Category: Milwaukee Brewers

Royals Broadcast Went Into Hilarious Silence After Analyst Dropped Awkward Line
8 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Royals Broadcast Went Into Hilarious Silence After Analyst Dropped Awkward Line

For about 30 seconds, there was nothing but deafening silence to be heard during the sixth inning of Bally Sports Kansas City's broadcast of the Kansas City Royals' clash against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday.

Royals analyst Rex Hudler took the microphone to further break down Kansas City right-handed pitcher Seth Lugo whiffing Brewers shortstop Willy Adames with an 81.7-mph slurve.

"And then you drop the deuce on the outside part of the plate," Hudler said. "That big curveball, nice, right out of the zone, just like you like it."

Play-by-play announcer Ryan Lefebvre didn't say a word. He let the moment breathe with viewers soaking in every last word of Hudler's funny phrasing.

Finally, the silence broke.

"Just to clarifyβ€”a deuce is a curveball," Lefebvre said.

"Yeah, it's two," Hudler responded, referencing the number of fingers that catchers use to signal for a curveball.

Too funny.

Adames eventually got his revenge for the sixth-inning strikeout, blasting a three-run go-ahead homer in the top of the ninth. The Brewers beat the Royals 6–5.

Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB
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Brewers Fan Has Intensely Excited Reaction After Catching Gary Sanchez Home Run
7 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Brewers Fan Has Intensely Excited Reaction After Catching Gary Sanchez Home Run

The Kansas City Royals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Monday at Kaufman Stadium. Ten thousand fans were in attendance to see the home team come from behind to win their 21st game of the season, but at least one of them did not care about the final score.

There was one on and two outs when Gary SΓ‘nchez stepped to the plate in the fourth inning. After taking three pitches from Cole Ragans, he hit a fastball deep to left center. As the ball hurdled towards a waterfall feature, a Brewers fan jumped and grabbed the ball with his outstretched, gloved hand and caught the home run.

What followed was one of the most intense celebrations in the history of sports.

If there was ever a case for excitement to be measured on the Richter scale, this is it. This guy was jacked up. Who knows how long he's been bringing that glove to games hoping for this exact thing to happen?

And for the ball to be hit by a player on his favorite team in a different city? That's a really intense state of euphoria. Like the kind of thing that only happens when Dan Campbell or a young Blake Griffin is involved. Guys who win by knockout in the UFC are more subdued.

This is why sports are the best. All this guy really did was catch a baseball. Big deal. But everything that preceded this moment made him react like it the greatest thing to ever happen to to anyone. Ever. And that's worth celebrating.

Dan Campbell, Gary Sanchez, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB
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Umpires Demand Brewers Pitcher Change Glove Despite Fact He Used It Previous Night
1 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Umpires Demand Brewers Pitcher Change Glove Despite Fact He Used It Previous Night

If you like messy baseball, this week's three-game series between the Tampa Bay Rays and the surprising Milwaukee Brewers is the series for you.

On Tuesday, tensions between the two teams erupted into a bench-clearing brawl that led to four suspensions. Somehow, the Brewers found time to pull out an 8–2 victoryβ€”turning the tables on the Rays after they shut out Milwaukee 1–0 Monday.

In Wednesday's series finale, the hijinks continued. Late in the game, umpires asked Brewers pitcher Thyago Vieira to change his gloveβ€”seemingly oblivious to the fact that Vieira had used the same glove in the previous night's game.

Milwaukee's announcers on Bally Sports Wisconsin speculated that the change was due to the coloring of the removed glove, and chuckled at the fact that Vieira replaced it with a garish yellow one.

Seemingly unfazed by the change, Vieira hurled a scoreless ninth inning in a 7–1 Brewers win.

Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, Tampa Bay Rays, Thyago Vieira
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Father of Brewers Rookie Got to Announce His Son Getting a Hit in Major League Debut
1 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Father of Brewers Rookie Got to Announce His Son Getting a Hit in Major League Debut

When a Major League Baseball player makes their debut, it's even-money odds that the home broadcast will find their elated parents in the stands and conduct an in-game interview. It's an even safer bet if the player does something memorable and an absolute lock if, say, their father is Canadian announcer Rod Black, who worked at TSN as host and called Toronto Blue Jays games from 2002-2009.

Okay, perhaps that's a little specific but it came into play during the Milwaukee Brewers-Tampa Bay Rays game at Miller Field on Tuesday night, where Tyler Black got into his first contest as a pinch-runner after an injury and proceeded to get a hit in his first two official at-bats.

Quite a pace.

Bally Sports Wisconsin reporter Sophia Minnaert was live with his family for the second hit, which was expertly called by someone with experience in the field.

That's some solid comedic timing. These family check-ins can be a bit stiff as one member always seems a bit reticent to be on camera but Black was down to chew up some scenery and bask in the pride. Had to be a cool moment for everyone involved and they'll always have the video to remember it by.

Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Tyler Black
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Benches Clear in Brewers-Rays After Abner Uribe, Jose Siri Exchange Punches
1 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Benches Clear in Brewers-Rays After Abner Uribe, Jose Siri Exchange Punches

Things quickly became heated on the field Tuesday night in the eighth inning of the Milwaukee Brewers' 8–2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

To lead off the eighth, Rays outfielder Jose Siri grounded out to first base. While Siri jogged to first, Brewers reliever Abner Uribe appeared to have some words for the 28-year-old. Siri chirped back.

Despite umpire Phil Cuzzi's best efforts to separate the two players, Uribe and Siri exchanged blows, with Uribe throwing the first punch over Cuzzi’s shoulder to connect with Siri’s helmet. Both the Brewers and Rays benches cleared, and chaos ensued from there.

When the dust had settled, Siri and Uribe both were ejected. Hoby Milner took over on the mound for Uribe, and the Brewers cruised to finish off their 8–2 win.

Tensions between Siri and the Brewers began earlier in the game. After Siri crushed a solo homer in the third inning, Milwaukee starting pitcher Freddy Peralta hit him with a 95.2-mph fastball in his next at-bat in the sixth. Home plate umpire Chris Guccione ejected Peralta and Brewers manager Pat Murphy after that play.

MLB likely will hand out suspensions for Uribe and Siri, among others, on Wednesday. The Brewers and Rays will wrap up their three-game series Wednesday at 1:10 p.m. ET.

Abner Uribe, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, Tampa Bay Rays
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