Break Out the Brooms! Reds vs. Brewers Game Thread T7 Brewers 5-2

[Big Klu]

I think hes slow on making calls.

So do I.

[captainmorgan07]

larue grounds out

[GAC]

Hey LaRue! Try RUNNING instead of jogging to 1B...Geez! Too many of today's ballplayers give up too easy.

Go all out at all times because anything can happen.... like the 3Bman juggling the ball.

[captainmorgan07]

Hey LaRue! Try RUNNING instead of jogging to 1B...Geez! Too many of today's ballplayers give up too easy.

jason must have the whole catches don't run well in his head

[Big Klu]

Hey LaRue! Try RUNNING instead of jogging to 1B...Geez! Too many of today's ballplayers give up too easy.

What do you expect? If they don't give up early, then people accuse them of being "scrappy"--like that's a bad thing to be!

[Heath]

I've noticed that McClelland doesn't call anything on the outside corner a strike. Now the inside corner is a different story...

McClelland usually has a trapezoid effect on the home plate strike zone instead of the rectangle. He's not, IMO, a very decisive umpire, which is the worst type. To me he rattles easy and lets others dictate the flow of the game. I don't think he's a crew chief anymore.

On the other hand CB Buckner is in the same category as McClelland except that Buckner makes bad calls decisively and then will argue how he sees it, even though he's wrong.

[captainmorgan07]

jenkins pops out to ede

[Big Klu]

jason must have the whole catches don't run well in his head

I agree. I have always thought that LaRue runs pretty well for a catcher, too.

[captainmorgan07]

claussen walks lee

[Big Klu]

McClelland usually has a trapezoid effect on the home plate strike zone instead of the rectangle. He's not, IMO, a very decisive umpire, which is the worst type. To me he rattles easy and lets others dictate the flow of the game. I don't think he's a crew chief anymore.

On the other hand CB Buckner is in the same category as McClelland except that Buckner makes bad calls decisively and then will argue how he sees it, even though he's wrong.

Who is the crew chief tonight?

[captainmorgan07]

lee picked off trieng to steal claussen to hatte to aurilla

[OnBaseMachine]

I heard George mention on Monday night that McClelland was the crew chief.

[GAC]

That was a "benefit of the doubt" call at 2B. Because on the replay, Lee got his foot in there at 2B. RA tagged him on the knee.

[captainmorgan07]

fielder flies out to junior 3 outs

[Big Klu]

I heard George mention on Monday night that McClelland was the crew chief.

That's what I thought.