Manny Parra Gets Between Prince Fielder and Tofu Dog
Walkoff Walk —
... Seems as if Prince was just ticked off that Manny was headed to the showers after being pulled in the seventh after putting the Brew Crew in a 6-1 hole. Heck, I'd be pretty ticked off too if my starting pitcher allowed six earned to the Redlegs. The Brewers shame spiral starts early this year, folks! ...
Tuesday's Frosty Mug
Brew Crew Ball —
... be in for a rough Tuesday.
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BR Box Score
As one might expect, talk about last night's little dust-up is all over the web this morning. Let's see if I can remember how to bust out the bullet points:
Here's Tom Haudricourt's initial reaction.
Voros McCracken has the video, if you haven't seen it, along with a reference to the Fielder/Sabathia Onion article of a week ago.
Afterwards, Tom H. attempted to put together the pieces on what happened, and asks if it's a big deal. ...
The Brewers Imploding Late In The Season? That's Odd [MLB]
Deadspin —
... Cubs at the time, have gone 3-8 since, with three losses going to Parra. Milwaukee is now 62-51, five games behind first-place Chicago. Leave it to JS Online message board commenters to unravel the situation: "come on people. the entire town of cinci smells like chili, so of course prince is going to be on edge." — my name's not Derek In related news, The Onion may have identified the problem. Wizard Cat gives this fracas: Three wands. Is It A Big Deal? [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal]
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Odds and Ends: Livan, Maddux, Meredith, Fielder
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... last week.
Livan Hernandez is expected to clear waivers today. We know the Rockies have discussed him internally, and Buster Olney speculates the Mets might be interested. The D'Backs are not likely to bring him back.
The Tigers reportedly asked for Matt Lindstrom from the Marlins for Ivan Rodriguez.
I did a Q&A with Philly Sports 101.
Tom Haudricourt has details on Prince Fielder's dugout shoves of teammate Manny ...
BLS poll: How will the Brewers react to the Fielder-Parra fiasco?
Big League Stew —
... But this morning, beat writer Tom Haudricourt posted this hearsay quote from Fielder — "We stayed out there and watched your (bleep). You can stay out here and watch our (bleep)" — an all-timer, if there ever was one .. and one that sheds a little more light on the situation. ...
