Game #63: Suppan vs. Francis
Milwaukee Brewers @ Colorado Rockies
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Starting Line Ups
Milwaukee
AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg
J. Dillon 2b .270
G. Kapler cf .326
R. Braun lf .291
P. Fielder 1b . 276
C. Hart rf .294
B. Hall 3b .224
J.J. Hardy ss .253
J. Kendall c .246
J. Suppan p .045
Colorado
S. Podsednik cf .235
S. Smith lf .256
T. Helton 1b .291
G. Atkins 3b .312
B. Hawpe rf .243
C. Iannetta c .289
I. Stewart 2b .257
O. Quintanilla ss .232
J. Francis p .111
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by Redhawk on Jun 8, 2008 12:25 PM MDT 0 recs
thoughts
with a day off tomarrow, we get Iannetta, starting a day game after a night game….Rare for a catcher, and rare for Hurdle to play Iannetta
Lefties must really hit Suppan…cause this is a very heavy lefty line up! man look at those lefties!
Guess the Brewers gave up on the line up of having the pitcher bat 8th ala Larusa with the Cardinals. I was really hoping to see that line up again.
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 12:28 PM MDT
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Pods hits Suppan at a .364 clip
which is likely why he’s in there, Spilly probably needs a rest after being the full-time LFer, and be still my heart WHAT? CDI actually got a second straight start? Shocking, shocking. He and Atkins are the only righties in there.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on
Jun 8, 2008 12:41 PM MDT
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And actually they don't
Lefties hit .255 off Suppan this year.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on
Jun 8, 2008 12:44 PM MDT
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Hurdle Logic!

He are smarte with handling playas!
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 12:48 PM MDT
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only 2 right handed bats
7 out of 9 are left handed hitters (counting Francis, and I do). So Know Your Lefty Reliever:
51 Shouse, Brian RP L L 5-11 196 9/26/68 Effingham, IL 15
the Brewers have used him as just a LOOGY but also have extended him some, as he’s pitched 2 full innings, 2 of his last 3 appearances
Stat line: 3 w 0 L 2.45 ERA 28 games 22.0 IP 14 K 6 BB
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by Redhawk on Jun 8, 2008 12:40 PM MDT 0 recs
lmao...yep
the guy in the picture behind Shouse is Hawpe from Friday night
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 12:43 PM MDT
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Is that a Dodger rounding the bases off him in this picture?
It looks like a homerun trot in the background.
by Rox Girl on
Jun 8, 2008 12:43 PM MDT
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Hawpe
from Friday Night!
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 12:44 PM MDT
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I just figured that out...
I was hoping this was more of a trend, but no, they just blurred out the pinstripes.
by Rox Girl on
Jun 8, 2008 12:45 PM MDT
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But....
...how will we have a chance today without Willy T’s .292 OBP?
If the leadoff runner actually gets on base, won’t that just confuse the 2-3-4 hitters?
I’m concerned.
by BroJB on Jun 8, 2008 12:46 PM MDT 0 recs
See
our hitting is so terrible, with runners on….Hurdle is thinking the best way to get guys to hit…is NOT have runners on when they come up
See….Hurdle R Smarte!
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 12:50 PM MDT
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So?
does anyone have faith in these guys firing Hurdle some time this year? :
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by Redhawk on Jun 8, 2008 12:52 PM MDT 0 recs
Maybe they don't have to fire him
Just give him a new title, like Special Assistant to the GM in charge non-player development.
by Rox Girl on
Jun 8, 2008 1:00 PM MDT
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But Hurdle *loves* developing players....
It would be cruel to deprive him, right? So let’s just have him develop… the D-backs players or something.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on
Jun 8, 2008 1:02 PM MDT
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Special Assistant to the GM in charge of old timey story sharing?
And incomprehensible anecdotes?
by Rox Girl on
Jun 8, 2008 1:06 PM MDT
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Like how
he failed to live up to being the next great thing?
"Nuts!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe
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by Russ on
Jun 8, 2008 1:08 PM MDT
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Damn it
I WANT THAT JOB!
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 1:02 PM MDT
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Francis starts 0-2 on Dillon
Walks him. Argh.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on Jun 8, 2008 1:08 PM MDT 0 recs
Dammit Francis
I don’t think you’re capable of pitching well anywhere other than Dodger Stadium.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on
Jun 8, 2008 1:09 PM MDT
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Let's hope Jeff just gives up 1 or 2
..in the 1st before he settles down instead of 4 or 5.
by TulsaDriller on Jun 8, 2008 1:09 PM MDT 0 recs
you know what would be great?
an out
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by Redhawk on Jun 8, 2008 1:09 PM MDT 0 recs
Kapler
with a single. An out, Jeffrey. Get one.
