Why Is Ladder Co #5 Dousing Busch Stadium?

The first gas can of the season goes to....Jason Motte. The new Cards closer might be the old Cards closer soon. One outing, one meltdown. 4-2 St Louis entering the top of the 9th vs the lowly Pirates...

Double, Strikeout, FC - runner to 3rd, Single, Double, Hit By Pitch, Double in the gap (by slappy Jack Wilson), Flyout.

6-4, Pittsburgh. That's how it ended. Not a good debut by Mr. Motte. LaVodka wanted to puke after watching Wilson's double ...it was great.

FYI, I was able to watch the game because the MLB Extra Innings package is free for a week. Nice way to pass the time if the Brewers are rained out today.

To Foul, or Not To Foul?

Wow, Bucky handled that full court press worse than my high school team did. Now that's bad. Anyway, it came down to Badgers up 3, with 6 seconds left, guy from Minny nails a triple - goes to overtime. Not to question Bo, but why not foul in that situation. It's not just him, I see it over and over and over. Why not foul the guy before he even gets the chance to tie the game with a 3 point bomb? It happens all the time. You figure hitting a 3 is almost easier than fouling, guy makes the first free throw, misses the second on purpose, they get the rebound and put it back in the basket....all with a couple seconds left. Am I wrong?

Pennsylvania Braces For Three Mile Island, Part II

If I asked: "Which National League team has an interest in Derek Turnbow," who would you guess?

Yep, the Pirates.

Thanks to Chad for the link.

Brewers - Cubs Series

Mike Cameron is skating out of the penalty box and the with Sheets back in the rotation (for now, anyway) the Brewers are finally at full strength. By drawing a simple walk, Cameron can provide much needed help the Crew's anemic offense. Hell, at this point, Chuckie Carr could help.

The JS is in near panic mode over this game, saying "At some point down the road, the Milwaukee Brewers might look back on their game tonight in Chicago as a watershed moment in their 2008 season." That might be overdoing it, but it is a big game. Most important is to see how many innings Sheets can throw before his pussy triceps flairs up, if at all. Anybody want to set the over/under?

As for the offense, they will not get the pleasure of facing a LHP vs Chicago. Milwaukee has far more success vs LHP (.279 avg, .349 OBP) this year than Righties (.224 avg, .296 OBP), and the Cubs will throw 3 righties at Wrigley: Jason Marquis (1-0, 3.47), Ryan Dempster (3-0, 2.90), and Big Z (4-1, 2.21)

Alas, in honor of the 25th anniversary of Lee Elia's phenomenal meltdown...I'm predicting a Lou Pinella blowup and ejection. Like a fine wine, that Elia clip gets better with age.