I have never seen a full Brewers season where they make the playoffs. Born in July 1982, I missed that amazing World Series run. It’s been a long 25 years- the longest playoff drought in baseball. With a young team of quality stars and shrewd management, we’re boldly making our move. I get so excited thinking about the Brewers now, a little pee comes out. In fact,

When the Brewers
make the playoffs
I will pee my pants.

Monday, October 6, 2008 - Pledge Fulfilled

The Brewers' first playoff after a 25-year absence was all too short. Even though it didn't end the way we wanted it too, I have to say it's been a successful and great season- I witnessed the first playoff berth of my life. Of course there are regrets and decisions to second-guess about the last game. Particularly Suppan's ineffective start. It's a shame we didn't start the Lamborghini Gallardo, who looked dominant in relief. Our hitters left a lot to be desired throughout the series. Short at-bats and short innings are no way to produce runs and win games.

All in all, it's been a fantastic year. Thanks to everyone who visited, pledged, and commented in good humor. Thanks to the Brewers for taking us to the promised land. I'm hopeful that there is a foundation for more frequent playoff appearances. I think Attanasio may have gotten a taste for winning and will continue to pour money into the team. These last few months, I've thought that if we made it to the playoffs and didn't win it all, CC might be inclined to stay. Hopefully we can get a deal done quickly (while his love for this great city and team looms large) and sign him to a deal. Maybe we include a clause that once we win the World Series- he can opt out. CC, Gallardo, Parra is dirty. If our batters can work the count next year- maybe we'll sprinkle some regular hits in between the dong parade.

Enjoy the Hall of Pee. The PYPFTB Executive Committee also has some soul-searching to do this off-season. Does a fulfilled pledge mean game over for the site? Or is a Brewers playoff appearance always an excuse to pee your pants- a tradition worth continuing? We'll see if we see you in 2009.
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Sunday, October 5, 2008 - No Hittable Pitches For You

All right, it's time for Suppan to deliver on his monster contract. He made all that money because of a great postseason (a while ago). By all means I'll love him forever if he's dominant today and gets another huge contract.

What a game yesterday. I was so proud to see Miller Park rocking last night. Truly awesome. All we did was get hits. They were little itty bitty ones, but pretty awesome nonetheless. At one point we had three singles in a row with no runs scored. Baby hits. Braun and the Prince were 0 fer 7. If they get hot, here we come LA. I just heard JJ (3 for 4 stud) say we need to take one game at a time- let's do it.
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Saturday, October 4, 2008 - We Must Protect This House

We have to win one baseball game today. It's as simple as that. We're playing at Miller Park tonight in front of what's going to be the most raucous crowd imaginable. The noise tonight has been 26 years in the making. A lot of fans have waited their whole lives for a playoff game in Milwaukee. Here we are everyone. It's been awesome. I hope everyone has a really great time. Enjoy this and let's get the W.
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Friday, October 3, 2008 - I See Dead People

Okay, it's the wrong M. Night Shamalangadingdong movie. The one I really meant was Signs (see picture). I think that Signs is applicable here and that it's his best flick. Joaquin with his hair lip is really funny, Macauly Culkin puts in his best performance since his rapping role in Michael Jackson's "Black and White." Anyways, here are the signs I'm seeing. I'm seeing connections. The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers went down to the final day of the regular season to clinch their playoff berth. Only 7 of 54 teams have come back from an 0-2 playoff hole. The 1982 Brewers are one of them. Does that give you shivers? I am shivering.

Does anyone else feel a little bit bad for the Cubs? They really are a great team and had a fantastic season- and now they're just blowing it and have the whole nonsense of 100-year history and pessimists putting monumental pressure and self-defeating thoughts on them. It's been a stunning collapse for them. But we're not like that, we're a bit different because we're playing with house money. I don't want to say that we're settling for a playoff berth and that's it (though it's tough to imagine a World Series celebration being any wilder than Sunday's). It's almost like you have to pay your dues, get some playoff experience like the Phillies last year. The Crew is making progress bit by bit. Sort of like the Pack from 94-96. Sort of like the Bucks 99-01. Here we are. And we can get hot and turn this into a 5-game series with CC on FOUR days rest for the final game. I like our chances.

