What a Disgrace
by South Side Rob
I never thought I'd see a Brewer team quit again. By the 5th inning on Wednesday, that's what I witnessed so I followed suit and turned off the game myself. I wake up this morning to find out the final was 19-5. At first, I was really mad but then I thought about it and noticed that the Cubs were only credited with one win as a result and the Brewers were credited with just one loss. I probably would not have cared if they would have suffered this beating to anybody other than a franchise who embraces losing the way they do down in Chicago.
Anyway, I did like the responses from veterans like Jason Kendal who said, "What's done is done. We'll just try to win the series". Ryan Braun, who, seemed like the one player who didn't quit said, "It does no good to dwell on it or focus on it or make it anything more than what it is".
Then, there is Ned Yost who, can always say something so obvious that people of his lack of intelligence can even understand, "I don't think we ever got settled in as a pitching staff".
The Chicago Cubs finished their best April in franchise history which goes back more than 100 years. Their fans are dancing through the streets. Some of their fans are already sizing up their chances against the Diamondbacks in a playoff re-match.
Today is a big game. It will tell us how much metal makeup this team has. How will this team deal with adversity. Getting thumped and embarrassed on a game that ESPN picked up is a sure-fired way to never be on the network for the rest of this season. With that out of the way, does this team have enough concentration to go out and win today and take the series?
With the unbalanced roster of right-handed hitters and too many pitchers, this team is not that good. The players we picked up were suppose to improve this team. I don't see it. In fact, Rickey Weeks (who played ok last night) and Prince Fielder (who was one of the first players who proved to me he quit last night) do not seem to be the players we thought they were. Kendall and Cameron appear to be even better than anticipated, yet, this team just does not play like a winning team. Every game is like going to the dentist. It's painful.
I hope the Brewers go out and prove me wrong and go out, and start playing to their capabilities...
I never thought I'd see a Brewer team quit again. By the 5th inning on Wednesday, that's what I witnessed so I followed suit and turned off the game myself. I wake up this morning to find out the final was 19-5. At first, I was really mad but then I thought about it and noticed that the Cubs were only credited with one win as a result and the Brewers were credited with just one loss. I probably would not have cared if they would have suffered this beating to anybody other than a franchise who embraces losing the way they do down in Chicago.
Anyway, I did like the responses from veterans like Jason Kendal who said, "What's done is done. We'll just try to win the series". Ryan Braun, who, seemed like the one player who didn't quit said, "It does no good to dwell on it or focus on it or make it anything more than what it is".
Then, there is Ned Yost who, can always say something so obvious that people of his lack of intelligence can even understand, "I don't think we ever got settled in as a pitching staff".
The Chicago Cubs finished their best April in franchise history which goes back more than 100 years. Their fans are dancing through the streets. Some of their fans are already sizing up their chances against the Diamondbacks in a playoff re-match.
Today is a big game. It will tell us how much metal makeup this team has. How will this team deal with adversity. Getting thumped and embarrassed on a game that ESPN picked up is a sure-fired way to never be on the network for the rest of this season. With that out of the way, does this team have enough concentration to go out and win today and take the series?
With the unbalanced roster of right-handed hitters and too many pitchers, this team is not that good. The players we picked up were suppose to improve this team. I don't see it. In fact, Rickey Weeks (who played ok last night) and Prince Fielder (who was one of the first players who proved to me he quit last night) do not seem to be the players we thought they were. Kendall and Cameron appear to be even better than anticipated, yet, this team just does not play like a winning team. Every game is like going to the dentist. It's painful.
I hope the Brewers go out and prove me wrong and go out, and start playing to their capabilities...
Remember all the comparisons to the 1982 team last year? 25th anniversary, 1st place for 100 games, blah blah blah...
Well, I'd say the comparison were about 1 year too early. this team is starting to mirror the '82 AL Champs. (At least to start the season.)
The 1982 Brewers were under .500 almost 50 games into the year. Buck Rogers was canned, and they went on to have more wins than any team in baseball, going almost 30 games over .500 after a change in leadership.
The Brewers were obviously underachieving in the first quarter of 1982, and I believe they have been underachieving since Opening Day of 2006. (Granted, they OVERachieved in 2005.)
I've never made any bones about what I think of Ned Yost's leadership, (or more accurately, lack thereof). I think he's an idiot. Plain and simple. I don't think I can describe him any better.
Aside from Prince, not a player on this team is fired up. I blame that on the manager.
He is hitting a sub-200 hitter leadoff. Ned's response, "He's hitting hard outs, I'd think he was hitting .280." What?
He continually uses a pitcher who had a good year and a half, but should no longer be employed by a Major League Baseball team. "I'm starting to lose confidence in him." Wow Skipper, you're only 2 seasons late on that one.
I could go on and on about lineups and having 14 pitchers on a National League team, but I'd say those are too obvious to beat Neddy up over. Bottom line, it's time to move on.
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