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Game three of three with the Diamondbacks. I’m putting the GameThreads together before leaving on holiday, which seemed like a better idea before I started doing it. Normally, a GameThread is pretty quick and easy, but when you are doing 20-some in a row, it loses some of the fun. Thankfully, I’m near the end. […]
Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS DIAMONDBACKS Nathan Lukes – RF Ketel Marte – 2B Ernie Clement – 2B Corbin Carroll – RF Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Jose Fernandez – SS Jesus Sanchez – LF Lourdes Gurriel – LF Eloy Jimenez – DH Adrian Del Castillo – DH Andres Gimenez – SS Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Kazuma […]
The Yankees were one of the first teams in action yesterday, and quickly set about making the Royals one of the first teams out of action. It all turned into the Yanks’ first big blowout of the year, as they smoked KC with four homers in a 13-4 score. Huzzah! The only downside was that […]
Another Saturday game, another Zac Gallen start, another swirling bit of anxiety in the gullet as we waited to see which Zac we were going to get today. I remember the heyday of Gallen’s good times, when he really was the unquestioned ace of the rotation, rather than simply being the guy who happens to […]
This one will go on Jeff Hoffman, but realistically you also can’t score seven runs in four games and expect anything good to happen. The team is a mess on all fronts right now, from pitching to hitting to defence and base running. One in the loss column is all that’s keeping them above Kansas […]
Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS DIAMONDBACKS Nathan Lukes – RF Ketel Marte – DH Ernie Clement – 2B Corbin Carroll – RF Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Jesus Sanchez – LF Lourdes Gurriel – LF Eloy Jimenez – DH Adrian Del Castillo – C Andres Gimenez – SS Jose Fernandez – 1B Kazuma […]
Game Summary After a long and successful road trip, the Diamondbacks kicked off this six game homestand with a nearly drama-free victory over the defending AL Champs. It felt like a downright walk in the park to have a 3-run lead going into the 9th inning. What sorcery is this?! The Snakes didn’t play mistake-free […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: the Jays lost and suffered an injury. Daulton Varsho left the game in the third with what’s being described as knee discomfort. It’s not clear what happened, he hadn’t had any particularly awkward plays in the field and he struck out looking in his one at bat. Vladimir […]
Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS DIAMONDBACKS Davis Schneider – LF Ketel Marte – 2B Daulton Varsho – CF Corbin Carroll – RF Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Jesus Sanchez – RF Jose Fernandez – DH Lenyn Sosa – DH Nolan Arenado – 3B Andres Gimenez – SS Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Kazuma Okamoto […]
The Diamondbacks come into this series as one of the hottest teams in baseball. They’ve won seven out of their last ten, have only lost one series this season. They’re on fire. Unfortunately, they are exactly the third hottest team in baseball. The other two are directly in front of them in the NL West […]
Happy Friday. It’s been a long week in Blue Jays land, and a long week here in Calgary for that matter. It snowed sideways yesterday, about eight inches. Other Tom is enjoying 21 degrees and cherry blossoms in Tokyo, not that I’m bitter. Anyways, in Jays news, Jose Berrios pitched in Dunedin yesterday. The surface […]
Greetings, Brew Crew Ball community. The Brewers had a rough week, as they were swept by the Nationals and battled with the reigning AL Champion Toronto Blue Jays this week. They’re now back on the road, as they’ll head to Miami and Detroit this week. Feel free to use this thread to chat about (almost) […]
Blue Jays 1 at Brewers 2 For the second straight day, the Jays took an early lead on the Brewers, failed to build on it, and then were undone by some small ball as they fell 2-1 to the Brewers and dropped yet another series 2-1. It’s particularly unfortunate since Patrick Corbin was in the […]
Box Score Brandon Sproat had his best start of the season, and the Brewers’ offense did just enough to escape with a win. After losing six straight, Milwaukee has now won their last two games against last year’s American League champions. The two teams combined for just one hit (a single off the bat of […]
After finally snapping a six-game losing streak in last night’s 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Brewers have a chance to build a bit of momentum and end the homestand on a high note. Brandon Sproat gets the ball today as he looks for his first win as a Brewer. The right-hander has […]
Box Score Sometimes the stupidest things can change a team’s momentum. In the eighth inning tonight, a Brewers offense that was grasping at straws all night managed to score two runs on four batted balls that had an average exit velocity of 63 mph and went a combined distance of 23 feet in the air. […]
It was a dark and stormy night in Milwaukee, with big lightning displays outside the stadium and rain leaking through cracks in the American Family Field roof. Inside the stadium, it was a pretty juiceless affair. Neither offence could get much of anything going. Ultimately, it was the Brewers who cobbled together a little bit […]
Game two of three in Milwaukee. I have such a dislike of Bud Selig that I don’t I could go to Milwaukee to watch a game. I know he doesn’t own the team anymore (and that he’s over 90 years old), but he worked very hard to kill off my Expos and was just an […]
Folks, the vibes are bad. The Brewers, after a wonderful start, have lost six in a row. The bullpen, an expected strength, is hanging on by a thread, and there are urgent questions about the closer’s role. Three of the team’s five best hitters are on the shelf, with no returns expected for at least […]
Well that was dramatic. Two teams in deep skids early in what were supposed to be their years. Whoever lost was going to have serious questions about their season, while whoever won would have to wonder if this represented turning the corner. It was about as dramatic a game as it gets, too, with multiple […]
This is the first of three games with the Brewers. And I’m still somewhere in Japan. I know nothing about Milwaukee. I never watched Lavern and Shirley. I understand they make Miller Beer there and that’s my sum total of knowledge of the area. I guess Happy Days was set there too. They have the […]
The Milwaukee Brewers will look to end their five-game losing skid tonight, and they’ll have to do it against the reigning American League champions. On top of that, they’ll have to do it without another one of their top players in Christian Yelich. The Brewers officially placed Christian Yelich on the 10-day IL on Tuesday […]
The 2000 New York Yankees were not a team of destiny like in 1998, or the well-oiled machine that dropped but a single playoff game en route to a title in 1999. They were a squad that needed help. Jockeying for position with the Red Sox and Blue Jays in a crowded AL East, the […]
The White Sox pulled the trigger on another early-season shuffle, packing off Lenyn Sosa to Toronto for outfielder Jordan Rich and the usual bag of mystery cash or future guy. Sosa, 26, leaves the South Side after five seasons of fits and starts. Signed as a kid out of Venezuela in 2016, up for air […]
After a sweep at the hands of the Nationals to extend their losing streak to five, the Brewers will look to bounce back against yet another AL opponent this week, as they welcome the reigning AL Champion Toronto Blue Jays to American Family Field. The Brewers are now 8-7 on the season, tied with the […]