08/22/2004 - Phillies (Wolf) @ Brewers (Santos)

[batman]

You mean we aren't there yet?

 

Yeah, seriously... we're there. I'm just finally coming around to the idea that the rest of the season is going to be like this, which is not something to look forward to. Brutal is probably putting it too nicely. We've all been waiting for Jenkins and Podsednik to figure things out, and Helms too to some extent, but we've got to be at the point now where any reasonable chance of that occurring is slim-to-none. And without those two guys, the rest of the team has to play really well to pick up a win... and while they were doing that in the first half, a whole lot of overachievers are coming back down to more expected levels of performance.

 

I want to believe in Jenkins finding whatever he's lost and Podsednik figuring out how he did it last season, but even I'm having trouble with that right now. And I'm more optimistic than most folks, and so that's saying something.

 

Oh well. I'm looking forward to seeing Big Ben go tomorrow on ESPN... hopefully they can get themselves motivated and have a big game in front of a national audience. I'd love to see Ben bring his "A" game, Overbay slap a few doubles into the gaps, and Branyan mash a few jacks. But ESPN is catching us at the very lowest point of the season, which just adds to the disappointment.

 

Being a Brewers' fan is rough, isn't it?

 

~Bill

[Shampoo4U]

ESPN is reporting that they will be showing Minnesota at Texas Monday night. Sorry Brewer fans, no ESPN for you.

[brettac1]

It will be on the alternate if you have it on your Dish Network or DirecTV, also it's on FSN.