Some more comments about last night's game. I thought we were going to bust the game open in the first and I was ecstatic for a rout. That we only got 1 run was obviously the story of the game. And then CC's pitching duel against the pitcher? Ugh. I always think it's sometimes good to have the out after the pitcher be your final out- so then they don't lead off again (probably a garbage thought). But to have 9 pitches against him was horrific. My bro was at the game in the right field along the right-field foul line and I made him promise me that he would dive into the stadium to create a ground rule double for fan interference if it benefited the Brewers. His services were not needed.

The low of that grand salami was pretty low. I feel like I've been running myself ragged this last week and a half with so much excitement and then letdown on this giant see-saw. I need to just relax and enjoy it more. So do the Brewers, and their bats will start popping.
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Thursday, October 2, 2008 - Defense Wins Championships

Our defense let the Lamborghini Gallardo down- no question about it. Rickie's error in the 3rd was entirely unacceptable. How can you explain that error? The ball was perfectly delivered right to the belt buckle- all he has to do is reach out his arm, but instead he keeps it tucked in and jabs himself. WHYYYYY??? Needless to say, no earned runs for Yo-Yo, which would have been sufficient for the W. And what was up with Cameron's angle of pursuit on that fly ball? It must've been really windy out there.

And then on offense, we certainly were challenging. We were right there until Corey Break My Hart let another K go. Just a little poke- and I would've named my kid after him.

Now it comes down to the dark horse of CC. Take us home big man. I'm a little worried about his arm. 4 starts on 3 days rest is a big workload even for his 6'7'', 500 lb frame.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - Playoffs? You better believe it

Whew. I just got an email from Brewers.com that the Brewers and Phillies are opening the NLDS today. Obviously, THIS IS HUGE. I must say, I'm a little exhausted after the season and playoff push, but now it's pump up time for the actual playoffs/World Series run. Drink a big coffee and get jacked, set up a tailgate at work, get out of work early, whatever you have to do. Here we go on a ride that I'm sure will be rocky, I'm sure it'll be crazier than the regular season. All the season's intensity condensed to three weeks. Today's is an important game. If we can steal Game 1 with the Lamborghini Gallardo, the Phillies are going to be terrified of CC in Game 2.

Here's one of the best pledge fulfillment stories I've heard: I was out bird hunting in the U.P. when I remembered the Brewers were playing. I went back to my truck and settled in to listen to the game on the radio. At the end of the 7th inning I had to go pee but decided to hold it in case I needed it within the hour. When the Brew Crew won I really had to go pee, but forced myself to hold it as I was keeping track of the Mets game. When the Mets finally lost I got out of the truck, with my bird dog following me out. She was very excited thinking we were going out hunting again. But when I took a good deep breath of fresh northern air and started to fill my pants with pee, but dog had the strangest look of puzzlement on her face. Wow, after holding it for almost 90 minutes I really filled my pants and put a big puddle on the ground. After soaking in the victory for 5 to 10 minutes I got my dog back into the truck and headed home. It was a good day in the U.Pee.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - Welcome to Occtobefest

So this is what playing in October feels like? It's great to be here and playing at this time of year. I think the fact of the playoffs has sunken in and now I'm on to playoff preparation mode. I just bought the clubhouse granite Brewers Wildcard shirt. That'll be part of my playoff uniform, along with the 07 and 08 PYPFTB shirts. I think I'm going to keep a quality rotation going- rather than trying to create a lucky shirt and drive that one home. However, if something lucky happens in one of the shirts- that may need to change. Get your rest Brewers. Tomorrow is the beginning of a new era.

