ERA of only 0.41, but hopefully tonight put a real charge into the Brewer bats, and they'll be able to get off to a good start tomorrow.
Well I've way too worked up tonight, and I need a beer! Until next time, go Brewers!
JJ Hardy. Craig Counsell. Geoff Jenkins. Prince Fielder. Carlos Villanueva. Derrick Turnbow. Outstanding, clutch offense. Unbelievably amazing defense. Tremendous bullpen effort. There aren't enough adjectives to describe the way our Brewers played tonight. Games like this are going to give me a heart attack before the All Star Break!
One of the commentators mentioned early in the game that Lou Piniella divides his season into ten sixteen-game segments. He said that after sixteen games you should know where your club is at, and how they're going to play. Hmmmm. 19 games into the season and the Brewers are 12-7, and the Cubs are 7-12. I like Lou's theory!
Claudio Vargas didn't have his good stuff tonight, but luckily the bullpen pitched out of some jams to keep the team in the game, and ultimately deliver a win for Villanueva, and a save for Turnbow, his first since last July.
I could ramble on all night about how fantastic this game was, but I won't. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's matchup between Rich Hill and our $42 million dollar man, Jeff Suppan. Rich Hill is tough, sporting an ERA of only 0.41, but hopefully tonight put a real charge into the Brewer bats, and they'll be able to get off to a good start tomorrow.
Well I've way too worked up tonight, and I need a beer! Until next time, go Brewers!
Sunday, April 15, 2007
This is our Ace?
Once again, I'm scratching my head over the hoopla around Ben Sheets. I keep hearing about how "lights out" he is when he's healthy. Well, this year he's healthy, and right now he's getting lit up like a Christmas tree. Sure, he had a brilliant opening day, but what the hell has he done since then? It's the bottom of the 6th right now in St. Louis, and Big Ben has had his butt handed to him today.
I missed Ben's breakout season a few years ago when he established himself as an "ace," and I have yet to see his fantastic stuff on a consistent basis. All I've seen in my three years of watching the Brewers, besides Ben saying "ouch my arm hurts" for two seasons, is a few flashes of brilliance amid long stretches of mediocrity.
And on top of pitching like shit today and giving away the game, he also killed the ERA on my fantasy team! The big 12.6 he's sitting on for today's game totally negates the 2.7 posted by my other starter. My ERA went from a 2.8 to a 4.0 Thanks a lot Ben!
I missed Ben's breakout season a few years ago when he established himself as an "ace," and I have yet to see his fantastic stuff on a consistent basis. All I've seen in my three years of watching the Brewers, besides Ben saying "ouch my arm hurts" for two seasons, is a few flashes of brilliance amid long stretches of mediocrity.
And on top of pitching like shit today and giving away the game, he also killed the ERA on my fantasy team! The big 12.6 he's sitting on for today's game totally negates the 2.7 posted by my other starter. My ERA went from a 2.8 to a 4.0 Thanks a lot Ben!
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Umps, Drunks and Soup
Wow, so many things going on in my head, I don't even know where to start. Jeff Suppan, bad umpires, Brady getting booed. I'll start with Soup.
How great was it to see him in a Brewer uniform? Granted, he didn't start off sharp, but he did what he was hired to do: keep the team in the game. He really reeled it in after the third inning or so and carved up the Dodgers, and kept the Brewers within two. Sadly, Carlos Villanueva blew that. I don't recall Carlos ever pitching that badly!
Of course, his bad pitching could have been the result of bad calling. I don't know how it looked on TV, but from where I was sitting at the game, it seemed the home plate umpire was flipping a coin to decide balls and strikes. His strike zone seemed hugely erratic, and he was definitely not calling both ways.
Yes it was disappointing to not get the sweep, and several drunks around me started yelling to give up the season. But the way I look at it, we started off 5-0 last year and the season went to crap, so maybe it's a good thing we got that first loss out of the way. Just my opinion.
Speaking of drunks, what the hell was up with booing Brady Clark last night? He didn't trade himself! He didn't ask to be traded, and wasn't a free agent looking for money. So all of you who were booing Brady last night need to become better informed before you open your mouths!
Maybe Brady even knows something we don't. He signed my homerun poster for me before the game, and I told him I wasn't happy with Doug Melvin about the trade, and he told me he'd be back next year. Sounds to me like Brady wants to be in Milwaukee, but I can only hope he'll be back. Such a class act, and I wish him only the best.
