Posted by Steve
Haven’t posted in the last few days. I don’t really have anything in particular I want to talk about, but I figured I’d get something up. Couple good games to end the Reds series leaves the Crew with yet another winning road trip. Hot diggity dog. Few quick things.
- Jim Powell said on the radio today that the collective bargaining agreement prevents a team from playing on more than 20 days in a row. Wednesday was the Crew’s 20th straight day with a game, which means it would be illegal for the Brewers to play tomorrow. I don’t know why, but that struck my as cool/amusing.
- The Craig Counsell consecutive start streak is at five and counting. No word yet as to which Yost family member Russell Branyan abducted or what Branyan’s demands are; I’m just assuming the authorities are keeping it under wraps for precautionary purposes.
- Over lunch I saw on some ESPN2 show people discussing how the Prince Fielder-Manny Parra incident “could help the Brewers turn things around.” Yep, and if the Brewers fall apart and miss the playoffs, I expect to read how the incident “divided the clubhouse and became a fatal distraction.”
- Suppan looked pretty good today, and it’s hopefully a good sign. Randomly, his career ERA in July is 5.34 (easily his worst month), while August is 4.67. He’s had long career, so those are pretty significant samples. I won’t even try to speculate why he’s been that bad in August, but if the numbers hold true his worst games should be behind him. Even more encouraging his is September/October ERA of 4.05.
- Dave Bush pitched well on the road and won. I know; I imagine I’m just as shocked as you. I was sure the starting rotation home-road platoon based on a handful of innings from this season was going to work out perfectly, but I guess I was horribly wrong.
- Sweet game for Rickie today. May have been his best all-around game of the season. Keep him in there for a week, Ned, and see what happens. My guess: He’s finally realizing it’s big-boy time.
- A very winnable week is ahead for the Crew. Four at home against the pathetic Nationals, and then three on the road against the almost-as-bad Padres. Winning less than four games would cause Brewer fan mutiny. 5-2 is a lofty but attainable goal, and that’s what I’ll be hoping for.
- Finally, I’m laying it on the line. I’ve been meaning to revamp (or at least update) the site for, like, three months now and keep forgetting/putting it off. The “About Me” page is an abomination and hasn’t been up to date since about two months after this blog’s inception. The roster down the right side needs some work too. You’d think I’d be excited enough by the fact that Tony Gwynn Jr. is no longer on the team to change it, but I guess not. Also, apparently the Brewers added some big name starting pitcher or something? I’ll look into it and edit accordingly. Anyway, I figure by posting that here for **the world to see, it will somehow force me to actually follow through with this.
** In this particular context, “World”=”People who have visited this blog more than twice.”