Here's a great example of pledge fulfillment. Keep posting your video responses to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzmsbIfwQhc


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Monday, September 29, 2008 - We Did It! We Did It!

We did it. We actually did it. The Milwaukee Brewers are in the playoffs for the first time since 1982. I was so excited I peed my pants. Literally. Peed my Pants for the Brewers. I love that after this 2-year odyssey that we've embarked on together- it's finally in the past tense. I peed my pants for the Brewers and I hope you did too.

There's been some great responses so far. Send in your stories and pics (of pledge fulfillment, but also just great celebrations!) and YouTube links to bernie@pypftb.com. I'll start a page.

For the first time in my life I witnessed an entire Brewers season resulting in a playoff birth. My birth in July of 1982 allowed me to witness the Wallbangers wild run, but I was not part of it. Did this just happen? This whole season was so insane. Ups and downs and downs and ups, but here we are- 1 of 4 teams in the playoffs. With beer and champagne flowing on the players, how proud were you of those guys? For sticking through this whole season. Bouncing back and delivering when it counts. No joking here- it's been a little dusty around me when I pause and think about the enormity of what has transpired.

Truly insane. There are kids losing their minds over this. That we were 5 1/2 games up in the wildcard and then 2 1/2 games out of the playoffs a week ago is astounding. No doubt we earned this. Scoreboard watching galore. Obviously we didn't want to lose our way into the one-game playoff. And obviously we didn't want to play today. Who would we pitch? Robin Yount maybe.

I thought it was going to be a cakewalk after Cameron got a leadoff hit in the first. Then we went quiet for 6 terrifying innings and it was a war with our batters tightening up. The poor Prince almost deserved to be shot for his error in the 2nd that looked costly up to the 8th. Talk about big players stepping in up in big games . CC refused to lose. He nearly won the game by himself with that ripped moon shot that was barely foul in right. And then the future of the franchise, Ryan Braun, put the team on his back with 2 outs with the dong of all dongs.

I'm having difficulty comprehending this. I don't think it'll truly hit me until our guys step on the field in Philly on Wednesday. You know what though? We're not done yet.
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Sunday, September 28, 2008 - Tell Me I'm a Good Man

One of my favorite parts in Saving Private Ryan is the very end- where the old grandpa Matt Damon (with the 3 super hot granddaughters) is at the cemetery at Normandy and asks his wife to tell him he's a good man. That he lived up to Tom Hanks' last wish that Private Ryan "earn it." Well, ladies and gentlemen of the PYPFTB community, we are earning it right now. Could it be any other way than going down to the very last day of the season. The very last game. We're still in control of our destiny and I can't believe we're hours away from the final hour of reckoning.

We have our ace and guiding light and my main man, CC Sabathia, taking control of his and the Brewers destiny. We're all jumping on his back as he carries us and pitches us to the promised land. His performance today might honestly be something like Brendan Fraser's in the Rookie, no-no and a dong. The only thing I can think of is shivers. How excited we all are. How I wish I were on the Brewers (I sort of am) and I wish all our players the very best.

And also a thanks to the Cubs for the early Navidad present, from SI.com: Piniella is giving Milwaukee perhaps an even bigger gift on Sunday: Rather than starting Carlos Zambrano, he's putting September call-up Angel Guzman on the hill. Do we need to list the ways in which this is like early Christmas for the Brew? Guzman has never won a major-league game despite making 13 starts in 2006 and '07. He has not started a major-league game this year but has a 7.04 ERA in 7 2/3 innings pitched. He made one appearance against the Brewers, on Sept. 17, and gave up three runs in just 2/3 of an inning. Also, he's not Zambrano. The Mets cannot be pleased with this, but Piniella, whose team has already clinched home-field advantage the NL playoffs, kindly offered this explanation of the nature of Sunday's game (via the Chicago Tribune: "It's not going to matter because, well, it is going to matter but it's not going to matter."
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Saturday, September 27, 2008 - Oh YEAHHHH!