"Nuts!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe
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by Russ on Jun 8, 2008 1:10 PM MDT 0 recs
At least the ump's trying to help
Come on Jeff, everybody wants to see you get an out.
by Rox Girl on Jun 8, 2008 1:11 PM MDT 0 recs
ANNNNNDDDD
an RBI single.
not an out yet
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by Redhawk on Jun 8, 2008 1:12 PM MDT 0 recs
Up the middle for a run.
But out at third.
"Nuts!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe
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by Russ on Jun 8, 2008 1:12 PM MDT 0 recs
yep
my no outs, I was thinking because of Jeff
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 1:13 PM MDT
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Jeff didn't get that out
Pods and Garrett got him that one. Settle DOWN!
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on Jun 8, 2008 1:12 PM MDT 0 recs
Don't issue free passes, Jeff.
"Nuts!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe
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by Russ on Jun 8, 2008 1:14 PM MDT 0 recs
But
what else would he do with himself? Aside from giving up RBI singles?
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on
Jun 8, 2008 1:14 PM MDT
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Give up a three-run homer?
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by Russ on
Jun 8, 2008 1:15 PM MDT
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Francis has issues
He doesn’t have enough movement or command to throw as slowly as he does
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by Redhawk on Jun 8, 2008 1:15 PM MDT 0 recs
The Dodgers
must be the only team in baseball that hasn’t caught up to him yet.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on
Jun 8, 2008 1:17 PM MDT
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So
we should trade him to the Dodgers….then he’d get killed by every body!
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 1:19 PM MDT
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They can just foul, foul, foul
and wait for a pitch to sit on. Watching Francis this year is pretty excruciating.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on Jun 8, 2008 1:18 PM MDT 0 recs
Where's the hook we all know and love
steady diet of fastballs
by TulsaDriller on Jun 8, 2008 1:19 PM MDT 0 recs
2-0
and this is pretty much par for the course these days.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on Jun 8, 2008 1:20 PM MDT 0 recs
We can score 3 runs
so we are ok so far….but 2 more runs…and we are done
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 1:22 PM MDT
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Announcers"
“1st inning continues to plague Franics”
Like 2 through 7 have been that good for Jeff
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by Redhawk on Jun 8, 2008 1:20 PM MDT 0 recs
Interesting Francis note:
The first batter of the ballgame in his starts has now gotten aboard safely 8 out of 13 times. And the first inning just narrowly beats out the sixth for when he fares the worst.
by Rox Girl on
Jun 8, 2008 1:25 PM MDT
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Interesting
I would have thought that 82 MPH fastball could just blow by major league hitters.
by rosenthal on
Jun 8, 2008 1:26 PM MDT
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82?
Nah, that’s the slider. Jeff gets that heat all the way to 87.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on
Jun 8, 2008 1:27 PM MDT
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Maybe twice all season.
"Nuts!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe
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by Russ on
Jun 8, 2008 1:28 PM MDT
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with the wind at his back.
And there can’t be flashbulbs because they’ll distract him.
by Rox Girl on
Jun 8, 2008 1:28 PM MDT
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FSN
had him at 85 with the fastball at one point in the inning. My guess is that 85=82.
Apparently he’s crafty because he’s left-handed. God… Our announcers are freaking retarded.
by rosenthal on
Jun 8, 2008 1:30 PM MDT
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85 MPH "heater"
and in the majors + “crafty” OR “Sucky” . Since they can’t call him sucky he must be “crafty”
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 1:32 PM MDT
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K
and out of the inning.
And I want tacos….....can I go to more then one taco bell?
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by Redhawk on Jun 8, 2008 1:21 PM MDT 0 recs
K to end the inning.
Better not be two too many.
"Nuts!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe
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by Russ on Jun 8, 2008 1:21 PM MDT 0 recs
Hawpe
can’t lay off that pitch…..IN THE DIRT?
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by Redhawk on Jun 8, 2008 1:32 PM MDT 0 recs
Holy crap Atkins walked
Don’t see that often. Last night AND tonight. And then Hawpe swings at the dirt.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on Jun 8, 2008 1:33 PM MDT 0 recs
Hawpe leaves two men on.
