2 Wins; Pirates’ Goat
I missed the last two Brewer games for a variety of reasons. Luckily for me, the Brewers won both games. Not that I wouldn’t enjoy watching a Brewer win, but it seems I’ve tied myself to the losses in this venture.
Someone on the Brewers’ message board linked me to the Pirates board and a thread on Goats of the game. Back when I was planning on doing goats for all 30 teams I asked for volunteers for the Pirates and found none. Now I get one once I stopped looking. Another Pirates fan mentioned that a local radio host is now doing a goat of the game bit in his post-game show. I suppose there isn’t much I can do about that.
I was thinking about it and came to the conclusion that it might just be free publicity. Afterall, this IS goatofthegame.com.
As for the Brewers games I missed, Bill Hall, as I understand it, hit 2 homers in the first game of the series, and an excellent start by Manny Parra in the second. Personally, I love seeing Villy and Parra doing well in these early-season starts because it’s good for their confidence and it makes Bush leaving the rotation more likely once Gallardo returns.
I’m not sure I can agree with Ned Yost’s handling of the bullpen so far though. Riske has appeared in 3 of the first 5 games. If Yost sticks to this schedule, Riske would pitch 136.08 innings this season. -a bit much considering his season high is 77.1 back in 2004. Yost does this kind of thing each season. Wise is gone, so now it’s Riske’s turn to be run into the ground and become ineffective in the second half.
I’ll have to mark this post and check on it at the end of the season. Hopefully Yost figures it out (though I’ll never hold my breath for that). We have a uch better bullpen. There’s no reason to pitch Riske 5 times a week.
Speaking of matt Wise, what ever happened to him? Anyone know?