Milwaukee Brewers; No Time For Sour Grapes

As August gets underway the darrrrrlings of the big leagues are the Pittsburgh Pirates. They are 54-54, which doesn’t seem all that good to most. But when you have 18 straight losing seasons and are .500 this late in the year it’s like winning the Indy 500 blindfolded on your step-moms Mo-Ped.

But the real team, the real team you should be paying attention to out of the NL Central aren’t the Bucos. The real team that is concocting, stirring and distilling a chance to go deep into October is the Brew Crew.

The Milwaukee Brewers are the real deal.

Ryan Braun is a fan favorite; he led the NL in All-Star votes…. The lean vegetarian Prince Fielder is hitting home runs into Canada… they signed Francisco ‘Blackjack’ Rodriguez… John Axford would look better with a leather vest than mit …. And Bob Uecker’s crazy antics in the booth.

The Brewers are playing good baseball. But they don’t necessarily have enough pitching to take on some other rotations when it matters most. Their roster is not stacked the way a Jimmy Kimmel prank is loaded. Their fan base isn’t so drastically hungry for a title it makes their Wisconsin cows dry.

And yet, this has all the makings for a perfect ‘Milwaukee’ story book ending. It’s just so crazy it could work.