Snap it to a Slim Jim? More like snap us into the playoffs. This is unreal. This is craziness. This is actually happenning. People are losing their minds over this. The Macho Man Randy Savage should be doing all the commentary right now.

The Pants-Peeing Plan:
When the moment strikes, take a picture or a video as you fulfill the pledge. Send pics to this bernie@pypftb.com.
If you take a video, post them on YouTube, responding to this PYPFTB training video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzmsbIfwQhc). We'll create our own YouTube sub-genre of pants-peeing pledge fulfillment.
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Friday, September 26, 2008 - Prescription Filled

I believe last night was the first time I have seen the cowbell rally work at Miller Park and now all I want to do is cowbell it up all over this piece until we reach the playoffs. (If you're unfamiliar, Miller Park shows the Will Ferrell SNL cowbell skit during late inning rally situations.) With bases juiced, two outs and two strikes, Miller Park went off the charts on that grand salami airplane celebration. Did you watch the other walk offs in New York and Minnesota? Milwaukee's and Minnesota's celebrations were leagues better than the one in New York. Not even a question. (Oregon State's was also proper.)
And I'll tell you another thing... Attanasio, Gagne, and Yovani all really stepped up. Fans were getting hooked up left and right with sweet gear, cars, lawn mowers, year supply of ice cream... It was nuts. Gagne giving away 5,000 seats should be completely unnecessary given the circumstances, but what a move. And Yoga... 7K's = too fast too furious lambo off the DL style.
Here's what Suppan needs to be telling himself right now: The last time I checked, we don't have a whole lot of songs that feature the cowbell. And I'd be doing myself a disservice -- and every member of this band, if I didn’t perform the H*!! out of this! Forget that its the Cubs. Just get out there and dominate.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008 - Don't Call it a Comeback

In the immortal words of LL Cool J:

Don't call it a comeback I been here for years Rockin my [Old School Brewers hat] and puttin suckas in fear Makin the [dongs] rain down like a MON-soon Listen to the [Prince] go BOOM [Sabathia], overpowerin...

Over the competition, I'm towerin Wreckin shop, when I drop these [web gems] that'll make you call the cops Don't you dare stare, you betta [evacuate the final wildcard slot] Don't ever compare Me to the rest that'll all get [beat in one-run games where closers barely close the deal] [Regular season and Playoff opponents] payin the price

Mama said knock you out!

And with that, the Brewers are tied for the wildcard lead. This is too much. It's extra intense because we have to monitor two games at once. Literally, double the anxiety and pressure (on my bladder). Here comes the Lamborghini Gallardo. Hold on to your butts for the final 4 games of the season.

I thought I was done with this post and then I read some quotes from these players and I covered my face in excitement. I love CC, A LOT. The "oCCtober!" sign got me so jacked up. From Sabathia, “We need to get in the playoffs. We’re tied with four games left and you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do to get in. We’re so close. You only get a certain amount of opportunities to get into the playoffs and win a championship, and that’s what I’m trying to do.”
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - Don't Stop Believing

The Prince's dong last night was truly sensational. Meaning my body was coursing with awesome sensations as the ball soared out of the playing field into dongland. I think everybody else in Miller Park had some of that awesomeness and clearly the Prince was feeling about the most awesomeness possible.

His dong trot was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. He was going pretty fast and as soon as he rounded first, he immediately started tugging his jersey out. I'm worried that at one point the Prince is going to rip his jersey out before he catches the ball to make the final out- he just likes ripping his jersey out so much. I don't usually tuck in my shirt, but I think I'm going to start- at the very least when I watch Brewers games. Probably in general too though- so whenever I accomplish a task I can rip it out. In the replay's you could see a bit of his power core stomach as he untucked his jersey, which looks my 70 year-old Uncle Ron's stomach (which makes him look like he's pregnant, but it's hard as a rock). And then the stomp on home plate? With the whole team there? Mosh pit style. Everyone waiting their turn to get literally lifted up by the Prince after he has carried the team on his back the last two weeks. Wow, a lot of goodness came out of that win. They showed tons of resiliency and key hitting, coming back every time.

