Game 4 of the 2008 NLDS- Brewers trail 5-1to Philadelphia
This blog has seriously lagged during two periods during this season. The first is when I spent a lot of time focused on training for a 170 mile bike ride, the 2nd was when my father came close to death due to a complication from surgery. Hard to be concerned about a Brewer meltdown while you deal with the reality of medical shortcomings. Now, as my father continues progressing on his road to recovery, I have been riding the emotional roller coaster of the Crew's dramatic ride into the post season. I will not disagree with ANY of the shortcomings of this team, yet I discovered a strange phenomenon as a fan; when your team gets close, your ability to think logically is severely affected. "Sure," I thought, "the offense hits like Tilted Kilt waitresses in heels and the pitching staff consists of CC Sabathia and well, cross your fingers, but I think we could beat Philadelphia." That seemed unlikely after I watched game 1 at Hooters on Monday. Without watching or listening on Tuesday, Sabathia coughed up a big inning and went into a 2-0 hole Then last night, Dave Bush pitched around a tough Philly offense and the Crew was able to put a few runs together and win. Suddenly, I was back to thinking, "They can do this. Just win tomorrow and get to CC on Tuesday." Well, here I am, blogging during what, barring an epic comeback will be the Brewer's last game of the season. I think what is annoying for Brewer fans is that the outlook for next season is so bleak. The team loses it's best two pitchers and will have repace them while also making major changes to the offensive makeup of this team. It just doesn't seem like there could be any better time for the Brewer's than now, so with few 6 outs left, I'm clinging to the remains of an amazing Brewer season. After that, it's cheer for the Rangers, Wild and Packers, three teams I like, but don't love. So come on Brewer's string a miracle together. Look no further than your dugout where your manager was part of one of the greatest comebacks in Brewer history on Easter Sunday in 1987.