Winning Ugly
After one game, there is very little that a fan can gather from the Brewers performance today. You could conclude that Ben Sheets is going to have a great season. You could conclude that Eric Gagne will be terrible. You could even say that Tony Gwynn may be the better option in center field even after Mike Cameron returns. However, you can not come to any of those conclusions because it is way too early. The one thing that I think we can take out of the game is that the Brewers will be gritty all season long and fight their way back each and every game. It was an ugly win, but at least it was a win.... and you know that every win against the Cubs is worth more than a win against any other opponent... especially at Wrigley Field.
I would personally like to thank Mother Nature for raining at all the right times for me today. Starting the game late allowed me to take a late lunch and see the first few innings. The second delay came right as lunch was ending and lasted until about 45 minutes before I was able to leave. I got home in time to see the rest of the game, from the seventh inning on. If Mother Nature had kept the rain away I would have probably only seen about 40 minutes of the game.... so thanks to her for that.
Tonight I will try to catch a glimpse of some of the other action going on around MLB with the MLB Extra Innings free preview. I am debating whether or not to purchase it for all of the games outside the Milwaukee market in order to keep tabs on everyone else, especially the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds. I think the only holdup is the fact that I may switch from Time Warner Cable to U-Verse sometime this summer, once it is available in Oshkosh.
I would personally like to thank Mother Nature for raining at all the right times for me today. Starting the game late allowed me to take a late lunch and see the first few innings. The second delay came right as lunch was ending and lasted until about 45 minutes before I was able to leave. I got home in time to see the rest of the game, from the seventh inning on. If Mother Nature had kept the rain away I would have probably only seen about 40 minutes of the game.... so thanks to her for that.
Tonight I will try to catch a glimpse of some of the other action going on around MLB with the MLB Extra Innings free preview. I am debating whether or not to purchase it for all of the games outside the Milwaukee market in order to keep tabs on everyone else, especially the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds. I think the only holdup is the fact that I may switch from Time Warner Cable to U-Verse sometime this summer, once it is available in Oshkosh.
Gagne will lose his closer role a month before the all star break. If not before. I hope its not true, but i think its reality.
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First to respond to the comment above,
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I was very disappointed in Gagne's performance yesterday also, but I can let a few blown saves go, (especially if we win the game anyway.) And knowing Ned Yost, he'll have to blow a boat load of saves before he'll relegate his $10 million man to a standard relief role. My guess is that he'll regain his 2007 Texas form and be a .900 closer.
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And now, my 2008 Milwaukee Brewer prediction...
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We already saw it. The 2008 season was played out before our very eyes in 1 glorious ballgame.
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For 80% of the season, the Brewers and the Cubs will be neck and neck with no clear front runner. (8 innings of scoreless, nearly flawlessly pitched baseball)
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In September the Brewers will finally accumulate what seems to be an insurmountable lead. (A 3 run 9th, with our new "once unbeatable" closer taking the hill.
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The Cubs will rally in the last two weeks to tie the division. (A 3 run jack in bottom to add to my ever-increasing amounts Brewer related ulcers.)
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On the last day of the season (or God forbid, a 1 game playoff in Chicago), the Brewers will emerge victorious and take the Central Division, crushing the dreams of millions of flat-landers, not to mention most of the "experts" who seem to love picking the Cubs every year. (Clutch hitting and great pitching by Riske win the game for the Brewers in the 10th.)
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Also, the final score and the order they were scored will be the way the Brewers take down the Cubs in the NLCS. 3 Brewer wins, followed by 3 Cub wins and a dramatic game 7 Brewer vivtory for a final of Brewers defeat the Cubs 4 to 3.
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You heard it (actually read it) here first folks!
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