Today In Brewer History: Briggs' Big Day
On this day in 1973 just 6,589 fans came to Cleveland Stadium on a Saturday to watch the Brewers beat the Indians 9-4 on the strength of a five-run ninth inning. The big blow was Pedro Garcia's two...
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Washington Nationals' Jordan Zimmermann Set For 22nd Start Of 2012 Tonight vs...
Jordan Zimmermann was dominant last time out in his home state of Milwaukee, holding the Brewers to a run on five hits in 6.0 IP over which he walked one, K'd six and threw 93 pitches, 69 of them...
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Today's Matchup: Milwaukee (Rogers) at St. Louis (Wainwright)
After having Tommy John surgery and missing all of 2011, Adam Wainwright (8-10, 4.24) has not bounced back as well as the Cardinals may have hoped. The ERA isn't terrible, but when a player's last two...
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Excerpts From Experts: Deadline Fallout and Waiver Speculation
Here are a few exerts from some great content produced about the trade deadline and waiver trades from around the Internet: Former Cincinnati Reds general manager Jim Bowden too a look into trades...
View ArticleBrewers 6, Reds 3: Ron Roenicke's Postgame Comments
As seen on FS Wisconsin: First question was, per usual, cut off: Nori, a couple of nice catches today but you're right, two big plays and those plays turn games around. Shutting an offense down like...
View ArticleBrewers 6, Reds 3: Tonight's Turning Points
1) Aramis Ramirez's solo home run in the sixth: +.114 WPA This was the first of three Brewer homers in the sixth as they put four runs on the board and blew what had been a 1-0 game open. 2) Xavier...
View ArticleStat Of The Night: Five Pairs
The Brewers had 12 hits tonight and eleven of them came from five players: Norichika Aoki, Aramis Ramirez, Corey Hart and Rickie Weeks each had two hits while Martin Maldonado had three. It's only the...
View ArticleTuesday's Frosty Mug: Brewer News, Links And Notes From The Dawn Of The...
Some things to read while reaching your final destination. The Brewers entered play last night having gone 5-12 in their last 17 games while the Reds went 15-2, but managed to pull out a 6-3 victory...
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Bobby Valentine Receives Vote-of-Confidence, Often a Kiss-of-Death
Yesterday, as the Red Sox were dominating the Texas Rangers, Red Sox ownership and General Manager Ben Cherington were coming to the defense of manager Bobby Valentine. The statements of support came...
View ArticleTonight's Matchup: Brewers (Fiers) vs Reds (Cueto)
EDITOR'S NOTE: If you're looking for something to do while waiting for today's game, I'll be appearing on The Watercooler with Jimmie Kaska on Sports Radio 1400 in Eau Claire around 5:10 and The...
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Brewers Place Mark Rogers On Paternity List, Recall Infielder Jeff Bianchi
As I mentioned moments ago in this morning's Mug, Mark Rogers has left the team this week to be present for the birth of he and his wife Kerrie's first child. He's still expected to rejoin the team in...
View ArticleVote In Our Milwaukee Brewers' Tracking Poll
This week's poll features questions on the closer role, bunting, Mike Fiers and more. It will remain open through the day Tuesday with results scheduled to post on Wednesday. As always, please vote...
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Ryan Braun, Mike Fiers and the Milwaukee Brewers Set to Face Colorado Rockies...
The Milwaukee Brewers have a lot in common with the team they're facing starting tonight at Coors Field. While the circumstances of how they got to that point are different, the Brew Crew and the...
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Tonight's Matchup: Brewers (Fiers) @ Rockies (Francis)
(I apologize for the delay on the preview. We had some technical difficulties with SBNation and lost the original preview for today's game.) The Brewers play the first of three in Colorado tonight and...
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The Fiers Isn't as Bright in Colorado: Rockies Hit Fiers Hard, Ride Eight...
WP: Jeff Francis (4-4)LP: Mike Fiers (6-5) HR: Carlos Gomez (11), Rickie Weeks (13) MVP: Carlos Gomez (+.012)LVP: Mike Fiers (-.351) Win Expectancy Graph, Star of the Game Voting, and Box Score With...
View ArticleBrewers 6, Rockies 9: Ron Roenicke's Post-Game Comments
As seen on FSWisconsin As always, we didn't hear the first question... ... one of those night. The command of fastball and the off-speed stuff wasn't there. He missed his location in some areas where...
View ArticleRockies 9, Brewers 6: Tonight's Turning Points
Not really much to discuss tonight. There were no big plays with WPA over .100 tonight. Let's hit the top five: 1) Dexter Fowler's First Inning Double: -.081 WPA Oddly enough, the biggest play by WPA...
View ArticleToday In Brewer History: Happy Birthday, Mark Loretta
On this day in 1971 Mark Loretta was born in Santa Monica, California. He went to college at Northwestern before the Brewers selected him in the seventh round (207th overall pick) of the 1993 draft....
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Tuesday's Frosty Mug: Brewer News, Links And Notes
Some things to read while stocking up. The Brewer road woes continued last night in Denver, as the Brewers fell behind 8-0 early and showed some late signs of life but still lost 9-6 to the Rockies....
View ArticleVancouver Canadians Recap
Everett Aqua Sox 0 Vancouver Canadians 5I had a good time at the Vancouver game tonight, likely a better time that most had watching the Jays lose. Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium is a really...
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