Today's game featured some of the most remarkable defensive play I've seen generally and easily the best defensive performance of the season for the Brewers. Much of that good defense was certainly assisted by somewhat bizarre (and in some cases, downright inept) baserunning by the Dodgers. But great teams take advantage of mistakes by opponents and importantly, don't let them recover. The triple play really was something to behold--it wasn't one of those that you say "Hey, it might be...it could be..." because at least on TV, you didn't see Kemp trying to score until Prince threw home. He really, really struggled with that throw in the first few months of season, but has done much better in his last 3 or 4 attempts.
And Pittsburgh has a very old population with few babies, so the Cardinals suffered a 6-2 loss. That gives the Brewers a 6 game lead over St Louis and they are 20 games over .500. Their magic # is 35! Much of the good things about the Brewers have been beat to death, so looking at St Louis for the moment, they still must be viewed as dangerous. 40 games is still a lot and as injuries the team's already suffered have shown, anything bad could happen between now and the end of the season. First, I hope that doesn't happen to begin with, but it occurs to me that the team is so deep, it can make it through anything short of complete catastrophe. (I won't say it "aloud" even though I'm not superstitious and just let you define "complete catastrophe). I find myself rushing to the mailbox everyday to see if my invoice for playoff tickets has arrived. (Then, I just gotta hope I can make the money work--I'll be utterly crushed if I can't).
Signing off with a note of relief that both Taylor Jungmann and Jed Bradley for what I believe to be perfectly reasonable money. (Forget the slot #'s, they're utter nonsense without a rule requiring they be followed). It'd be nice to see Jungmann in September next year for his cup of coffee and bullpen help. It does make me dream of signing Greinke to an extension and these guys coming up to support him in the starting rotation.
Last note: Am I the only one who keeps forgetting Greinke is only 28?? Wow...
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