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Brewers (2) vs. Padres (5) 9/4 — Tastes Great, Less Filling
Tastes Great:
Umm……
Less Filling:
Dear Brewers,
I think its time we take a break. It’s not me, its you. You’re just not….exciting to me anymore. All you want to do is be lazy and I just can’t put up with it anymore. You never want to do anything. No running, no hitting (on me), no pitching special gems my way. Suddenly you’re on the phone with someone named Bill Castro all the time looking for “relief”. What does that mean for us? We just can’t get off to a good start when I get home from work. I ask what’s for dinner and all you offer up are doughnuts. And they aren’t doing anything for your figure. It’d be nice to see a few curves in your line.
I just can’t be with you until you get things straightened out. I hope it doesn’t take Weeks for you to recognize my Braun and see me as the Prince I am. Because I love you with all my Hart, especially between the Sheets. Even if sometimes you’re Riske and make me want to Gagne.
So when you’re done with this messing around and laziness let me know. And I’ll happily come back to you and we can be together again. Is tomorrow the day? If so send me an email and make sure to CC it to yourself.
Who knows, maybe you’re just not being good right now because you have a Yost infection.
Brewers (2) @ Padres (3) 8/14 — Tastes Great, Less Filling
Tastes Great:
Mike Cameron–Accounted for the only two runs on a RBI single in the 7th and a solo home run in the 9th. You absolutely have to ride him while he’s hot. The Brewers are a little more limited in their options with Braun out, so it will make the decision easier for Ned to leave him in………hopefully.
Craig Counsell–He’s taken some abuse lately, including some from me. Coming into today he was hitting .182 for the month and only 1 of his last 21, yet somehow had managed to start 9 games. He stepped up today though. Was on base 3 times. Unfortunately Nix behind him was unable to do anything.
Less Filling:
Ned Yost–This idea of running a lineup out there based on positions instead of individual players is absolutely ridiculous. I’ve never heard of another manager doing this. So this causes guys like Craig Counsell and Lance Nix to be in key positions at the top of the order, and have more opportunities to bat than better hitters like Fielder, Hart, and Cameron (lately). Just asinine in my opinion.
Another thing I’ve harped on several times with Yost is his poor in-game managerial decisions, including his failure to utilize pinch hitters in appropriate positions. Several times lately he’s left Jason Kendall in to hit in late game key situations, despite having much better hitting options on the bench. Kendall has done nothing to deserve the chance to hit in those situations. He’s hitting under .250 on the year with a sub-.650 OPS. You’ve got to put your team in the best position to win games as a manager, and by leaving Kendall in there Yost is not doing that. There’s a good chance it would have made no difference on the outcome, but it certainly would have increased the chance of his team. You can’t afford to give away at-bats and games at any point down the stretch here. Yet Yost manages like its ok to not put your team in the best position to win by not pinch-hitting, using ridiculous lineups, and not managing with a sense of urgency. The Brewers may very well win the Wild Card and make the playoffs, but it won’t be because of Yost. It will be because of their raw natural talent and more in spite of him than anything.
Brewers (7) @ Padres (1) 8/13 — Tastes Great, Less Filling
Tastes Great:
CC Sabathia–Starting to run out of superlatives to describe the job CC has done this year. This is the first time since his first start (perhaps the Cubs game as well) where you could say CC didn’t have his A+ stuff. He had more like B+ stuff today, but that is good enough for 7 innings and only 1 run. The way he’s pitching right now you just wonder how anyone can score a run off him.
Corey Hart–Picking up the slack for his injured outfield mate Ryan Braun. Came through big with 3 hits, including the bases clearing triple that broke the game open in the 5th.
Prince Fielder–Somewhat quietly he’s catching up to Braun for the home run lead on the team. You get the feeling he could hit 12 or 15 home runs this month or next. He just needs to keep making solid contact and not worrying about killing the ball every time. You just hope he doesn’t fall into the trap of trying to hit home runs every at bat and lose sight of being a good hitter.
Less Filling:
There were a few guys that struggled, but when you win 7 to 1 on the road it is a pretty good overall team effort.
Brewers (5) @ Padres (2) 8/12 — Tastes Great, Less Filling
Tastes Great:
Jeff Suppan–Took full advantage of the pitcher-friendly dimensions at Petco Park. He pounded the strike zone and dared the Padre hitters to try to elevate the ball and hit it far enough to go out. He gave up two solo home runs and a couple others that went for deep outs, but only allowed 4 hits in 8 innings. He’s been a much better pitcher in August and September in his career and he is showing that again this year.
Prince Fielder–He hit that ball out to right about as hard as you can hit a ball. He generates so much power when he goes all out like that. He’s been on a tear for the past couple weeks and has increased it even more since that dugout fracas.
Mike Cameron–This blog was quoted on the MLB.com front page only 3 day ago with a statement that Cameron is a streaky player and needs to be playing every day during this hot streak (article originally published 8/6). Cameron’s certainly proving me right on that one. Picked up two more hits including his second home run in 5 games since I made that statement.
Less Filling:
J.J. Hardy–Grounded into two double plays, including one in a bases loaded no out situation in the 7th. The Brewers were only up 4-2 at that time, and tack on runs are huge. Hardy was fortunate the Padres committed an error on the next play to allow one run to score, otherwise he would have been largely responsible for the Brewers not scoring with the bases loaded and no one out.
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