I mean for ****s sake. That hit got the Brewers 2 runs and as a 'neutral' national announcer, you find a positive that the pitcher gets to hit.
Jeffress had 2 previous plate appearances in his MLB career (both Ks).
He was 1 for 8 in the minors.
10 plate appearances in 13 years of organized baseball.
Looking! YES!
1 more!!!
MichiganPacker2 posted:Jeffress had 2 previous plate appearances in his MLB career (both Ks).
He was 1 for 8 in the minors.
10 plate appearances in 13 years of organized baseball.
And he even made contact!
BREWERS WIN!!! BREWERS WIN!!!
MichiganPacker2 posted:Jeffress had 2 previous plate appearances in his MLB career (both Ks).
He was 1 for 8 in the minors.
10 plate appearances in 13 years of organized baseball.
Have you ever had a positive take on anything in LIFE?
Dude, get a new take, your negativity makes you seem even suckyer than you are.
I wonder if A-Rod still thinks the Rockies have the Brewers right where they want them.
Up 2-0 baby.....Now go to Colorado & light these fools up!
I'm expecting a 10 spot minimum from the Crew on Sunday
Crew pitchers will hold them to 5 or less
I remember 82, I was at the Saturday game of the sweep. Need one more.
sunday weather for me is 40% rain/snow showers, but I am 3000 feet higher in elevation.
Go Badgers, Go Pack and Go Brewers....gonna be a sports divorce weekend.
Enjoy.
Man, it's nice having great Corey Knebel back.
And HUGE props to Chacin. 5 scoreless today. 5.2 and 1 R vs the Cubs in game 163.
People were hoping for 3 innings each time. Super job.
PackerHawk posted:Anyone catch Arod's comment after the game that the Rockies are now in the drivers seat because all they had to do was steal one game in Milwaukee before they go back to Colorado?
Huh? Did they already lose game two?
They did.
Timpranillo posted:Man, it's nice having great Corey Knebel back.
My friend & I call him
Evil Knebel
Cavetoad posted:MichiganPacker2 posted:Jeffress had 2 previous plate appearances in his MLB career (both Ks).
He was 1 for 8 in the minors.
10 plate appearances in 13 years of organized baseball.
Have you ever had a positive take on anything in LIFE?
Dude, get a new take, your negativity makes you seem even suckyer than you are.
I wasn't being negative at all. I was just happy we didn't go to Guerra.
Brewers starting pitchers in Games 1 and 2
8 innings, 24 at bats, 3 hits (all singles), 4 walks.
.125 BA
250 OBP
125 SLG
375 OPS
The bullpen games only work well if you get those first few innings and both Chacin and Woodruff were lights out.
I wouldn't call today a bullpen game. It was nothing different than what CC has done most of the season. Yesterday was different, but Sunday is a regular starter in Miley going. So unless he pulls Miley after 2 or 3 innings no matter how he is pitching I won't call it a bullpen game either.
Every bull pen guy can go Sunday?
antooo posted:I wonder if A-Rod still thinks the Rockies have the Brewers right where they want them.
Sure they do. Itâs a given they will win both games in Colorado (just ask Arod) then all the pressure will be on Milwaukee when they return home. They should just call the series now and let the Rockies advance.
I'd love to see Miley go 8 strong in Colorado
Made the 4 hour drive to the game......great atmosphere. Council is doing a great job. When I saw Perez was in the lineup instead of Arcia I shook my head, should have been nodding it. Lots of great decisions by council, and as a math person, I just want to sayâgo analyticsâ. Now if I could just get the Brewers to hire my son and his graduate degree in data analytics.
justanotherpackerfan posted:Made the 4 hour drive to the game......great atmosphere. Council is doing a great job. When I saw Perez was in the lineup instead of Arcia I shook my head, should have been nodding it. Lots of great decisions by council, and as a math person, I just want to sayâgo analyticsâ. Now if I could just get the Brewers to hire my son and his graduate degree in data analytics.
I'm also a statistics-oriented person (albeit with a PhD in Biology, not Math). I love the way the CC has embraced what the statistics say you should do. Things like starting a game with a guy to get one out based on a much more favorable matchup (which is possible with the expanded rosters in September), etc. That will work 9 times of out 10. The problem is that eventually some "old-timer, traditionalist" will roast him the 1 time out of 10 it doesn't work without talking about the fact that over a large sample size you will come out ahead in the end. It takes some guts to commit to that approach .
I wish some football coach would take this type of approach as well. Every statistical analysis done suggests that you should almost always go for it on 4th down no matter where you are in the field and you should onside kick almost every time as well. The 30-40 yards of field position you risk losing is nowhere near as meaningful as the ability to make a play to extend a drive or get extra possessions. The problem is football coaches know they won't get criticized for doing what's always been done and even Belichick got hammered for that one game he went for it on 4th and 1 at his own 30 against the Peyton Manning coach (like giving it to Manning at his own 40 instead of your 30 wasn't worth the high probability that Brady would convert).