Interesting how Ryan Braun has kind of been the team leader all season, got the long-term contract, and his stock has been steadily going up. Now, it's solidly been the Prince leading the team- with productive numbers. I can't wait to see Eagle Eye now. I wonder what it will inspire me to do.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - We can DO it!

Seriously, we can do it. Can you imagine if we made the playoffs after all of this? It's hard to even fathom, but it's a possibility. I think a lot of people have gotten really down on the Brewers lately, and that's got to change. The Cubs are doing their work, now it's our time do ours.

I really like Pittsburgh. I always have felt like there is a bit of kinship between the two cities- small, working-class backgrounds. I was jealous of their new stadium, that they built it downtown, and the views of the bridges have always impressed me. But today and for the next 3 days, I hope they either are our good friends and let us beat them. Or I hate them and I hope we destroy them. Easy as that.
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Monday, September 22, 2008 - Gotta Have Faith

It's true. You gotta have faith at this time of the year. And George Michael's Butt (his butt is a proper noun) will lead the way. While the Mets are playing today for their playoff lives, the Brewers will be relaxing while watching Eagle Eye. Or getting pumped up. To be honest, I wasn't too excited for that movie (at all). And when I first heard the story that Braun set up the screening, I thought they would see it immediately, not wait a week. I guess Braun is a little less powerful than I thought. Would you even go to the screening if you were a player? I don't think I would 100% down for it. The fact that Ryan set it up shows to me the gap in the age, and that a lot of pro sports players are actually younger than me. I may've been super excited a year or two ago, but Eagle Eye doesn't really get my gut anymore.

What was up with Gabe Kapler being at the football game? He looked like he could've been on the field with all his muscles and silly old-fashioned hat. Time to root for the Cubs against the Mets. Quick comment on the Cubs- I can't believe this is their first consecutive playoff appearance in 100 years. I know Brewers fans can't really talk because of our absence, but we can talk about that- that's pathetic. That's like Atlanta Falcons pathetic. That means every year they make the playoffs is a fluke. Just embarrassing, but gooooooo Cubs!
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Sunday, September 21, 2008 - Never give up and good luck will find you!

I hope Falcor is right, but I fear it's too late and we have passed the vanishing point into infinity and beyond. No. I do not fear that. We are still only 2.5 games out, which makes all these losses (against the Reds!??!!) extra painful. The Mets have a tough series coming up. Really all it takes is a 3 out of 4 slide for them and the opposite for us. That can happen. I'm gung ho until math says not to be.

I don't understand the short rest for CC. Maybe he was totally fine on 3 days rest. Yesterday's game was important, but isn't today's just as important? Did we have nobody for yesterday?
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Saturday, September 20, 2008 - What's the point anymore?

I feel like I've been writing this a lot, but that one really hurts. It more than hurts though. It's like a great depressing wave of sadness. How could they do this to us again? There is absolutely no excuse for this swoon. It's the same depressing tale as last season. I won't give up until we're mathematically eliminated, but they're making it easy to think that that elimination is coming soon. Son of a b. I just want to yell, "WILDCARD $#@%#es!" and be there, but it looks like it's not going to happen.
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Friday, September 19, 2008 - I think it's time to Fire Yost

That's it. Enough is enough. We need to light a fire under these guys and get em playing hard again. And that is why, with a heavy heart, I think the Brewers need to make the unprecedented move to fire Yost with 9 games remaining in the wild card chase. They simply are not responding to his guidance anymore.

