Grind Up the Phillies Thread

Yes, tonight's game starts at 6:40 and looks to be on TBS.

Gamecast gives the Crew a 47.6% chance of winning, but I have my doubts about this one.

With Fankie Montas on the mound:

Plastic is hung o’er the lockers with care.
Blessed with Bob Uecker, he’ll be there.
Getting close now, the champagne is ready.
If the Cubs fall first, so will the confetti!

To Win the NL Central -
Brewers Magic Number: 2🍻#ThisIsMyCrew #HaloHank pic.twitter.com/KMiDP8imLj

— Brewers Magic Number (@BrewersMagicNum) September 17, 2024

FYI ...Montas is better than Wheeler & 3 years younger.

Crew wins 2-0 in another nail biter

@Boris posted:

FYI ...Montas is better than Wheeler & 3 years younger.

Crew wins 2-0 in another nail biter

Montas is one of the guys that seem to dominate 80% of the guys he faces, but then he'll have a sloppy inning where he'll walk the 8th and 9th place hitters and end up giving up a 3-run HR to some guy near the top of the order.

Disagree on Wheeler - he's going to finish 2nd in the NL Cy Young voting behind Chris Sale this year. There's a reason he makes 42 million a year (more than the entire Brewers pitching staff). He's good.

Here is this evening's line up:

Montas strikes out Schwarber. Always a good thing!

Montas gets Turner to hit a hopper to Adames and then strikes out Harper. Nice job, Frankie!

Brewers go down in order. To the 2nd inning.

Castellanos hits a HR to left Center. 1-0 Phillies.

MLB can suck balls.  TBS says game blacked out in my area, 4 hours away in Eau Claire.

Ballysports app won't load, can't log into my account.  I'm guessing they crashed.  Again.

Say what you want about NFL, but they don't have any problems broadcasting their product.

And just as I post, Bally comes to life.

I take nothing back. 

Game is on TBS in Hudson, 70 miles west of Eau Claire and 20 miles east of Minneapolis. Go figure. Twins- Guardians game is on BSNorth, now. Thought sure we'd be blocked.

Oakland up 2-0, over the Cubs. Now top of the 2nd inning.

Mitchell gets a base hit.

Adames strikes out. Mitchell steals 2nd! 1 out.

Bauers flies out. 2 down. Hoskins up. Hoskins strikes out, stranding Mitchell.

Turner caught stealing 2nd! Under review.  Runner is out! Middle of the inning.

No game for me either.  Thought TBS would be on YouTube TV, NOPE.  But it is on Sling but at $40.00 per month, hard pass.

Frelick up. Strikes out. Ortiz up. Grounds out. Turang up. Takes the count full. Flies out to RF. 4th inning coming up.

Oakland 3, Cubs 1 top of the 3rd.

Turang, with some nice range, to throw out Castellanos.

@ammo posted:

No game for me either.  Thought TBS would be on YouTube TV, NOPE.  But it is on Sling but at $40.00 per month, hard pass.

You mean blacked out on YTube or that TBS isn't available on YTube?

Cause I have YTube and have TBS available.  Just not the game tonight.

Montas strikes out Realmuto. Montas's 8th strikeout, tonight.

Contreras singles. Mitchell up. Hits one to the gap! RBI triple! Tie game!

Adames up. Adames strikes out. 2 down. Bauers up. Gotta score Mitchell! Nope. fly ball, easy out

A's 3, Cubs 2, in the 4th.

@EC Pack posted:

You mean blacked out on YTube or that TBS isn't available on YTube?

Cause I have YTube and have TBS available.  Just not the game tonight.

I could not find TBS on my YouTube.  Maybe because it was blacked out but I can't recall ever seeing it.

1-1 going into the bottom of the 5th, close game

@ammo posted:

I could not find TBS on my YouTube.  Maybe because it was blacked out but I can't recall ever seeing it.

You are talking about YoutubeTV correct?  It is near the top of the YTV guide.

Harper hits a 2 run HR.  3-1 Phillie.

Murphy relieving Montas. Ashby coming into the game. A's 4, Cubs 2.

@Eddie posted:

You are talking about YoutubeTV correct?  It is near the top of the YTV guide.

Did find it by searching for Brewers. Says unavailable. 

Dodgers lose so at least this impending loss won't take the Brewers more than one game off the Dodgers' pace.

Wheeler at about 90 pitches. Wonder how long he'll go.

@MichiganPacker2 posted:

Dodgers lose so at least this impending loss won't take the Brewers more than one game off the Dodgers' pace.

Wouldn't be 2 games?  Dodgers 89 - 62.  Brewers if lose  87 -64.

Nice job by Payamps to strike out the side.

Isaac Collins pinch hits for Turang.

That's the Brewers biggest weakness. They have no real pinch hitting threat off their bench for these types of situations?

Isaac Collins is the best you can do? They could bring Ryan Braun out of retirement and he'd have a better chance of getting a clutch hit than they would with Isaac Collins.

@ammo posted:

Wouldn't be 2 games?  Dodgers 89 - 62.  Brewers if lose  87 -64.

You're right. I was one game off.

The Brewers lost tonight to a 42 million dollar starting pitcher and to two guys guys who hit home runs making 47 million between them. Those three guys make 89 million. The Brewers entire active roster makes 71 million.