The series is over and the Brewers first play-off appearance in 26 years has come to a close. *Sigh* I imagine that most Brewers fans in this area were on the edge of their seats for these four games.

I was.



I received a text message from one of my best friends who went to the game today. I think he said it best when he sums up the series and in a way this season:

Season over. :-( It was a good one. Congrats to the crew. At least they did a better than the cubs. :-D

I expect the Brewers to come back stronger next year. We will have a better manager - hopefully a proven winner with playoff wins and our up coming pitching like Gallardo and Parra will be tough to the point where we will not miss Sheets and C.C.

I think we will be in the playoffs again and the Brewers will be as every bit as tough as Aaron Rodgers playing through injury today.

I've been taking some time off from blogging to get caught up on some reading and fantasy football has absorbed a lot of my extra time I would spend on researching and writing. So far, I'm 2-2 on the season and have a strong team this year, despite the two losses. LT, Santana Moss, Greg Jennings and Jason Witten are on my roster. Still searching for a good second RB. Maybe Brandon Jacobs or Edgerrin James make the start this week? What do you think?


In the bleachers. Brewers v Phillies 4/25. Photo by MC Pickard.

Anyway, I got up extra early to get into work today. I so want to watch the game today. Last time the Brewers made the playoffs, I was 11 years old and a card collector - which sadly, I had to sell to make rent once while living in Madison. I still recall walking around the pond with my fishing poll thinking how great Gorman was. 

I plan on watching the game as soon as I can get out of work. I'm wearing blue socks and blue boxers - so that will definitely help in their favor. (Yeah, you got me - I am superstitious when it come to sports.)
 
I'll be at one of the bars in Hartland, most likely. If you want to hang out, shoot me an email.

GO BREWERS!!!

 I just got out of a meeting, to see the headline

Brewers fire Yost; Sveum steps in

Tom Haudricourt observes that the firing "had to come from the top, from owner Mark Attanasio. With the team collapsing, obviously a "now or never" decision was made for the club."

Before the last few weeks, I would have defended Yost against being fired. I was generally pleased the way things were going and was sure the Brewers would make the play-offs, but being swept by the Phillies on losing 11 of the last 14 in a wild-card hunt - made me finally side with the Yost nay-sayers.

With the talent that the Brewer's have, Brewers need a better than an average manager to get the most from our above average players, especially in crucial play-off like games.

So maybe next year fans - next year, or the year after, or the year after...

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I was in-between jobs, freelancing steady, when I started my first day as bartender at the new Chilies in Oconomowoc. I did this to make some cash because of that inventible 30/60/90 day payout lag that all freelancers must negotiate around. It was my first day, early morning, when the news broke that Farve had retired. Wow. If you've never worked food services or bartended before, let me tell you, bartending is a young person's job. I've worked office jobs as a designer for the past decade or more and all that pain from being on my feet all day - not fun. I like to joke that my hands are "mouse-calloused." Bartending is not playing football and therefore not as physically demanding and with Farve and I roughly the same age (late 30's) I could totally understand his fatigue.

Last week Thursday, I was at Lambeau Field when the news was all over ESPN that Farve was possibly returning for another year. My wife was like "no-way." I wasn't too sure what I felt, because I had pretty much reserved myself to ride it out with Aaron Rodgers. With Farve, you know your at least good for a .500 season, yet Rodgers would bring a new era of unpredictability and excitement for good or for worse that I was looking forward to.

Well, I don't know how I feel about Farve possibly returning. Every year we have to go through the tiresome speculation of his retirement. I was glad to be done with it frankly. And I think Rodgers deserves a chance.

Let's speculate. If Farve did return and didn't resume his career with the Packers, would I hate that Farve ended up playing with one of division rivals? No, not really. I just hate to face him in game if I were the Pack. The man should do what is in his heart I suppose, but he would easily have our number in those games!

In the meantime, we have baseball. I've been a lifelong Brewer fan, so with the addition of Sabathia and with more moves to come promised by Mark Attanasio, I can not wait to get this half of the season on!

GO BREW CREW!!!!