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In terms of W/L last night? It was most certainly unimportant. He didn't factor into the result of the game at all. I said if we're talking about whether Howry will be OK from here out that's definitely in question. This is crazy logic. Anytime a pitcher gives up more runs than his own team scores he doesn't factor into the result of the game? This is good news for all crappy pitchers around the league. Cool! A pitcher's W/L record means something then. Harden, for example, gave up more runs than his team scored last night and hence got the loss. What does that say about Rich, in your estimation?

I have some confidence the Cards will hit a rough patch. The Brewers though? I'm not so sure. They may have a streak of 10 games where they only win 5, or something like that. But a prolonged losing stretch of games? Anything can happen, but I'm not convinced it will in this case. They've now got too many starters that will go deep into games, covering for that bullpen. And they've got the offense to simply blow away most opponents.

In terms of W/L last night? It was most certainly unimportant. He didn't factor into the result of the game at all. I said if we're talking about whether Howry will be OK from here out that's definitely in question.

BINGO! Seriously? Giving up a run in the bottom of the 8th in a one run game is not a problem? Would it have been a problem if Aramis gets a hit in the 9th? Did it even matter? The hitters have been pathetic lately. Are you going to rip Harden for giving up a HR to a guy that's hitting .250 on the year and had never hit a HR in his major league career before? Randy Johnson was far from overpowering last night. We should have been able to score at least 2 or 3 runs off of him. Who knows if it mattered? There's no way to know how the 9th would've played out if it was a one run game. And comparing Harden's run and Howry's run is pretty ridiculous. By your logic though Howry could've come in and given up 6 runs and it wouldn't have been a problem. How does one run change the way we batted in the 9th? You guys are letting your hatred for Howry blind you to the disaster that is our offense right now. I'm not a big Howry fan, but he is not the problem at the present time. First of all Aramis would've probably been walked. Several things could've of played out differently. Look, I'm not saying the offense wasn't the problem last night, but to say Howry wasn't either is just flat wrong. What? They would have walked him with 2 outs and no one on base? Theriot was on 3rd. Forgot about Theriot. So they walk Aramis to get to Soto and then what? he hasn't been hitting anything lately either. He was a whopping 0 for 3 last night. Whatever dude. Howry sucked last night just like he's been sucking for the last two weeks. IMO he's a major concern over the next two months. Put it like this, I'm more concerned with Bob Howry than I am with the offense. He still wasn't the problem last night. The problem was the goose egg next to our name. Period. I know you said period, but is it ok if I still say that he was definitely part of the problem? Not when talking about last night only. No. We were already down by a run and would have lost 1-0 without Howry. How can a pitcher be any part of the problem when you only gave up 2 runs and the offense got shut out? Throwing around speculation about what would have happened at the plate if there was only a 1 run lead is exactly that: empty speculation. Concern over Howry for the rest of the year? Sure.

BINGO! Seriously? Giving up a run in the bottom of the 8th in a one run game is not a problem? Would it have been a problem if Aramis gets a hit in the 9th? Did it even matter? The hitters have been pathetic lately. Are you going to rip Harden for giving up a HR to a guy that's hitting .250 on the year and had never hit a HR in his major league career before? Randy Johnson was far from overpowering last night. We should have been able to score at least 2 or 3 runs off of him. Who knows if it mattered? There's no way to know how the 9th would've played out if it was a one run game. And comparing Harden's run and Howry's run is pretty ridiculous. By your logic though Howry could've come in and given up 6 runs and it wouldn't have been a problem. How does one run change the way we batted in the 9th? You guys are letting your hatred for Howry blind you to the disaster that is our offense right now. I'm not a big Howry fan, but he is not the problem at the present time. First of all Aramis would've probably been walked. Several things could've of played out differently. Look, I'm not saying the offense wasn't the problem last night, but to say Howry wasn't either is just flat wrong. What? They would have walked him with 2 outs and no one on base? Theriot was on 3rd. Forgot about Theriot. So they walk Aramis to get to Soto and then what? he hasn't been hitting anything lately either. He was a whopping 0 for 3 last night. Whatever dude. Howry sucked last night just like he's been sucking for the last two weeks. IMO he's a major concern over the next two months. Put it like this, I'm more concerned with Bob Howry than I am with the offense. He still wasn't the problem last night. The problem was the goose egg next to our name. Period.

Wait... what? How much energy are you wanting to see? Do you want him to ferociously dig his feet into the dirt before each pitch? I'm not down on Lee, but last night was frustrating that's all. It wasn't just Lee's DP, it was the whole damn night at the plate.

Meh, he gives up one run last night in a game where we got shut out and our pitching gave up a total of 2 runs. Howry wasn't the problem last night.

http://bp0.blogger.com/_li9ZnTHkTH4/RiT09J4u5lI/AAAAAAAAAEE/mLgsNBkGTdg/s400/Spr05-p- Indeed. Pray for a quick return to form.

Our biggest need is offense. I don't care where we get it from, but we need to get it quickly.

And 3 or 4 as yet undetermined good offensive players who would 1) be required to make this team a contender, 2) would cost plenty of money to sign and/or keep, and 3) couldn't remotely be afforded as long as we continue to pump all our money into defense. But other than that yea I guess we're all set.

you could always see what happens. :twisted: I like to make an informed decision :cool:

you KNOW some brewer fan commentator is going to go, "sure the Cubs got Harden but he's 0-1..."

If I post the poop and it's my first offense, is that a Modzilla or just a delete post and maybe the rest of the night off? .....'cuz I really have the urge to post that right now.

Barf.

Finally a bit of favorable luck.

:rotfl: :rotfl: Oh come on vance grow a pair and post it. I don't want another vacation. Good thinking. :D Let's have a cat poop vote and if 2/3 say yes, it gets posted.

Hell, let us hit it hard. That's the best way to get outs against us tonight.

:rotfl: :rotfl: Oh come on vance grow a pair and post it.

game probably over. this is really bad.

It means the lowly Pirates are a much better hitting team than us at this very moment.

Howry off to a good start. Why bother, just give up a few more runs and end the doubt Bob.

Someone seriously needs to end the madness and stop posting it along side pitcher's names.

DISASTER!@ :banghead:

Fonty card produced another typical hard hit ball right to someone. Lou plays the Ward card.

Lou playing the Fonty card.