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Sunday, August 24, 2008

ESPN: Hardy singles in winning run in 12th as Brewers sweep Pirates

Hardy drove in the winning run on his bobblehead day at Miller Park, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Pittsburgh 4-3 in 12 innings on Sunday for their 12th straight home win over the Pirates.
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It was the 21st straight sellout. The Brewers have sold out every game since the Sabathia trade. Pittsburgh last won in Milwaukee on May 3, 2007.

12 straight wins against a team in the same stadium has to be the longest current streak, doesn’t it?

NTNgod Posted: August 24, 2008 at 10:25 PM | 17 comment(s)
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1. Justin Zeth Posted: August 24, 2008 at 11:46 PM (#2915093)

12 straight wins against a team in the same stadium has to be the longest current streak, doesn’t it?

I wouldn't want to bet a lot of money on it being the longest such current streak anyone has going against the Pirates.

2. Carl Spongberg Posted: August 25, 2008 at 05:48 AM (#2915204)

It was the 21st straight sellout. The Brewers have sold out every game since the Sabathia trade.

They keep saying that the Brewers can’t afford Sabathia. Wouldn’t he pay for himself? Give Yost a heads-up. Maybe Sabathias arm should work beyond the year.

3. Cold Prosimian Posted: August 25, 2008 at 08:36 AM (#2915240)

Ryan Doumit has hit at least .317 in every month so far this year......

4. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: August 25, 2008 at 09:13 AM (#2915254)

Carl:

All reports have CC wanting 20-25 million a year. That's just completely out of the Brewers range.

But I understand your point. IF the team wins and IF the fans keep coming then......But no. Too many dollars.

5. Herr Mike Posted: August 25, 2008 at 09:15 AM (#2915256)

Say what you want about the New Brewers, they certainly get more butts in the seats than they used to. They ought to try hard to keep CC if they can.

6. retro-shiite Posted: August 25, 2008 at 10:37 AM (#2915313)

I'm hoping the silver lining in this is a taxed Pirate bullpen for the next 3 days.

7. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: August 25, 2008 at 10:49 AM (#2915326)

retro:

Capps just came back and looked good yesterday. Grabow is solid. The guy you want on the mound is Bautista.

But really, the Pirates offense is MIA.

8. Jay Z Posted: August 25, 2008 at 11:08 AM (#2915352)

But really, the Pirates offense is MIA.

No, it's in Boston and New York...

With McLouth pinch-hitting only and Adam LaRoche ejected, the Pirates offense had basically no power. They don't take walks either. They seem to be good at hitting singles, but that only gets you so many runs.

9. El Hombre 2 MVPs (Le Samourai) Posted: August 25, 2008 at 11:20 AM (#2915365)

Bases loaded no outs and you can't score? Thanks for nothing, Pirates.

10. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: August 25, 2008 at 11:26 AM (#2915381)

Folks keep fussing about that but the Brewers had SAME setup earlier in the game with Braun and Fielder coming to the plate and saw their twosome strikeout and hit into a double play.

The Brewers loaded the bases in back to back innings and got nothing for it.

The Brewers also had multiple guys thrown out/picked off short-circuiting bigger rallies.

BOTH teams had chances. And blew it.

Until one didn't......

11. El Hombre 2 MVPs (Le Samourai) Posted: August 25, 2008 at 11:41 AM (#2915397)

Oh, I know, but I'm not without bias here. Wish we were in the ####### NL West...

12. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: August 25, 2008 at 11:58 AM (#2915425)

The Brewers are doing everything one would NOT expect of a Yost-managed team:

--winning on the road (35-31)

--winning in the second half (24-12)

--beating the Cardinals (9-4)

These are all new experiences for the Brewers and their fans.

Part of this is good fortune as Milwaukee is 25-11 in one-run games. But part of it is the improved defense and part of it is a better bench.

13. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: August 25, 2008 at 12:07 PM (#2915439)

"With McLouth pinch-hitting only and Adam LaRoche ejected, the Pirates offense had basically no power."

Doumit's sick right now, too.

14. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: August 25, 2008 at 12:16 PM (#2915455)

There are three teams in the NL that are basically helpless when facing a quality team:

Nationals who cannot hit

Pirates who have no starters worth a d*mn excpet Maholm and little offense

Reds who cannot field or pitch

Other bad teams still have some quality players. The Braves have some guys. The Padres have some guys.

But the teams above? They are bringing paring knives to a gun fight.

15. Cooperstown Schtick Posted: August 25, 2008 at 12:28 PM (#2915471)

I agree, Harveys, and the Nationals right now are the worst of the bunch.

Still, I'm excited to see that team when Dukes comes off the DL. Milledge seems to be finding his stride, and they could be a reasonably fun team to watch in September with those two running and gunning. I can easily see them trading in their paring knives for Ginsu.

16. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: August 25, 2008 at 12:39 PM (#2915485)

The Pirates actually have a decent record against the NL. Except for Milwaukee and Chicago. Against those two the Pirates are 5-19.

The Padres have a 5-2 record versus the Mets.

The Nationals are 0-7 versus the Giants!

Versus the Astros, Dodgers and Rockies the Reds are 3-20(!). That's bizarre......

17. retro-shiite Posted: August 25, 2008 at 12:53 PM (#2915497)

The Nationals are 3-3 against the Cubs. They're the only NL team that's played more than one series with the Cubs not to have a losing record against them other than Houston (6-6).

The Phillies are 2-1 against the Cubs, but still have a 4-game set at Wrigley.

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