Vinny Rottino previews Cubs-Brewers series
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Who is Vinny Rottino and what is his role with the Brewers?
We are happy to have on Vinny Rotino. Vinny, how are you? I'm doing great. Thanks for having me on, guys. I tell you, I feel like I made it to the big leagues when I get on the score and get on your show.
I appreciate you guys having me. 1-2. Ground ball to short. Pratt. They get one. They get two. Game over. Pratt to Terang. The Bowers and the Brewers have swept the Reds in Cincinnati.
Oh, that courtesy of Brewers TV. They just keep on winning. A 6-5 final. They are 49-29, 20 games above .500. And they now face the Cubs for a three-game set in Milwaukee beginning tonight. That is why we have brought in our friend from the north, Vinny Rotino, pre- and post-game analyst for Brewers TV. He is at Vinny Rotino on X. Vinny, how are you today? clipping that little uh that little sound bite of me saying i feel like i made it to the big leagues because it is here's another at bat for me in the big leagues i love it thanks guys we will always find your big league at bats and uh before we get into the main topic the side topic also needs to be addressed on the scale of marshmallow based treats in honor of marshmallow having the concert after the game are you a s'mores guy or a rice crispy treats guy
That's a good question. I like a good s'mores by the campfire, especially up here in Wisconsin when all the Illinois people come up and join us on our lakes. We love it. We love having you guys up here. I'm a big s'mores guy around the campfire. It's okay that you're wrong.
I understand you're road tripping right now. You got kids in the car, right?
No, no, no. Nope, I don't. Actually, I'm home because the day off, I was on a road trip. I was in Cincinnati. Yes, but the kids are home. I wouldn't be able to join from my studio because they will be yelling and screaming in the background and fighting, most likely.
Okay, I was disappointed because I was going to get them to weigh in on our question. I was going to get the kids because I feel like kids are more, yeah, it's a question suited for kids.
What are the Brewers' recent performances leading up to the Cubs series?
Marshall doesn't like to accept the L, Vinny. S'mores are the way. I'm a Rice Christmas shit guy. You know, I enjoy both, but around the campfire, you can't go wrong. Okay, so here's what we've deduced, is that the only way to get to Jacob Mizorowski may be in the first inning. If you are giving the scouting report against him, and he just seems absolutely unstoppable right now, at about 100 miles an hour on the average pitch, what would you say to do? So the scouting report that you're going to have in a hitter's meeting before you face Jacob Mizorowski, you're going to have the hitting coach stand up in front of the room. He's going to need all attention on him. He's going to say, hey, guys, good luck.
I mean, really, that's what you're getting right now from the Miz. You can't really even get to him in the first inning. Chris Hook, again, has done such a phenomenal job with this kid. And he's got all these starters. Quite frankly, almost approaching their first inning as if they're coming out of the bullpen. And you've got to get outs from pitch one. So you don't find any of these Milwaukee Brewers actually struggling in the first. It's kind of a team philosophy, which is cool to see. I haven't really ever heard that of all 20-plus years in professional baseball. Haven't really heard a pitching coach say, okay, we're going to approach this first inning as if you're coming out of the bullpen and you're facing the meat of the order.
And that's been working for this Brewers team. Look, Miz is throwing 102 miles per hour, 101 I think he's averaging. And it's just insane how he is just mowing down hitters and That start against the Philadelphia Phillies where he went nine innings, 27 up, 27 down. He had a hit by Carl Schwarber raised by a double play that next pitch or the next at-bat. And then he punched out 15. It was the best performance I had ever seen. He didn't totally back it up against the Braves. He ran into a little bit of some trouble with Matt Olsen. So that's the thing. I think... I think if you can get PCA, just kind of speaking from your guys' perspective, Cubs fans, how are we going to get to the Miz?
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