Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Brewers (4/25)
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 5:44 AM EDT
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PrintMiami Marlins at Milwaukee Brewers, Apr 25, 2008 8:05 PM EDT
Site Note: The servers were down during the time I normally write posts for the blog and I have to be at work incredibly early, so the Open Thread is it for today. Sorry about that.
Now onto the game.
The NL East Leading Marlins are in Milwaukee to play three against the Brewers.
Olsen, I'm not going to say much about Olsen, other than, he has historically pitched pretty well in Miller Park. And that the Brewers have some troubles with hitting lefties. Also, I'm sure the bullpen is glad to see him take the mound. Hopefully there are no jinxes in any of those sentences. But now that I think about, forget jinxes, Olsen's the man. Go get 'em kid.
Gallardo is making his second start of the season since returning from being under the scope on his knee. He pitched really well, as you can tell from his stats, in his first outing back. This will be Gallardo's first start ever against the Marlins.
Ichthyomancy is a little different when the Fish are in Milwaukee, besides picking the attendance, player of the game and the AAB pick, you also need to pick the winner of the Sausage Race. Your choices are: Bratwurst, Polish, Italian, Hot Dog or Chorizo and yes, the points do count. Last year when the Marlins played the Brewers over the weekend the Sausage Race web page updating guy went on a bender and didn't update the site until the following Monday. If that happens again, no worries, the points will be added to your score when he comes to.
Hopefully the server fixing guys have everything figured out and we can get Ichthyomancy back into gear. Good Luck!
| FishStriper | Attendance | Player | AAB |
| Adam P | 34,800 | Braun | |
| Architect | 37,105 | Olsen | Brewers: 4+ pitchers |
| Brickell | 36,316 | Olsen | Olsen: 10+ K |
| Bumppo | 23,400 | Olsen | Game: Ejections+HBP+IBB=3+ |
| C60 | 28,700 | Jacobs | Marlins: XBH > 3, Pitchers: IP > H+BB |
| Colombo | 29,170 | Ramirez | Marlins: 10+ H |
| Dan | |||
| Dux2bux | 40,500 | Braun | Brewers: H > 10 |
| Eelly | |||
| Fishcrazy | 33,003 | Jacobs | Marlins: H+R ≥ 12 |
| Fishtail | 30,000 | Olsen | Olsen: CG, W |
| Fluxuation | 32,683 | Olsen | Olsen: CG |
| FriedFish | 34,567 | Ramirez | Olsen: 6+ IP, 6+ K, TP < 100 |
| FSUMarlins | 30,100 | Olsen | Marlins H > Brewers H |
| GameFish | 31,500 | Ramirez | Marlins: HR ≥ 2 |
| GMFB | |||
| HadMatter | 41,434 | Ramirez | Marlins: 10+ H, Gregg; save |
| Hurricane | 35,111 | Ramirez | Willingham, Jacobs: HR |
| Jacob | 36,608 | Hermida | Game: 24+ K |
| Jrsyeagle | 33,333 | Willingham | Marlins: 3 pitchers |
| Jsprt08 | |||
| LadyFish | 38,008 | Olsen | Game: R < 6 |
| Long Live the Fish | |||
| MattyStar | 31,110 | Olsen | Olsen: SHO, 9 K |
| Matt Wilson | 34,493 | Willingham | Game: R < 5 |
| Mbaamin | 30,300 | Hermida | Olsen: QS |
| Nynolelaw | |||
| SoFlaHomer | |||
| Spud | 39,000 | Willingham | Marlins HR > Brewers HR |
| Stlcardinalsfan | 31,256 | Ramirez | Marlins: BB+HBP+E > 6 |
| Tedhill | |||
| Y08Marlin | |||
| Zheke |
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Picks
23,400
Olsen
Ejections + HBP + IBB = 3+
Chorizo
let's actually have it tonight gents!
31256
ramirez
BB + HBP + E (all in marlins favor) > 6
by stlcardinalsfang on Apr 25, 2008 8:30 AM EDT reply actions
Hot Dog Race
30,000
Olsen
Complete game and win for Olsen
Hot Dog
32683
olsen
olsen pitches complete game.
polish
came over from bcb after reading the questions...
friday nights normally don’t quite sellout, so i’d go with 40,500
braun (destroys lefties)
brewers > 10 hits
brat!
