8/30/2009

Game 128: Brewers 4, Pirates 1

No matter how bad
There's always a step lower
The Pittsburgh Pirates
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8/29/2009

Game 127: Brewers 7, Pirates 3

Holding the lead late
Overcomes middling collapse.
On the cusp of streak.
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8/28/2009

Game 126: Brewers 8, Pirates 6

Big lead slips away
Parra nearly ruins day
Crew wins anyway
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Game 125: Reds 8 Brewers 5

Your '09 Brewers:
Winner's mistress, loser's bride -
honeymoon's over.

~Scott

8/27/2009

Game 124 - Brewers: 3 Reds: 4 (10 innings)

Loss overshadowed
By piece of breath taking news--
Kevin Barker lives!
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Game 123 - Brewers: 6 Reds: 8 (13 innings)

Blue collar Suppan
always punches out at 5
despite salary

Everybody knows
Coffey grounds third time around
make for a weak Brew
~Scott

Valiant comeback
Has Miller Park rocking out
Just another loss
-dz

8/25/2009

Game 122 - Brewers: 7 Nationals: 1

Couple of home runs
Four shut out innings from pen
Team owed Yo this one
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8/23/2009

Game 121: Nationals 8, Brewers 3

the type of car wreck
that's too difficult to watch
but you have to see

eager Prince hacking
nine pitches in four at-bats
four walks yesterday
~Scott

Pre-season promise
'Cubs class of the division'
Love to pass them up
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Game 120: Brewers 11, Nationals 9

Head down Cameron
struck out in final at-bat
wanted five good ones
~SA


Up eight, then tied up
Burns strives forth, but can't reach fourth
Send down is the low down
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8/22/2009

Game 119: Brewers 7, Nationals 3

This odd sensation
Happy after checking score
Forgotten winning
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8/20/2009

Game 118: Brewers 1, Pirates 3

Swept by lowly Bucs
Clear the players really don't
Give a flying $#&%
-dz


Pirates beat Brewers
Junior college beat Pirates
Where's that leave the crew?
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8/19/2009

Game 117: Brewers 2, Pirates 5

What to write today
About Crew bottoming out?
Can they sink lower?
-dz

Melvin's bumbling
Leads to August stumbling
Fans left mumbling
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8/17/2009

Game 116: Pirates 9, Brewers 5

Cash in your chips, Doug
you have five second baseman
and you need an ace
~Scott

Game 115: Astros 8 Brewers 5

Fielder and Braun
make Roy Oswalt look silly
but that's about it.

Baseball baffler:
When does slider have no slide?
When thrown by Weathers
~Scott

8/16/2009

Game 114: Brewers 6, Astros 2

Six runs, no home runs
Great pitching from pen and Burns
Some real signs of hope
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8/15/2009

Game 113: Brewers 11, Astros 2

Two game winning streak
Wandy caught with his pants down
never recovered.
~Scott

8/14/2009

Game 112: Brewers 12, Padres 9

There's nowhere to hide
when summer casts long shadows
and you're the shadow
~Scott

Long bombs move Brewers
Two and a half behind Cubs--
Something to root for
-dz

8/13/2009

Game 111: Brewers 5, Padres 6

Death of a season
Can't fire bases loaded walks
Hope springs in Green Bay
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8/12/2009

Game 110: Brewers 6, Padres 13

Baseball's worst offense
Devours Looper and pen
While Crew fans starving
-dz

Game 109: Brewers 0, Astros 2

Crew's lazy Sunday
Finishes their vacation
Now come home to work
-dz

8/09/2009

Game 108: Brewers 12, Astros 5

Forget the twelve runs
Big story is Smith and Burns
Pitch shutout innings
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Hardy Hall Gerut
cannot hit to save their life -
all three are in there.
~Scott

8/08/2009

Game 107: Brewers 3, Astros 6

Kendall's shot wasted
By sagging middle relief
Weekend looks ugly
-dz

8/06/2009

Game 106: Brewers 4, Dodgers 1

Brewers win series
Outscored 23-14
Day-to-day baseball
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8/05/2009

Game 105: Brewers 4, Dodgers 17

run. run. run. run. run.
run. run. run. run. run. run. run.
run. run. run. run. run.
~Scott

Melvin dug a hole
Pitching staff left staring up
Crew six feet under
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Forget the pitcher
Prince charges the locker room
Enjoy the time off
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Last check before bed
Down5-3, Brewers closing
Rude awakening
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8/04/2009

Game 104 Brewers: 6 Dodgers: 5

Rocking swivel hips
shoulders curl in, eyes squint
Manny's a dead man
~Scott

Braun launches a bomb
Hoffman struggles but closes
I slept through it all
-dz

Parra for the course
Parra-chutes to the rescue
Parra-mount success
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8/02/2009

Game 103: Brewers 6 Padres 1

Weeks Hart Hall Hardy
not on the field today
Who knew in April?
~Scott

Game 102: Brewers 2, Padres 4

Couple of home runs
Burns fills in admirably
Still ends in a loss
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Another series
Another two of three lost
Dragging on and on
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8/01/2009

Game 101: Brewers 7, Padres 11

win now means win now
when it does not mean win now
it looks like tonight
~Scott

Call him the savior
Top secret ace in the hole
Chris Capuano
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7-1 lead
Falls to 10 unanswered runs
Admit: It's over
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Gerut for Junior
Claudio Vargas returns
Failure: Doug Melvin
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