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August 1, 2008

Brewers Left Holding Their Sausages

Posted By: Jay

It was just last week that Cubs fans were asking themselves "Why is it never easy?" as the Brewers were quickly approaching in the rearview mirror. Well, the Cubs certainly made it look easy this time as they completed a four game sweep of Milwaukee while outscoring them 31-11 in the series. The Brewers and their fans came in confident and cocky. This ought to shut them up for awhile.

By the time it was all over, the Brewers not only had cold water splashed in their faces, they were exposed. They didn't hit, they didn't field well, they made some key base running errors and they lost their cool. As they entered this series they were billing this as a precursor to September and the playoffs. In the end, they changed their tune to "it's only July."

"We got spanked," Yost said.

"We got our [rear ends] kicked," Bush said.

It's hard to tell if they're talking about the Brewers team or their fans.

While Milwaukee was unable to do anything right, the Cubs were clicking on all cylinders. The Cubs hit .375 in the four game series while the starters posted an ERA of 1.61. Three of the four games were laughers and the Cubs come back to Chicago with a 5 game lead over both Milwaukee and St. Louis.

The offensive attack on Thursday was led by Jim Edmonds. Edmonds hit 2 HR, the second one coming with the bases loaded. Later in the ninth, Edmonds was facing Eric Gagne who threw a pitch that ended up going behind Edmonds. Gagne was immediately ejected by home plate umpire Doug Eddings. When Gagne was asked about the incident after the game, he said "I guess there's a rule that you can't throw in." Hey dickhead, you can throw in. You can't throw behind when trailing by 10 and facing a guy that for all intensive purposes is our worst hitter but nevertheless, has single-handedly sodomized your team. Looks a little fishy, enjoy your impending 3 game suspension.

As enjoyable as this series was, I'm glad that it's over and I don't have to look at the Brewers sloppy uniforms anymore. In typical Milwaukee fashion, they apparently only hand out pants that are size XXL. It's either because every player they have is fat and/or sloppy, or it's an attempt to hide the shit in their pants when they have to play an important series. Ned Yost continues to insist that losing all four games is not a "death sentence" for Milwaukee. I don't know, if my front office just acquired a stud pitcher in an obvious attempt to go after the division this year, and my team went out there and crapped the bed for four games against the division leader, I'm not so sure I would be waiting for the governor to call for a stay of execution. But, whatever helps you sleep at night Ned. Enjoy the miserably long flight to Atlanta.