Bring on the Brewers

by dajafi on Sep 28, 2008 5:36 PM EDT

Edit: Game 1 will start at 3pm on Wednesday, Game 2 at 6pm Thursday, Game 3 (in Milwaukee) at 6:30pm Saturday. Blame the networks' yen for Dodgers/Cubs and Red Sox/Angels in prime time. If the other AL series turns out to be Twins/Rays, I'm half-expecting it will air on local access channels at 3am, between infomercials.

Battling for the wild card deep into Sunday afternoon, both the Mets and Brewers were tied in the eighth inning today. But minutes apart, the Florida Marlins hit back-to-back homers--from former Phillie Wes Helms and Dan Uggla, who ends the season with a better New York memory than his all-star game disaster--and Ryan Braun clubbed a two-run blast for the Brewers. Neither the Cubs nor the Mets could respond, and the 2008 regular season ended with the Milwaukee Brewers emerging as the National League's wild-card playoff entrant.

Since the wild card team cannot play the champion of their division in the Division Series (the Cubs, who finished with the best record in the league), the Brewers return to Citizens Bank Park Wednesday to face the Phillies. Milwaukee's rotation is a work in progress, with one ace, Ben Sheets, evidently injured and the other, CC Sabathia, coming off a heroic complete-game win today on three days' rest. What we do know is that Cole Hamels will take the hill for the Phillies on Wednesday.

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So I suppose we’re going to see Conestoga High alum Dave Bush at CBP in Game 1. I wonder if he was a Phillies fan growing up.

by taco pal on Sep 28, 2008 5:47 PM EDT reply actions

Or Yovani Gallardo, who’s been injured almost the whole year but was impressive as a rookie in ’07 and owned us in the one game he pitched against us.

by taco pal on Sep 28, 2008 5:49 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, gotta figure Gallardo will get a start. He’s damn good.

by dajafi on Sep 28, 2008 6:01 PM EDT reply actions

Bush and I attended Conestoga at the same time (he’s a couple of years younger). What’s funny is that he wasn’t considered a superstar high school pitcher, at least early on. He really developed nicely in college and then in the minors.

by dpb132 on Sep 28, 2008 7:06 PM EDT reply actions

Dah. Would really have like to see a 1 game playoff between these two resulting in a Mets win (weirdly). Then, let the Cubs handle the Mets and we would get the Dodgers. The lack of a lefty in the Dodgers’ rotation would have made me feel much more comfortable.

Still, what’s done is done. I like the momentum we carry into the playoffs. Let’s take it to the Brewers.

by FuquaManuel on Sep 28, 2008 7:10 PM EDT reply actions

It’s especially nice to watch the Mets miss the postseason again though isn’t it? Especially with that payroll, especially with all the preseason expectations, and the big money moves in the offseason… Loved it.

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by JasonB on Sep 28, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions

yes I love that Mets are going home – particularly listening to the idiocy of Ron Darling, Lee Mazzilli et. al., watching Jose Reyes whom I just despise and listening to Jerry Manuel use the word gangsta like it is somewhow a literary term. But in some stange way I felt sorry for them too. Must have been hard to close Shea after that performance. I’m sure they would have just liked the wrecking ball to come in about 5PM.

by suffering on Sep 28, 2008 10:32 PM EDT reply actions

Playoff Times

Just read Zolecki who said that the Phils are playing at 3 PM on Wednesday, which is kinda irritating considering that it is just ‘all important’ to make sure the Cubs get the plum spot.

by Cluttered_JML on Sep 28, 2008 10:55 PM EDT reply actions

Mets failing is super-sweet. Plus I always have sort of liked the Brewers, probably because 1982 is the first series I really remember (I was born in ’76). I have many fond memories of that series and still wish there were more ballplayers like this: http://www.go4thestars.com/10282gt.jpg

That said, I hope we sweep ’em!

by Putsy Caballero. on Sep 29, 2008 8:31 AM EDT reply actions