The Brewers have started the season by demonstrating how following a baseball team can be annoying.
The Reds scored four runs in the first two innings and never looked back. The Brewers got the tying run to the plate in the top of the 9th, but they never gave any sort of serious indication they were going to win the game. Sure, they had a punchers chance in the top of the 9th, but did you really think Erick Almonte was going to come through? Yuck. Hopefully tomorrow's game will be have more excitement, or should I say, and amount of excitement greater than zero.
A few thoughts more thoughts on the game:
1) Shawn Marcum did not have a good start, however, he gave plenty of reason for optimism. He struck out 7 batters in 4.2 innings and his change-up made some Reds hitters look foolish. I look forward to watching him when he's in the zone.
2) With one on, two down, and two gone in the 9th the Brewers sent Erick Almonte to the plate as their last hope. I would have felt better about Corey Hart hitting in that situation than someone with only 105 ML ABs.
3) It's never too early to be concerned. There are worse places to be than 2 games back of first with 160 to play, but, as I will write 1000 times this season, these are the Brewers here. I've had too much experience with the Brewers (and as long as we're talking Milwaukee sports, the Bucks) getting my hopes up and failing to deliver. Sometimes it's in spectacular fashion and sometimes it's like a sad trombone. Let's face it: it's a lot more fun to go down in flames. At least that way your August and September is filled with meaningful games.
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