Tuesday’s Game: Brewers 8, Pirates 5
Record: 15-12, 2nd Place

 

Tuesday’s Game

- 17!

- Hardy had a wonderful game, going 3 for 3 with 4 RBI’s.

- Suppan almost went 6 for a quality start, but was pulled with two outs in the sixth. Stetter also gave up 2 runs, but Villa nailed down his third save.

- Let me just say, it’s funny to me that Jason Kendall gets booed a little in Pittsburgh.

Brewers News

- J.J. is still uncomfortable at the plate, but hopefully his fixed stance will help him. The guy is still hitting the bejeezus out the ball, just usually right at someone.

- Ed Sedar burned his pants…

- Miller Park Drunk goes through a day in the life of Ryan Braun…twitterfied.

- Brew Crew Ball discusses why Jeff Suppan still isn’t right. He’s just not making players miss.

- Corey Hart is not just a normal oddity…he’s a statistical one too!

- BTGP talks about what to do with Kendall and how well Hall has been looking at the plate.

- J.J. Hardy helps you hit…brought to you by Soup’s Grill

- E-mail inboxes are soooooo last year…Witrado has posted a live chat

Minor Leagues

- WLUK believes Lawrie is on the fast track up the Brewers organization. Lawrie has said he doesn’t want to stay in Appleton for an entire season…I don’t know if I should be happy about his drive or take it as a diss on eastern WI.

NL Central

- The Brewers will probably face Randy Wells instead of Carlos Zambrano…works for me…but one question: What the hell does it mean to have “Cups of Coffee” in the Big Leagues?

- Excellently named Pirates blog “Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke?” believes the current Brewers win streak is epic and hopes it lasts forever. I do too!

- Meanwhile, Midwest Swing tries to give Pittsburgh some help.

- Matt Capps is out until the weekend with elbow soreness. Or is that blown-saveitis?

- Piniella wants Samardzija to add to his repertoire.

- Oswalt has another ouchie. It’s unsure how long he’ll be out.

- Rick Ankiel is out of the hospital and will probably be put on the DL.

- Chris Carpenter heard words of encouragment…such as “Your arm is still attached,” “At least you aren’t Mike Hampton” and “You’re such a big boy!”

- The Cubs’ 31-year-old rookie debuted today and got his first major-league hit…good for him and his perserverence, but they’ll probably make a movie out of him someday…”Old Rookie of the Year” or something.

- Some Cards fan wore a shirt that said “Zambrano Mows my Lawn”.

Other News

- ESPN talks about the importance of Plate Discipline. Basically, you want to be Chipper Jones, not Jeff Francouer. Sorry Johnny. The Brewers are mentioned as improving their discipline.

- Former Brewer Dana Eveland was sent to the minors. I was pulling for the lefty, but he just can’t get out of a jam and implodes it seems.

- This Week’s Power Rankings: 16th at CBS Sports, 12th at Fox Sports, and 14th at ESPN.

Tags: In the News, J.J. Hardy, Jeff Suppan

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