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Post#1 » by Captain Erv » Fri Jul 6, 2007 2:31 am

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Post#2 » by livestrong4ever » Fri Jul 6, 2007 2:47 am

Glad to get out of PNC Park!

I love how fox chicago is saying we are choking because we have lost 3/4 in a place we never do good.

good stuff good stuff.
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Post#3 » by WEFFPIM » Fri Jul 6, 2007 3:08 am

I, personally, can't help but feel concerned at this juncture. This roadtrip is full of teams that the Brewers need to have beaten and they haven't. Meanwhile, the Cubs have flipped on the switch that their talent is capable of switching on. Now, the Brewers have to keep glancing in the mirror as the Cubs give chase, and that's not a position that I don't like them being in, and frankly they shouldn't be in with the May debacle. Speaking of May, those same tendencies have resurfaced this month, haven't they?

I don't care how bad the Brewers have been historically in Pittsburgh. This is supposed to be a different team then the previous, oh, 20 years. A team like the Pirates shouldn't manhandle you like they just did, regardless of where they're playing. In the last 7 games, the Brewers are 2-5, the Cubs are 5-2. The Cubs are doing what they are supposed to be doing, beating the teams they need to beat in Washington, and proving they can beat good teams in the Brewers. The Brewers proved they couldn't beat a far worse team in Pittsburgh, and a team they need to stave off in Chicago.

I'm not jumping off anything, but needless to say, I don't like what's happening. The Brewers need to not only win the series in Washington, but dominate it going into the Break, or this lead in the division could be down to a game and a half in a matter of 10 days.
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Post#4 » by Fandom » Fri Jul 6, 2007 3:17 pm

I'm not getting worried. Yeah, it's a little concerning that they got pushed around by the Pirates in the last few days, but, I keep telling myself that this is a very young team who will no doubt have it's bad stretches over the season. There are still some 70 games left to play in the season; it's still way too early to start thinking it's a sinking ship.
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Post#5 » by SugarRay34 » Fri Jul 6, 2007 7:22 pm

Im defintly not worried yet. We still have much better pitching than the Cubs. Starters and bullpen both. Pitching wins come September/October. Their hitters are starting to catch fire and especially Soriano so that kind of worries me cause you knew it was going to happen sooner or later but I still dont think they have the bullpen to stick with us.
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Post#6 » by trwi7 » Fri Jul 6, 2007 7:27 pm

SugarRay34 wrote:We still have much better pitching than the Cubs.


Have you seen our pitching lately? We have one good starter and a bunch of crap.

I agree though bullpen is better. :)
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Post#7 » by Asher » Sun Jul 8, 2007 5:14 am

the break should do every team good. here's to hoping prince doesn't strain himself a la carlos lee in the hr derby.
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Post#8 » by livestrong4ever » Sun Jul 8, 2007 5:27 am

Hopefully cappy starts to pitch like cappy! We need him to make a playoff push in sepetember!
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Post#9 » by SugarRay34 » Sun Jul 8, 2007 5:09 pm

I know Cappy will start pitching like he should, hes got great command and the ASB should defintly help him. I just want Suppan pitching like the 42 million we paid him. Enough of this 5IP 105 pitches 4ER stuff. (Although thats basically what his career has been)
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Post#10 » by humanrefutation » Mon Jul 9, 2007 5:54 am

The Brewers are making me feel like Bob Uecker does in this segment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiPCRqFB06g
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Post#11 » by trwi7 » Mon Jul 9, 2007 6:02 am

humanrefutation wrote:The Brewers are making me feel like Bob Uecker does in this segment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiPCRqFB06g


:rofl: :rofl:
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Post#12 » by trwi7 » Mon Jul 9, 2007 9:42 pm

I don't get it.

RealGm came out with their baseball predictions for the 2nd half and they have Milwaukee finishing 2nd behind Chicago.

Here is what they said.

The Brewers are one of the great stories of the first half, but which version of the Brew Crew is really them?


Is it the one that went 16-9 and and 17-9 in April and June or is it the 14-15 team of May and the 2-6 team of July?


Okay yeah we haven't played great against the good teams but we play 24 games against teams with a record currently above .500. 14 of those games are at home.

The Cubs have a 19-23 record against teams with above .500 records so they're not great either.

We also play 16 games against current last place teams.

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Post#13 » by livestrong4ever » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:58 am

Sportingnews picked us to finish first in the division and thats all that matters .
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Post#14 » by ssssssnake » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:24 pm

This might not be the place for this but. . . Alfonzo Soriano has to be the most annoying baseball player I've ever seen.

His batting stance, the way he walks around spitting white, pasty spit like he hasn't had water in two days, the way his skin is so freaking tight it looks like his skeleton is going to break out of his skin. For some reason just looking at him annoys me.


OK, I got that off my chest. . . . Whew.
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Post#15 » by WEFFPIM » Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:05 am

livestrong4ever wrote:Sportingnews picked us to finish first in the division and thats all that matters .


Except that it doesn't matter at all
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Post#16 » by livestrong4ever » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:02 am

willeatfire4playoffsinmil wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



Except that it doesn't matter at all


Sportingnews is gawhd.


They had us fourth in the division to the start the season this is high praise from them buddy.
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Post#17 » by ReasonablySober » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:46 pm

These next few months are gonna be nerve-racking.
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Post#18 » by Garden of YiDen » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:56 pm

Call me crazy but I'm not scared of the Cubbies. They got a weak outfield outside of Soriano, and have got average middle infielders. Their catching rotation is dog awful, their bullpen isn't anything to write home about, and I'm pretty sure Zambrano isn't going to pitch out of his mind for the rest of the season.

Expect Cub fans to give us the annual, " You just wait 'till Prior and Wood get healthy!" :D
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Post#19 » by JoeWolfFan » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:01 am

Garden of YiDen wrote:Call me crazy but I'm not scared of the Cubbies. They got a weak outfield outside of Soriano, and have got average middle infielders. Their catching rotation is dog awful, their bullpen isn't anything to write home about, and I'm pretty sure Zambrano isn't going to pitch out of his mind for the rest of the season.

Expect Cub fans to give us the annual, " You just wait 'till Prior and Wood get healthy!" :D


Some good points made. They just traded for Jason Kendall, and I don't know why. I think it's been about 5 years since he's homered (I'm being sarcastic all you stat nerds out there). I do like Carlos Marmol though, he's pretty filthy.

Keep in mind that it's not just Zambrano that's pitching out of his mind. This whole team is playing out of their minds and we still have the lead.
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Post#20 » by Captain Erv » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:19 am

treyZz wrote:Feeling the heat?


C'mon man, yeah props, you are 16-4 in your last 20. Yet, only 3 of those wins have been against teams with a winning record. Where were you when we had a 10-20 stretch? Oh yeah, you couldn't make up any ground.

Just because we lost our ace for a bit and you guys are beating teams you should, doesn't mean you should come over and get all cocky.

Are there any tolerable Cub fans in this world?

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