"They're trying to make me the escape goat"-Michael Scott
Picks
(Reposting to add the sausage)
30,330
Hermida
Olsen; Quality start
Polish
I saw that not being mean was the criteria for visiting,
and Hello to all Marlins fans. Honestly, I do like a lot of Florida players like Ramirez & Uggla, and I stopped by from the other BCB after seeing the Marlins post over there earlier.
However, I do want to point out that the comment above in the game thread intro “that the Brewers have some troubles with hitting lefties” is not entirely true. In fact, so far this year it’s probably the thing they do best.
Currently the Brewers rank 5th in the NL in team AVG. VS LHP (.295), 6th in OBP (.360), 1st in slg. % (.525), and 2nd in the NL overall in team OPS VS LHP at .836. Only the Diamondbacks have a higher team OPS VS LHP than the Crew, and 3rd place is about 50 points behind the crew. Pretty sure they are 5-1 VS Lefty With all of that said now, I’m sure Olsen will deal like a 3 hitter tonight.
I’ll be at all 3 this weekend…..
34,800
Braun
Villanueva & Olsen
Italian
Good luck and great site guys…... :0
I swear to God I think I could hit a Matt Wise changeup......
That just goes to show ya that I don't crap about the Brewers....
Actually, I read that somewhere last night. You’d think that by now I would quit trusting the stuff that sports writers write. But nooooo, I never learn.
Welcome to FishStripes!
Also visiting from BCB
Like the site a bunch. Some good stuff on here.
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
Ichthyomancy
Hey, loved it so much last year, hope you don’t mind if i play again this year…
36,608
hermida
combined 24+K
polish (always)
Bring Back The Old Logo!
Ah!
41,434
Hanley
Marlins double digit hits and Gregg saves it
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
bobs picks
31110
olsen
olsen shutout and 9 k’s
Hey guys, I'm from Brew Crew Ball
“Ichthyomancy”: I love it. I noticed our High-A affiliate, Brevard County, is playing yours tonight, and lo and behold, Jupiter is starting…Jeff Allison! I had no idea he was still in baseball. Can you tell me what’s going on with him?
He's extremely quick and good.
Yeah Allison returned to professional baseball this season.
Allison is making his fifth start and so far has been pretty solid. He hasn’t gotten win yet but it is not about wins and loses at this point
He hadn't pitched since 2005, right?
And he missed 2004 I think. Crazy. Heroin, was it?
He's extremely quick and good.
Right, previous time on the mound was 2005
Actually it was OxyContin and then there was that stealing a car thing and I believe driving it over state lines.
Olsen
He keeps dealing! 4 shutout innings. I love his new approach.
Either the Brewers have the fastest team in baseball or...
Hanley is incredibly slow making the throw to first
I can tell you
the Brewers are NOT the fastest team in baseball
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
didn't mean to bring you down
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
I've been wondering about that the whole game too
Was wondering who the hell came into my apartment and messed with my monitor settings ;)
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
Where does Willingham usually bat in the lineup?
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
He doesn't get payed to hit though...
Lets End This!!!
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
Sounded like...
another great game.
Hendrickson tomorrow… On TV!!!
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
Points
The attendance for the game was 40,088. The attendance point goes to Dux2bux.
Marlins players earning a point: Olsen, Helms and Gregg.
A point goes to: Architect, Brickell, Bumppo, Fishtail, Fluxuation, FSUMarlins, LadyFish and Matty Star.
Brewers players earning a point: Gallardo, Kendall and Shouse.
Unfortunately, none of the players were chosen by our Brewer friends.
AAB points:
Architect, FSUMarlins, LadyFish, Matt Wilson, Mbaamin and Stlcardinalsfan.
Recap:
Architect +2
FSUMarlins +2
LadyFish +2
Dux2bux +1
Brickell +1
Bumppo +1
Fishtail +1
Fluxuation +1
MattyStar +1
Matt Wilson +1
Mbaamin +1
Stlcardinalsfan +1
Congratulations to all of tonight’s winners! If I missed anyone or anything, please let me know.
Oh, on the Sausage Race...
as expected the race web site updating guy found something better to do and I didn’t see the race. But this is not a problem since he will update it and I will catch up the results. So points are coming, we just don’t when.
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