Tagged: Carlos Zambrano

Let’s celebrate!

Obviously, not the way the Brewers have played the last 2 games in Chicago. That’s not worthy of anything but frustration. And to be fair, Randy Wolf pitched great Monday but fell victim to lack of offense. And Yovani Gallardo pitched great last night but fell victim to a shoddy bullpen. So there’s a little to celebrate. I guess. But that’s not why.
 
No, no. Tonight we celebrate the return of George Kottaras.
 
Yay!
 
I’ve always been a proponent of George. And his Greek-ness. And his beard. (Ohhh, the beard!)
 
And it’s funny because last season, I was George’s only fan. I had his name and number put on the back of a shirt and was literally laughed at by the guy at the sporting goods store. I didn’t care how much crap people gave me for liking George, I loved him no matter what.
 
And now it seems that his imminent return was called upon by the thousands of Wil Nieves haters out there. (And due to the fact that Nieves produced nothing offensively, hating is totally warranted.) If you’re only gonna like George because he’s not Wil, well then…no. That’s cool. I’ll take it.
 
Yay George!
 
 
 

No, I never get sick of this picture.

 
 
And who knows if the Brewers will even play tonight, but here’s the probables if the monsoon in Chicago ever lets up.
 
Narv Dog (3-4, 4.32 ERA) is coming off his best start of the season, blanking the Cardinals for 8 innings. He also pitched well the last time he faced the Cubs, going 7 scoreless innings and striking out 9 in a 6-0 shut-out. Narv will have to battle it out with Carlos Zambrano (5-3, 4.40 ERA), who likes to beat up on Milwaukee hitters. He’s 13-8 against the Brewers for his career. Boo.
 
Go Brewers!
 
 

6 words for June 28

Parra’s wild first yield’s no runs.

 

Rodriguez at home in Puerto Rico.

 

Strasburg pitched? Oh, I hadn’t heard…

 

Zambrano mad! Zambrano need anger management!

 

Edmonds + Counsell = 79. Old Men Brewers.

 

Bourne’s first homer. Off Crew. Shocking!

 

Manny goes wild again. Run scores.

 

Braun homers. Trails Hart. Bizarro Brewers.

 

Pujols: No Derby. Can’t whine afterwards.

 

Strasburg allows 3. *gasp* He’s human!

 

Indians squeeze out win over Jays.

 

Villanueva loads ’em for Coffey. Ehhhh…

 

Aaaaaand Pence ties it. 5 all.

 

I like Braddock better than Coffey.

 

Rolen reaches 300 against former team.

 

Heyward to DL. Active for ASG.

 

Opportunity wasted by Prince, Ryan. Ugh.

 

Bullpen fails. Astros ginormous comeback win.

 

Losses okay when Cubs lose, too.

 

Carlos Lee’s on my fantasy team.

 

 

6 words for June 27

Brewers win five of six series.

 

Picked only loss of weekend. Boo!

 

Raaaaaaaandy! What’s up with the homers?

 

Errors. Great baserunning. Hart with 19?

 

Narv Dog killed first, next seven.

 

Rickie’s lead-off spot getting productive. Homerun!

 

Evan, BJ, play nice! Remember Zambrano…

 

Old Man Moyer gives up 506th.

 

White Sox beaten by baby bears.

 

468 feet. Hamilton aiming for god.

 

Yankee Hater. Dodgers hold lead, please.

 

 

 

Bad girl!

Opening Day and I only caught parts of 2 games. Sad. Then, I only saw some of Baseball Tonight with the sound off while the NCAA Championship was on at Leff’s. I would’ve rather watched baseball all night.

But, I must congratulate Mol for winning her first bracket ever! She picked UNC. Nice.

So, anyway, this will only be a quick recap of what I saw and then my picture for the day. I will not recount stats, as I wasn’t able to pay too much attention, but at least the 2 games that I did see most of were the 2 I wanted to see.

First up, Yankees-Orioles. I wanted to see CC Sabathia pitch his first game in Yankee pinstripes, and, as I thought he would, he faltered. Sabathia allowed 5 runs in less than 5 innings and was tapped for the 10-6 loss. Now, it’s definitely not an “I told you so” type of situtation, seeing as it was only the first game of the season, but it was a pretty rough outing. At least this time he’s got 7 years to prove himself.

The next game I caught was Cubs-Astros. The Cubs got off to a good start with a 1st inning HR from Alfonso Soriano. They were up 4-0 in the 9th, when a too little, too late Astros rally only managed 2 runs and the Cubs came out on top, giving Carlos Zambrano his first Opening Day win.

Tomorrow the Brewers take on the Giants, Suppan vs. Lincecum. Yikes. Like I said yesterday, I wouldn’t be surprised to see San Francisco take Game 1, but I think the Brewers will wind up with the series win.

Today’s picture comes from CCs first game in a Brewers uniform. Unlike his game today, the Brewers won and CC would go on to be one of the best things to happen to Milwaukee in 26 years. Even if he was only here for a few short months. I will always remember this game because of CC, the Ryan Braun tshirt and the unbearable stench at Miller Park due to the 80+ degree July night. Awesome.

 

cc first pitch.jpg

Brewers first game tomorrow, then 3 days till Drunk Lot!!!