I'm with you MP2, go for it in most situations, not all, most. And go for 2 in more situations. There is a time and place for everything.
Of course I reserve the right to rip the coach when it doesn't work out.
Pikes Peak posted:I'm with you MP2, go for it in most situations, not all, most. And go for 2 in more situations. There is a time and place for everything.
Of course I reserve the right to rip the coach when it doesn't work out.
Agree on the 2 point conversions as well. Being more conservative should be the exception not the rule (kicking the XP to go up 4 or 9 late in a game is obvious).
I wish MM would embrace this, but he never will. If you don't recover an onside kick you give them the ball at the 50 instead of the 25. I'd risk 25 yards of field position every time to get Rodgers an extra possession. You'd have to look at the statistics once teams were prepared. Surprise onside kicks are recovered at 60 percent by the kicking team, when they know it's coming, kicking teams only recover 20% (unless Bostick is lined up to field it). But you'd still benefit from forcing the other team to spend more time in practice preparing against it, etc.
Mike Sherman's 4th and 1 from the 42 in the Eagles playoff game is one of the all-time greater examples of when you should go for it every time. He did get them to 4th and 26 eventually, but if you go for it and get it, 4th and 26 doesn't happen, and they only gained 20 yard of field position punting .
It will also be interesting to see if other teams embrace spending moderately for a lot of depth in the bullpen compared to spending big on an elite starter.
The Brewers have 18 pitchers on their 40 man roster. They have 42 million invested in all 18 guys (and 33 million in 17 guys if you don't count Soria). Obviously, guys like Hader will make a lot more money when they get to arbitration, but investing in young arms and a few Andrew Miller type bullpen guys is a lot more cost efficient than getting Yu Darvish or even clearly elite guys like Kershaw or Greinke.
33 million for 17 guys on the 40 man roster
vs.
Greinke - 34 million
Kershaw - 32 million
David Price - 31 million
Scherzer - 30 million
Darvish - 25 million
Strasburg - 25 million
The Yankees, Red Sox, or Nationals are eventually going to figure out it's much more cost-effective and risk mitigating (a blown out arm on a 30 million dollar guy is catastrophic) to pay 7-8 good players 6-8 million each than to pay 1 or 2 starters 30 million each.
Pikes Peak posted:I remember 82, I was at the Saturday game of the sweep. Need one more.
I was there as well. It was a fun game. My seats were close to the top row right field upper deck. It was the perfect vantage point to see Charlie Moore throw out Reggie Jackson on a line at third. I got in trouble so I had to go on Saturday instead of Sunday which my brother and Uncle went to.
Lets put this sweep on the front end of the series and not back end like in 82.
I was lucky, about 20 rows up behind the plate.....Tommy Lasorda was a couple of rows ahead of me. And I can clearly recall
folks brandishing brooms for the sweep.
My memories from the 1970s and 1980s were listening to Uecker call games on the radio. My biggest Wisconsin-related sports wish is to hear Uecker call the final out of a Brewers World Series win. I think I would literally use that as my ringtone for the rest of my life. As much as I became a huge fan of the Packers, Bucks, and Badgers (and Jim Irwin and Eddie Doucette had their moments) there is nothing like hearing Uecker call a Brewer game.
Harry Caray and Vin Skully were as much a part of their teams as Uecker is, but I think Uecker may be the most beloved radio announcer by the team's players in history. People like Robin Yount seem to worship the guy. What other radio announcer would be doing this?
Bob is the best, no doubt. Jim and Max were a very good team and you youngsters won't remember Blaine Walsh and Earl Gillespie but in the days before every game was televised they could paint a very good picture. Many a night I listened to them on my Philco as I fell asleep.
Merle Harmon and Bob were a great team in the early 70's doing Brewer baseball. Nerle was the play by play and Bob did the color work. Merle could be just as funny as Bob.
In a couple hours - We sit down & watch our favorite team go for a sweep - CAN'T WAIT!
This could be the Brewers first playoff series sweep. C'mon Brewers !
Thought this was on FS1 again. MLB is not available on my cable system. The trees around my house make DirecTV no longer a viable option. Any streaming options that anyone knows about. I am in the NOT know on this unfortunately.
Damn, there goes the no-hitter
Iâm sick.....I donât get MLB channel....... so just checking score on iPad. Go Brewers Go.
Nice start from Miley so far. Give me three more innings just like the first two.
Miley with three strong. That might be it if they get to his spot in the order.
Brewers starting pitchers this series so far (or should I say initial out getters)
11 innings, 5 hits, 5 walks, 7 Ks
0.91 WHIP
0.00 ERA
Aguilar off the schnide in the playoffs now.
KABOOM!! JESUS!!!!
Now that is what's called CRUSHING a curve ball
2-0 Crew!!!