Getting back to those drunks, I gotta say there's nothing better than going to a game and being surrounded by them. Especially drunks who talk a lot. Drunks who talk a lot who have no friggin' clue what they're talking about is even better! ( hopefully by now you're picked up on the sarcasm!) I had a lovely group of young men sitting in front of me last night who were razzing Jenkins every time he came up to bat about his strikeouts. I finally asked them if they recalled that Jenkins was hitting over .400 in spring training, and was 1-2 at that point in the game. Then they complained about Bill Hall and his strikeouts, totally overlooking the fact that Hall didn't strike out until his last at bat. (that's an improvement for Hall!) Listening to them makes me not want to drink at games anymore. Almost.
Then there was the father and son sitting behind me who were talking nonstop during the game. Again, they had absolutely no clue what they were talking about. Do I know too much about baseball, or am I just too impatient with people who don't bother to educate themselves?
Who knows? All in all, it was a fantastic series against a damn good team. Turnbow seems to have his stuff back. Bill Hall isn't striking out at much, nor is Jenkins. Hardy seems back to full form. The defense looked great, as did the offense and pitching. This could be a really good season.
I'm looking forward to beating the crap out of the Cubs this weekend when Miller Park is once again invaded by FIB's. I'll be there Friday to check out the first of many "Retro Fridays" and collect my little Charlie Moore bobblehead. Dave Bush gets his first start of the season against Rich Hill. These two faced off in the last meeting of the season last year, and Bush was spectacular. Here's hoping he can do it again. Until next time, go Brewers!
How great was it to see him in a Brewer uniform? Granted, he didn't start off sharp, but he did what he was hired to do: keep the team in the game. He really reeled it in after the third inning or so and carved up the Dodgers, and kept the Brewers within two. Sadly, Carlos Villanueva blew that. I don't recall Carlos ever pitching that badly!
Of course, his bad pitching could have been the result of bad calling. I don't know how it looked on TV, but from where I was sitting at the game, it seemed the home plate umpire was flipping a coin to decide balls and strikes. His strike zone seemed hugely erratic, and he was definitely not calling both ways.
Yes it was disappointing to not get the sweep, and several drunks around me started yelling to give up the season. But the way I look at it, we started off 5-0 last year and the season went to crap, so maybe it's a good thing we got that first loss out of the way. Just my opinion.
Speaking of drunks, what the hell was up with booing Brady Clark last night? He didn't trade himself! He didn't ask to be traded, and wasn't a free agent looking for money. So all of you who were booing Brady last night need to become better informed before you open your mouths!
Maybe Brady even knows something we don't. He signed my homerun poster for me before the game, and I told him I wasn't happy with Doug Melvin about the trade, and he told me he'd be back next year. Sounds to me like Brady wants to be in Milwaukee, but I can only hope he'll be back. Such a class act, and I wish him only the best.
Getting back to those drunks, I gotta say there's nothing better than going to a game and being surrounded by them. Especially drunks who talk a lot. Drunks who talk a lot who have no friggin' clue what they're talking about is even better! ( hopefully by now you're picked up on the sarcasm!) I had a lovely group of young men sitting in front of me last night who were razzing Jenkins every time he came up to bat about his strikeouts. I finally asked them if they recalled that Jenkins was hitting over .400 in spring training, and was 1-2 at that point in the game. Then they complained about Bill Hall and his strikeouts, totally overlooking the fact that Hall didn't strike out until his last at bat. (that's an improvement for Hall!) Listening to them makes me not want to drink at games anymore. Almost.
Then there was the father and son sitting behind me who were talking nonstop during the game. Again, they had absolutely no clue what they were talking about. Do I know too much about baseball, or am I just too impatient with people who don't bother to educate themselves?
Who knows? All in all, it was a fantastic series against a damn good team. Turnbow seems to have his stuff back. Bill Hall isn't striking out at much, nor is Jenkins. Hardy seems back to full form. The defense looked great, as did the offense and pitching. This could be a really good season.
I'm looking forward to beating the crap out of the Cubs this weekend when Miller Park is once again invaded by FIB's. I'll be there Friday to check out the first of many "Retro Fridays" and collect my little Charlie Moore bobblehead. Dave Bush gets his first start of the season against Rich Hill. These two faced off in the last meeting of the season last year, and Bush was spectacular. Here's hoping he can do it again. Until next time, go Brewers!
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