Which is quite an understatement (it’s ok if you vocalized a “duh” just a second ago) because every game is the most important game from here on out. But this one takes that to a new level because there is so much riding on it. If we win this game tonight, we win the NLCS. There, I said it. With a win tonight we guarantee a Game 6 back home in Miller Park where we have been nearly infallible this season. I said prior to this series with the history of the Brewers and Cardinals this was going the full 7 games. It is inevitable unless Randy Wolf completely loses it tonight.
But I don’t see that happening because Randy Wolf has been dominant against them in the past. I’m not a numbers guy so I’m not gonna throw stats at you to prove my point, but you can look them up if you feel so inclined. I think that stats aren’t very telling (especially the pitcher vs. team ones because every time that pitcher goes against that team, he’s facing a different lineup of players at a different time of the season) so you need only to look at individual pitcher vs. player stats. Once again look that up if you have the time. See, I don’t. I’m all heart and no brain. Just call me Scarecrow. I don’t trust stats. I trust my feelings and personal observations. I don’t need a 0 for his last 17 to tell me that Corey Hart is struggling at the plate. I have watched each one of those at bats with my own eyes and I could have told you he wasn’t right days ago. Shit like this makes me a good conversationalist and writer, but not for sports. Which is why I usually lay off the sports talk because everything is succinct headlines and numbers. And that ain’t me baby. I’m all emotion.
But I don’t see that happening because Randy Wolf has been dominant against them in the past. I’m not a numbers guy so I’m not gonna throw stats at you to prove my point, but you can look them up if you feel so inclined. I think that stats aren’t very telling (especially the pitcher vs. team ones because every time that pitcher goes against that team, he’s facing a different lineup of players at a different time of the season) so you need only to look at individual pitcher vs. player stats. Once again look that up if you have the time. See, I don’t. I’m all heart and no brain. Just call me Scarecrow. I don’t trust stats. I trust my feelings and personal observations. I don’t need a 0 for his last 17 to tell me that Corey Hart is struggling at the plate. I have watched each one of those at bats with my own eyes and I could have told you he wasn’t right days ago. Shit like this makes me a good conversationalist and writer, but not for sports. Which is why I usually lay off the sports talk because everything is succinct headlines and numbers. And that ain’t me baby. I’m all emotion.
Nothing is over until we decide it is. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? No! But 2-2 feels so much better than 3-1. At 2-2 either team has a chance. Down 3-1 it’s more like the 1 in a million chance. But you’re telling me there’s a chance, right? Damn right. Saddle up partner, grab ahold of something and give it hell and we're gonna get through this. I know I'm not the only one who has made sacrifices to follow this Brewers team each and every day of the season, so I'm not going to pretend that is the truth. So we're all in this together and if you believe, then it could happen. JP's gotta be right one of these days. Think nothing but positive thoughts, yell at the TV if you must, but please please please please root for your Brewers to win. I know they're not at Miller Park and can't physically hear you, but if there is a higher being watching over us, he's relaying those messages of good will and hope to those 25 players. We have to win this one, because I don't want to come on here tomorrow and talk about what happens if we don't.
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