http://www.brewershomeplate.com A blog about Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:07:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Former Oakland Athletics manager Ken Macha has been hired by the Milwaukee Brewers to take over the managers position for the 2009 season. Macha had previously coached the A's and took them to a pair of American League West titles while going 368-260. Macha signed a two year contract with the ... http://www.brewershomeplate.com/ken-macha-hired-by-the-milwaukee-brewers/ Jeff Suppan was roughed up for 5 runs in 3.0 innings of work, not exactly living up to his playoff hero billing.  Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a home-run, Pat Burrell hit a 3-run blast in the 3rd, and Jayson Werth hit one of his own right after, ... http://www.brewershomeplate.com/burrells-two-blasts-end-milwaukees-playoff-run/ The Dave Bush-led Brewers were believed by 100% of TBS analysts to be swept by the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday evening in Milwaukee.  Good thing they're analysts and not prophets.  The Brewers jumped out to a 1st inning 2-0 lead thanks to some tremendous patience at the plate against the ... http://www.brewershomeplate.com/bush-dazzles-brewers-win-first-playoff-game-since-82/ Big plays have cost the Brewers the first two playoff games in 2008.  On Wednesday it was a misplayed ball by Mike Cameron in center field.  On Thursday it was an unbelievable at-bat by the Phillies pitcher Brett Myers (who battled Sabathia for a walk after being down 0-2) and ... http://www.brewershomeplate.com/cc-finally-defeated-as-phillies-win-game-2-5-2/ Yovani Gallardo threw 4.0 innings in Game 1 of the NLDS against Philadelphia.  That may sound like a poor start, but relatively speaking, the 22 year old was not bad at all.  He gave up 3 runs, but they were all unearned thanks to some horrendous defense by Milwaukee (Bill ... http://www.brewershomeplate.com/brewers-defense-coughs-up-playoff-opener/ Pitching on three-days' rest for the second start in a row, CC Sabathia, possibly the greatest in-season acquisition by a team in Major League history (perhaps not stats-wise, but impact-wise), hurled an absolute gem of a complete game on Sunday.  He struck out 7, walked 1, and only gave up ... http://www.brewershomeplate.com/sabathia-and-braun-the-stuff-legends-are-made-of/ Give the injured Ben Sheets credit for starting Saturday afternoon's critical game against the Cubs (likely his last ever in a Brewers' uniform).  Just don't look at his final line.  The All Star starter is probably done for 2008, but his shaky start made it all the more hard for ... http://www.brewershomeplate.com/broken-down-sheets-coughs-up-brewers-wild-card-lead/ Jeff Suppan had been knocked around again and again in September (with an ERA over 10 in the month), and he was hit hard again on Friday by the Cubs. The difference? He pitched his heart out to keep the game in control, and managed to do just ... http://www.brewershomeplate.com/unlikely-heroes-seal-monumental-victory-for-brewers-over-cubs/ Yovani Gallardo had gone 4 months without pitching, as he had gone down to a torn ACL that required what was considered originally to be season-ending knee surgery.  Turns out that 4 months was all the time in the world for the prized young starter.  Operating off a strict pitch ... http://www.brewershomeplate.com/brauns-spectacular-shot-keeps-the-dream-alive/ The Milwaukee Brewers managed a mere two hits on Wednesday evening, but manufactured four runs.  Of course, that was all CC Sabathia needed.  Pitching on 3-days rest for the 2nd straight game, the beast of a lefty hurled a magnificent, gutsy, and "whatever other good adjective you can think to ... http://www.brewershomeplate.com/sabathia-delivers-heroic-performance-in-brewers-win/