Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Brewers (4/25)
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 5:44 AM EDT
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Florida 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
by Bumppo on Apr 25, 2008 6:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
35,111
HanRam
Hammer and Jake have HRs
Chorizo
Build a stadium downtown and I'll buy season tickets
by hurricane on Apr 25, 2008 9:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sausage Race
30,100
Olsen
Marlins H>Brewers H
Polish
by FSUMarlins on Apr 25, 2008 9:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
37,105
Olsen
Brewers use 4+ pitchers
by The Architect on Apr 25, 2008 9:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
almost forgot...
I’ll take Bratwurst
by The Architect on Apr 25, 2008 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no tv picks
34,493
Hammer
Low scoring special: Combined runs ≤ 5
Italian
by Matt Wilson on Apr 25, 2008 10:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
picks
29,170
hanley
fish hits > 9
chorizo
I'm doin the Fish again. (Yeah, yeah, yeah.)
by colombo259 on Apr 25, 2008 11:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hot Dog Race
30,000
Olsen
Complete game and win for Olsen
Hot Dog
by fishtail on Apr 25, 2008 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
33,003
Jacobs
Marlins H + R ≥ 12
Polish
by Fishcrazy on Apr 25, 2008 11:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hot dog on a sticks
36,316
Olsen
Olsen: 10+ Ks
Hot Dog
by brickell on Apr 25, 2008 11:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Officially moving to Miami picks
33333
Hammer
Marlins only use 3 pitchers
Polska!
by jrsyeagle on Apr 25, 2008 11:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
32683
olsen
olsen pitches complete game.
polish
by Fluxuation on Apr 25, 2008 12:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
34567
hanley
Olsen: 6+ IP, 6+ K’s, less than 100 pitches
by FriedFish on Apr 25, 2008 12:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Picks
28700
Jacobs
Fla: XBH > 3, and
Fla P’s: IP > H + BB
by c60 on Apr 25, 2008 1:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by dux2bux on Apr 25, 2008 1:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Picks
(Reposting to add the sausage)
30,330
Hermida
Olsen; Quality start
Polish
by mbaamin08 on Apr 25, 2008 2:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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......
by Adam P on Apr 25, 2008 3:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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!
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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
by verno329 on Apr 25, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
super sad no TV picks...
31,500
Ramirez
Fish: ≥ 2 HR
by GameFish on Apr 25, 2008 4:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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!
by jacob on Apr 25, 2008 6:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Heck no...
Welcome back and it’s good to see you again
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Picks
27,800
Willingham
Marlins HR > Brewers HR
Brat
by Spud on Apr 25, 2008 6:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ah!
41,434
Hanley
Marlins double digit hits and Gregg saves it
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
by HadMatter on Apr 25, 2008 8:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
bobs picks
31110
olsen
olsen shutout and 9 k’s
by MattyStar4 on Apr 25, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by battlekow on Apr 25, 2008 8:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He hadn't pitched since 2005, right?
And he missed 2004 I think. Crazy. Heroin, was it?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 25, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Olsen
He keeps dealing! 4 shutout innings. I love his new approach.
by SprintSTboy on Apr 25, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bad news: we didn't score
Good news: we’re starting to him
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Either the Brewers have the fastest team in baseball or...
Hanley is incredibly slow making the throw to first
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by verno329 on Apr 25, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really wish you hadn't told me that because it means...
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
didn't mean to bring you down
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
by verno329 on Apr 25, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh that's okay
I already knew the answer and one can only live in denial for so long
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Judging by the early results
it didn’t help
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No worries...
other than Olsen threw a lot of pitches. Need to extend our part of the inning
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh No
it’s Rabelo running the bases. It’s going to take a double to get him home for second.
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully being on base won't effect Ollie
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 10:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it's definitely
darker than normal… but not as bad as it had gotten at times last year
by jrsyeagle on Apr 25, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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
by verno329 on Apr 25, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where does Willingham usually bat in the lineup?
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
by verno329 on Apr 25, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sweet
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
by HadMatter on Apr 25, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Free Baseball!
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
by HadMatter on Apr 25, 2008 11:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
(Audio only)
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
by HadMatter on Apr 25, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Smokin Mota
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
by HadMatter on Apr 25, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Please Mota show us that same form you displayed when you were with the Fish
by craig on Apr 25, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Woooo!
Wes!
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
by HadMatter on Apr 25, 2008 11:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mota
Smoked!!!
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
by HadMatter on Apr 25, 2008 11:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Never seen Gregg swing the bat...
Still haven’t
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
by HadMatter on Apr 25, 2008 11:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He doesn't get payed to hit though...
Lets End This!!!
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
by HadMatter on Apr 25, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Another game...
another day atop the league standings…
by jrsyeagle on Apr 25, 2008 11:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sounded like...
another great game.
Hendrickson tomorrow… On TV!!!
"This will all end in tears, I just know it."
by HadMatter on Apr 25, 2008 11:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by craig on Apr 26, 2008 3:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by craig on Apr 26, 2008 3:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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