Time for Francis to give it another go.
"Nuts!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe
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by Russ on Jun 8, 2008 1:36 PM MDT 0 recs
I think Francis is tired..
Sportsline shows he pitched the top and bottom of the first inning.
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by Charlie77 on Jun 8, 2008 1:38 PM MDT 0 recs
He did so much better in the
bottom of the 1st then he did in the top
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 1:40 PM MDT
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Better hitters in the top of the inning?
Somebody stole my Rocktober!!
by Charlie77 on
Jun 8, 2008 1:42 PM MDT
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Silver, how was the energy at last night's game?
Was the crowd into the game? Was the Rockies to Brewers ratio of fans acceptable?
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by Charlie77 on Jun 8, 2008 1:39 PM MDT 0 recs
Yeah
The energy was really good, especially after Hawpe jacked it out and Iannetta followed suit. There was some annoying lady in front of me on her cell phone, standing up and waving (!!!) so I barked at her to sit down, which was fun, since I’m not usually a loud person. But I get fired up about sports. I was into the game the whole time of course, cheering for every batter and Reynolds, and very happy to be back. If you ask me, there were a few too many Brewers fans, especially a pair of ditzes waving Brewers logos at Braun from farther down in my section. (We were in 148, LF). Although it was fun when after Braun robbed Atkins of a hit, a few guys stood up and started doing the “Over-rated” chant at him.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on
Jun 8, 2008 1:42 PM MDT
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Good energy
but it died down towards the end/middle innings.
Way too many Brewer fans. In fact at the bars after the game, I was amazed at how many people game out to Denver, for the game and the weekend.
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by Redhawk on
Jun 8, 2008 1:45 PM MDT
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Where did you sit Red?
I was thinking about getting tix in left field so my kids can play on the slide, but I love the view from the Club level seats.
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by Charlie77 on
Jun 8, 2008 1:48 PM MDT
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I had the crappiest of crappiest seats
but they were free! Section 302. That’s upper, upper deck in Right field, just to the Right of the Rock Pile. Actually not that bad of seats…so long as you don’t want to see Right Field
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by Redhawk on
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The Vibe was great...
....my seats were awesome, my Hebrew National was snappy, my Tulo Bobdlehead was a’ boblbing, AND the Rockies win! As we all know, it’s all in the sewer pipes – Brad sure made Ron Stilanovich proud.
by TulsaDriller on
Jun 8, 2008 1:59 PM MDT
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Two quick outs
then four-pitch walks, will kill you every time. Sheesh, Jeffrey.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on Jun 8, 2008 1:43 PM MDT 0 recs
It's simple:
After getting the first two outs, get the third.
"Nuts!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe
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by Russ on Jun 8, 2008 1:43 PM MDT 0 recs
3 outs?
that’s just greedy
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by Redhawk on
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Jeff is a physics professor..
he doesn’t understand simple math.
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by Charlie77 on
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At least Suppan doesn't look that sharp either
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on Jun 8, 2008 1:50 PM MDT 0 recs
Too bad the one column that matters still has a zero in it.
Let’s hope the bottom of the lineup gets something back here.
by Rox Girl on
Jun 8, 2008 1:54 PM MDT
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I think Clint has to know that Chris is the better hitter.
This is the fifth time CDI is batting sixth in the lineup this season, in 27 starts, while Yorvit’s never hit higher than seventh. I wonder what Hurdles last hangup is.
by Rox Girl on Jun 8, 2008 1:52 PM MDT 0 recs
I just answered this question on my blog
Yorvit has incriminating photos of him.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on
Jun 8, 2008 1:54 PM MDT
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Does Yorvit even call his own game?
He looks into the dugout a lot when calling pitches. I know Iannetta calls his own game.
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by Charlie77 on
Jun 8, 2008 1:55 PM MDT
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Lookie that
Francis helps out in the way he’s supposed to.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on Jun 8, 2008 1:55 PM MDT 0 recs
Nice to have another lefthanded bat coming off the bench.
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by Charlie77 on
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Jeff using his bat!
"Nuts!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe
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by Russ on Jun 8, 2008 1:55 PM MDT 0 recs
Wait a second
I thought we were the only team allowed to give up hits to the opposing pitcher.
We are all dead.
by Silverblood on Jun 8, 2008 1:56 PM MDT 0 recs
we scored a run!
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