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2008 Silver Lining Thread

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Oddly enough even though he is not getting many hits, especially extra base hits, Braun is walking more lately. He has walked 7 times in the last 14 days. He high month was 8 before this. He 7 BB and 11 K in that time which is a positive step now he just need to drive the ball a little more. Maybe he is taking something off his swing to make contact, but I doubt it, that does not seem like his style.
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Oddly enough even though he is not getting many hits, especially extra base hits, Braun is walking more lately. He has walked 7 times in the last 14 days. He high month was 8 before this. He 7 BB and 11 K in that time which is a positive step now he just need to drive the ball a little more. Maybe he is taking something off his swing to make contact, but I doubt it, that does not seem like his style.

 

I wonder, are teams pitching around Braun because they are less afraid of Prince right now?

 

My Silver Lining: The Brewers are in far better shape for the playoffs than they were last year at this time. We have a great opportunity to step closer to the wild card this weekend. Go beat those Phillies guys.

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Yeah at this point there really is no reason to pitch to Braun. Fielder can't hit a fastball right down the middle right now. I can't believe how many hittable pitches Prince is missing right now. Very rarely are any of his outs even hit hard. Hart isn't doing much better. I just hope our entire offense breaks out of this funk all at once
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The Cubs are our best ally right now. They play Astros 3 more times, the Cardinals 3 times, and the Mets for 4. Even if we stink against the Phillies we still have a chance, provided we don't stink it up against the Cubs, Reds, and Pirates, too.
"When a piano falls on Yadier Molina get back to me, four letter." - Me, upon reading a ESPN update referencing the 'injury-plagued Cardinals'
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Since I've banned myself from the Vent Thread, I've decided this thread should be my next stop. I know the last 12 days have been very trying, but I think this team has one more hot streak in them. Let's hope it starts tomorrow.

 

Also, we actually have a 3 game playoff spot lead in mid-September. No matter what has transpired this month, that is still pretty freaking awesome for long suffering Brewer fans. Thirty four years and counting for me.

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Since I've banned myself from the Vent Thread, I've decided this thread should be my next stop.

 

Awesome. I like & share your faith moof. Couldn't ask to be in a much better situation at this point. Honestly, if you took a time machine back to ST 2008, and told that-time-me, 'Hey, beginning play on 9/13, the Brewers are going to have a 3 game lead on the NL Wild Card', I would pretty much have felt affirmed in everything I'd ever believed in the Milwaukee Brewers. We're in a great spot right now; we should/could have been sitting much lower given how many losses have come recently. I still think Prince has an angry power surge left in him for the regular season.

Stearns Brewing Co.: Sustainability from farm to plate
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The Cubs are our best ally right now.

 

Is this one of those the enemy of my enemy is my friend things? I guess this playoff race is going to make for strange bedfellows before then end. Russ was right to cheer for the Cubs a few months ago, but I still don't have to like it.

 

It sucks that at this point I might be disappointed with 90+ wins. I only expected us to win around 86 games, and that was before Gallardo went down. After getting some distance from the season I am sure I will look back and be pretty happy with the season.

Fan is short for fanatic.

I blame Wang.

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Todd Coffey looked good in his Brewers debut. He kept the ball down and got some ground balls.

 

We also can finally say a game is a must-win game, because Ryan Braun said so about game one of the DH tomorrow:

 

"The first game is a must-win for us," said leftfielder Ryan Braun, who snapped out of a prolonged power slump with a home run in the 7-3 loss to the Phillies.

"When a piano falls on Yadier Molina get back to me, four letter." - Me, upon reading a ESPN update referencing the 'injury-plagued Cardinals'
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I take some solice in the fact that the poundings the Brewers have endured at the hands of the Phillies, Mets, Cubs and even the Dodgers are a pretty good indication that they just may not be that good. I have a much easier time missing the playoffs when you don't belong there in the first place, then I do if they fail to reach their potential. It is becoming pretty clear that they simply aren't as good as those teams. Combined 9-18 against the teams likely to make the NL playoffs.
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