Current Series ... 3 game series vs Padres @ Petco Park ... Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball ... @ ... San Diego Padres Gaslamp Ball ... Friday, Jul 31, 2009, 9:05 PM CDT ... Petco Park ... Braden Looper vs ... Chad Gaudin ... Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 70 ... Complete Coverage > ... Sat 08/01 ... 9:05 PM CDT ... Sun 08/02 ... 3:05 PM CDT ... Tonight, the Brewers open their annual six game road trip to San Diego and Los
More photos » ... by Jim Mone - AP ... Mat Gamel joins us in pondering his future. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) ... Browse more photos » ... After ranking the prospects in the offseason, it's time to check on their progress making the transition from Asatte Ultra Strike!!! to Ashita Mega Strike!!! SS Alcides Escobar (22), AAA - Escobar started slowly but appears to be picking up steam; however, with a .379/.406/.500 line against lefties and just a .244/.299/.331 line against righties, there's still
More photos » ... by Gus Ruelas - AP ... AP photographers haven't taken a picture of Todd Coffey since the end of spring training, but he's easily the most valuable member of the Brewer bullpen thus far ... Browse more photos » ... W: Jeff Suppan (1-2) ... L: Nelson Figueroa (0-1) ... S: Todd Coffey (1) ... HR: Mike Cameron (4) ... MVP: Todd Coffey (+.549) ... LVP: Ryan Braun (-.154) ... Win Expectancy Graph ... SBNation Coverage ... So, apparently all I had to do for the Brewers to get a win
It has been 190 days since the Brewers finished the 2008 regular season ... 183 days since their elimination from postseason play ... 52 days since pitchers and catchers reported to spring training ... 21 days since I last broke out the Rally Lobster ... Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to regular season baseball! ... weather permitting, of course ... It's raining in San Francisco right now, but the hour by hour forecast suggests a brief window between 1 and 4 pm Pacific time where the chance
I don't know what the weather's like where you're at today, but here in Des Moines it's starting to feel like spring, and I'm planning on enjoying it by getting outside and listening to a Brewer game ... Today, it's Billy Sadler Pat Misch starting in place of Randy Johnson and taking on Jeff Suppan as the Giants host the Brewers at 3:05. Sadler is making his eighth appearance (and first start) of the spring. He's struggled so far, allowing ten earned runs on eleven hits in just five innings of
Ladies and gentlemen, today it's all on the line ... In the Brewers' most important exhibition series of the spring against divisional rivals who play their home games in Illinois, the Crew hosts the Cubs today at 3:05 in Maryvale. The two teams have split two meetings this spring ... Today, it's Dave Bush against Jeff Samardzija. Bush has a 2.70 ERA this spring, and is making a decent case to start Opening Day. Samardzija is making his third start and fourth appearance of the spring, and has
Cameron shut down ... Via Adam McCalvy: ... Mike Cameron has been shut down for at least a few days with a ribcage injury, so Chris Duffy gets the start today in center field ... Cameron tweaked a muscle between his ribs, near his left armpit, during relay drills on Wednesday. He said he suffered a similar injury during 2007 Spring Training with the Padres and it sidelined him a month. He's hoping that he caught this one early enough to limit his downtime ...
In the last three days, the Brewers have faced 2008 AL Cy Young winner Cliff Lee, Carlos Zambrano and Zack Greinke. Today, it's Barry Zito. Will it be an improvement? Tune in with the rest of us at 3:05 to find out ... It's Manny Parra v. Barry Zito in Scottsdale at 3:05 today. Parra is making his second appearance of the spring, and allowed no runs and just one hit in two innings in his last appearance. This is Zito's third start of the spring: he's allowed three earned runs in 4.2 innings so
For those of you who are wondering what exactly a kirbir is, it could be defined as such: ... Blogger and aspiring public figure (musician, politician, fashion icon, etc) who is obsessed with the Milwaukee Brewers' left fielder Ryan Braun. She has a lesser crush on famous former Brew Crew Ball leader Jeff Sackmann. However, she has not decided on her feelings for current BCB leader KLSnow and other BCB author TheJay. Not being a sporty girl, she knew nearly nothing of baseball until weeks before
News of the day: Reliever Eric Gagné has decided not to pitch for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic. Gagné realized it was better to stay in the Brewers' camp because he is trying to win a job in the bullpen as a non-roster player. Yovani Gallardo remains undecided about pitching for Mexico ...