What a heartbreaker. Up 6-2, I started paying less attention. I thought we totally had the game and was already planning ahead that we would build off the momentum to a sure thing wild card playoff berth. I can't believe that it crumbled. How is that possible? When there were runners on the corners and a 3-run lead, I thought it was important for a coach to come out and give Torres some time and let him refocus. It all happened bang-bang-bang. And then once Soto was up, it was just one more pitch. I don't know why a coach wouldn't come out, or Kendall walk up to Torres. He knows he's in a bind, that's not going to put any more pressure on him. Just let him chill a little bit.

Not only did we lose, but we used today's starter up and went deep, deep into the bullpen. We just gave ourselves another big hill to climb. Time to start climbing.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008 - The Key to Hotness

I love that yellow book commercial where the extra beautiful Blanca Soto has to get rid of her "Mike" tattoo because she's actually marrying Tom. It gives me hope because if she's so impulsive to get a Mike tattoo maybe she'd be impulsive enough to get with me. Or maybe I could persuade her that I'm a better fit because no tattoo removal would be necessary, just a man switch. Anyways, when it played last night on ESPN I knew it was a sign that that's what the Brewers are right now, so hot. Also, there was a great comment in jsonline blog yesterday:

Saw Ryan Braun on Michigan Avenue on my lunch-hour with his lady-friend about 1:15 today. I said "Go get 'em tonight, Ryan." He said "Thanks." I think this is the turning point. Also, pretty hot lady-friend. I should've asked him for about 4 RBIs tonight.

I like how the guy views ryan's non-committal "thanks" as a secret insight that he and the Crew are going to start playing awesome. Is Ryan saying thanks the turning point? or this guy seeing Braun the turning point?

The Prince is so keyed in right now. I want a team of just he and Sabathia for the rest of the way. If we play like this I like our chances.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - Sneak Attack Mothaflippa

Who knew that this website would get to a stage where in the thick of a playoff hunt we're showing cutesy cat sneak attacks? I did and I love it. Now that we've relinquished the wild card lead we're going to be coming from behind (at least for a day or two). I thought there were some obvious visual or literary puns highlighting the coming from behind aspect, but wanted to keep this site PG. Also, I guess it can't be a sneak attack since everyone knows about us (how about all the coverage the Crew has been receiving- I like it- even if it's for a panicked and unprecedented firing of our manager), but I just love those cats.

I'm actually fine with where we are. It's a new season today with 11 games left and there's no point in complaining anymore about opportunities lost. We've got a shot at it and we can still do it. I'm not sure what is the best strategy for our wishing on other teams. Clearly, the best is for the Phillies, Mets, Stros, and Cards to lose all their games, but I don't think that's a sure thing (possibly). We, at the very least, have to win one more game. It seems like our wild card entry might be a Phillies division win and another Mets collapse. They both have fairly easy schedules, though the Mets face the Cubs next.

Clearly we have to win and I think we can after last night's game. What excitement! The Cubs had some amazing defensive plays that would have totally changed the game. Braun legging that in-field hit was impressive. Really exciting. I thought we had it with the Prince up. That final K was tough, but the game is energizing. How about CC's almost dong? He's still my main man.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - Yes, It Is Your Fault

The emerging and clear team leader of now and the future, Ryan Braun, said, "It's not his fault, man. It's not his fault." Well, I think it is (and you better start leading on the field with some production as well Brauny man). It's been Yost's fault for a while. Ned has been way too relaxed these last few weeks. Where's the fire Ned? Challenge your players to perform! Did you know Yost has the same winning percentage as Garner? Phil Garner from 1992-'99 was 563-617 (.477) while Yost was 457-502 (.477) from 03 to now.

Attanasio must be pretty steamed right now to see his toy self-destructing. Especially with the world's economy collapsing as well. Now, here we are with 12 games to go, half against the Cubs, and we're tied for the wild card lead. Stop me if this is crazy talk (it might be), but if CC TCOB and then Sheets does the same and we can get one more against the Cubs, and then we get on the mother of all hot streaks, we could win the division in the final three games (I know some people are thinking or dreaming that), which would be the coolest thing of all time. Clearly, tonight is a must-win. If we can't win with CC, I think the entire team gives up immediately.


