IST: Diamondbacks vs. Brewers 2011 NLDS

[G-Fafif]

Scoreless in the fourth inning of the first game.

[TransMonk]

Wisconsin has become a sports mecca this weekend.

ESPN is in town for the college football game, there are Brewer playoff games and the undefeated Packers play tomorrow.

My downtown is an ugly mess of clashing red, white, blue, green and gold being worn by fans. Yuck.

[TransMonk]

Brewers load the bases with no one out in the fourth, but only get one run on a sac fly.

1-0 Beermakers.

[Frayed Knot]

For all the talk about the Brewers' offense, that's a pretty top-heavy lineup they've got there.

One thru five is a nice start with Corey Hart followed by Crazy Nyjer Morgan, then Braun, Fielder & the now healthy-ish Weeks, but that's followed by:
6th - Jr-Hairston-Jr subbing for the off-year by Casey McGehee. Decent player to have around but you don't think of him as a #6 guy on a playoff team
7th - Yunesky Betancourt and his [u:y3kvqsis].271 OBA[/u:y3kvqsis]. Bet they'd love JJ Hardy* back now that he seems to have resurrected himself in Bal'mer
8th - Jonathan LuCroy (decent stats for a catcher)
and then the pitcher 9th although, in this case, Gallardo can hit a bit.
In fact, in this lineup #s 8 & 9 might be better than 6 & 7



* Dealt away two years back for Carlos Gomez

[TransMonk]

I'm not sure how you don't walk Fielder there. Kirk looks like a moron now. 4-0 Brewers at the top of 8.

[G-Fafif]

How come Milwaukee is MIL, Detroit is DET, Texas is TEX, et al, but Arizona, per TBS's graphic, is ARZ as opposed to ARI?

And who said Andy Rooney is retiring?

[G-Fafif]

One for the Suds.

The glints of sunshine over the infield really say October visually.

[Frayed Knot]

[u:2vus2m36]GAME 2[/u:2vus2m36] --

The amazing run of bad calls from the extra line umps continues. This time it's the 2nd batter of the game and the LF ump calls a fair ball foul negating an Aaron Hill double (he later singled).
It seems like virtually every one of the relatively few calls these extra umps have been called on to make over the years wind up either being corrected or need to be but aren't. Maybe it's the 'too many chefs' theory.

[G-Fafif]

Justin Upton spills red sauce all over the brats, 2-run HR in the fifth, tying it at four.

[Gwreck]

Brewers put together a big rally and win again. I predict they win game 3 for the sweep.

[Gwreck]

Brewers down 2-1 after 3 in the desert.

[Frayed Knot]

Looks like we got us a series here.
A GS by Paul Goldschmitt - rapidly becoming a folk hero in DBacks land - and it's 8-1 Snakes, although still only in inning #6

[G-Fafif]

Two outstanding home teams have each taken their home games, and now a fifth game is at hand. To make it less predictable, they should play it in Nebraska.

[TransMonk]

I know I've probably mentioned this here before, but every time I see a game at the BOB since Arizona changed their color scheme, it amazes me that there is really no trace of the ugly teal, purple and gold scheme that they had at inception. I mean, they won a championship in those colors, but it's like every fan burned their teal Johnson, Schilling and Gonzo jerseys the day they switched to the brick red color. Those jerseys were expensive...I'm always looking for hints of teal or purple in the crowd an rarely find them. I find that weird.

[G-Fafif]

They did break out the original colors when they had a 10th anniversary of That Championship Season this summer. Because so little has changed about the BO...Chase Field, it took me a moment to realize the 2011 D'Backs were wearing throwbacks.

[ashie62]

Game 5 scoreless in the first Ian Kennedy v. Gallardo.

[Gwreck]

An Upton opposite-field homer gave Arizona an early lead.

Brewers threatening in the 4th with a leadoff Morgan double ahead of Braun and Fielder.

[Frayed Knot]

Brews threatening to take the lead in the 6th ... but now Roenicke calls for a no-out bunt with Rickie Weeks and they were lucky not to get doubled-up.

I bet at least 95% of the peeps in the stands have Brewer attire on.
They're not as color coordinated as Cardinals folks and the stuff being worn is of varying types and from various eras so it's not like they've gone all school uniform on us, but I don't think I've ever seen so few people without some sort of team clothing.

[DocTee]

The only one I have my eyes on is that chick in the yellow behind home plate. Yowza.

[seawolf17]

The only one I have my eyes on is that chick in the yellow behind home plate. Yowza.

You mean "Front Row Amy"?

http://deadspin.com/front_row-amy/

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

What a finish. Ex-Met Carlos Gomez scores the winning run after singling off ex-Met JJ Putz and stealing on ex-Met Henry Blanco.

Watching with Lunchpail as Nyjer Morgan's on-field post-game interview consists of him pounding his chest and saying FUCK YEAH!

[Frayed Knot]

Car-Go getting the knack of scoring walk-off post-season runs.
He also scored from 2nd on a single for the Twins a couple years ago in their game #163 play-in against Detroit.

[DocTee]

We all need a little front-row Amy. And what a front row she has.

God do I want the Brewers to play many many more home games this post-season.

[Fman99]

DocTee wrote: We all need a little front-row Amy. And what a front row she has.

Down in front? No, quite the opposite!

I'd get all up in her Loge.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

TransMonk wrote: I know I've probably mentioned this here before, but every time I see a game at the BOB since Arizona changed their color scheme, it amazes me that there is really no trace of the ugly teal, purple and gold scheme that they had at inception. I mean, they won a championship in those colors, but it's like every fan burned their teal Johnson, Schilling and Gonzo jerseys the day they switched to the brick red color. Those jerseys were expensive...I'm always looking for hints of teal or purple in the crowd an rarely find them. I find that weird.

Apart from the moment G-Fafif recalled, they also run a nightly Sausage Race rip-off with characters-- Hey! Is that Lovable Randy Johnson?-- from each of the D-Back "eras," as seen here, in this terrible promo video for this year's All-Star game, at about the 2-minute mark:

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