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Monday, September 15, 2008 - 4th and 26 Redux

First it was the 2001 Eastern Conference Finals for the Bucks. Then it was 4th and 26 (it hurts me to write that, I swear). And now it's the epic collapse in Philly. I hate Philadelphia. But do you know what? Right now, I kind of hate the Brewers more. Because as much as Philly has had our number at these inopportune times. This Brewers collapse is decidedly different from those two heartbreakers. For both the Bucks and Packers, those were well-fought games that we could and should have won except for some lucky plays. For this 2008 Brewers team, we just went to Philly and laid down and died. How could this happen? Is this September real?

It's unbelievable how in the 3 biggest series of the year, Cubs at home, Mets, at Philly- we played like garbage and got swept! SWEPT!!! Unfathomable. I guess the highlight of our year was when WE swept the Cardinals to put our what we thought was a stranglehold on the Wild Card pole position.

So here we are, with 12 games left. We are tied for the Wild Card lead and need a final hot streak to get us home. I guess it's possible. But watching this trainwreck in slow motion doesn't make it seem like we're getting out of this slump anytime soon. In CC we trust.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008 - Two-Pronged Attack

There is clearly a lot of business to take care of today. Number one we have to rebound from this horrible nonsense of losing games to the Phillies. It is time to reestablish ourselves and play loosey-goosey to determine our own fate. No more of this nonsense.

Second order of business- I got a text from Ross, the t-shirt guy, saying Miller Park is hosting the Houston-Cubs series! That is unbelievable right? Could Milwaukee be a better baseball market or a more hospital city? Has this ever happened before where a stadium has hosted two separate series-es? Now that Houston and Chicago are playing in our domain, we need to find a way to sabotage one if not BOTH teams. I'm not sure what. Can we get the grounds crew involved? Go get em.
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Saturday, September 13, 2008 - I can't stand the raining

Quick shoutout to Ernest in Ernest Goes To Camp. Where it starts to rain at Camp Kikakee and he's feeling a little overwhelmed at the miners quest to take over the camp. It's hilarious that he put this song in the movie- that he thought he was versatile enough to expand from his comedic role to singing as well. I think it was the right decision because he did a great job singing and I get a little choked up doing scene recall. The song goes a little something like this, "I can't stand the raining. But I don't mind it, cause it hides the TEARS!" Touching stuff.

Anyways, I think the rain delay is good for the Brewers (especially because the postponement was called early on). Give us a day to chill out, relax, reconvene, reconcentrate, make some oj, have a bath, get a massage, all that good stuff. Time to get back in business today. RIP Jim Varney.
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Friday, September 12, 2008 - Doing the Collapse?

I hate myself for writing that title, but there it is. Are we falling apart right now- game by game? Are we this year's New York Mets. Clearly the answer is no to that, because we didn't have an "insurmountable" lead. It surely was a comfortable lead though and now it's nearly gone. The Colorado role is being reprised by Houston- thankfully going to the Cubs tonight- maybe they can knock some sense into those overpaid jerks from Chicago. About the Philly series, all we need is one game. Just one game! and then we'll be okay.

Check out Tom Haudricourt's blog, he absolutely CLOWNS the Brewers and Corey Hart. Corey Hart talks about how loose they are in Philly because no one boos. And Tom promptly tells them if they're so loose they should start winning.

Had a great dream last night where we clinched a playoff spot against the Cubs in dramatic fashion. Obviously we had to hit tons of home runs to get it done. The funny thing is after each home run Gagne would run around the field wearing an apron- he was our new Bernie Brewer slide. Maybe that's a new role for him?
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Thursday, September 11, 2008 - The Camaro Delivers

The sweetest car from 1968 goes to the man who delivered the sweetest moment in last night's win. What an at-bat for our friend the Camaro. As he was coming up to bat, I was thinking, "Please be on steroids, please be on steroids." And he was on steroids with the go-ahead rbi! (Quick tangent about the Camaro and Gagne: I joke about rather having them be on steroids and be good than be clean and bad, but all I really care is them being good. It makes me think that maybe if Bonds had been on the Brewers I would've loved him and not cared about the steroids thing. Not sure because he's such a jerk.) I've been waiting for this moment for a long time- for Camaro to produce the play of the game. I was waiting for the perfect time to fully reveal the Camaro nickname (first mentioned on the June 19th post). Thoughts? And then Torres delivered redemption. Great win.

Do you know what my favorite number is? 12! And that just happens to be the Brewers magic number today. Very awesome news for us. It really is a great number (better than 16) with some great factor action of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6. Anyways with 16 games left (10 on this MONSTER road trip and 6 at home) and a magic number of 12, we control our destiny like Spock and you and me. Crazy how Houston has overtaken St. Louis in the wild card by half a game and are now tied with Philly, 4 games behind us. Speaking of Philly, it's time to take care of those babies. This 4-gamer could fully extinguish their hopes and dreams. Please make it happen.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - More Ray Durham

That 3-run dong by Ray Durham was such sweetness. I can't believe he hit that- his 5th dong of the season at the most dramatic of times, when we needed it most. I think we should've kept him in there though and pulled Rickie "I" Stinks in the field. He had 2 errors in clutch time (the opposite of Durham). Although they ended up not being costly- those errors extend innings and pitches for our bullpen.

We really had our chances too- 1 out with a man on and nothing but k's. That's painful to watch. Amazingly everyone else is losing too. I don't know if losing our way in is our strategy, but it looks like it could work at this point. The whole NL is just compressing into a final week scramble for the playoffs. Looks like that final Cubs series could be do or die for both of us. Don't forget about Houston.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - Relax...

Last time I checked the Brewers are still 3 games up in the Wild Card Race. It is not time to panic yet. I recommend Yosty sends the guys to watch some water drops before the games. That's a known relaxer- get everything nice and loosey goosey. No thoughts in, no thoughts out. Just balls to the catcher for pitchers and balls outta the park for hitters.

A bunch of articles in the Journal Sentinel were saying how we're in "trouble. Big trouble." Yeah right! All it takes to wash out those naysayers is a little hot streak. Two more against the Reds, and then it's for real crunch-time going to the City of Man Love. THAT is an important series.
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Monday, September 8, 2008 - The Sausages are Rounding Third

The end of the season is really, really almost here. You can see the end now. There are only 6 series left against 4 teams: Cincy, Philly, Chicagi, and Pitty. We now have a magic number and that number is 16! 16 is a wonderful number with 19 games left. 4 squared = 16. 8 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 18 (which is not quite 16, but close).

With a magic number of 16, we're clearly in the driver's seat. We've got to do some bang up work against Cincy and Pitts-town (who should we beat). I really think the season could be decided by the Philly series. Of course, there's enough time after that series if things go horribly wrong to correct ourselves. But really, if we can go 3-1 or a sweep in that series- we're pretty much home-free. The Mets and Phillies both have cakewalk series the rest of the way. Our hack at Philly will be our last chance to take them down a notch. But first, we've got to take care of Cincy- keep removing those days from the schedule. That's the game. This excitement and nervousness is killing me.
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Sunday, September 7, 2008 - Take a ride on Glacier's stately 'Reds'

Here's a picture of the red tour buses you can ride through Glacier. You can also see how cliffhangerlike the ride is. Our guide said that when Laura Bush recently visited Glacier, the secret service actually had one of their agents trained specifically for the tour because they didn't trust the normal tour guides. How much did you trust Sheets last night? Great performance... such a shame that as good as he is that was a career high 13th win for him. Today we should get a little help from the stately Reds and gain some ground. Unless Sorry Uno hits 3 homers again. Stupid. No chance that happens again.
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