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Tonight's game was a flaming disaster from start to finish. Well, that's not entirely true. The Brewers had a chance to snag an early lead in the top of the first, but Rickie Weeks struck out with runners on first and second to end the only rally the Brewers had all night long. With the bats taking a night off Shawn Marcum decided to end the game early by misplaying a inning-ending double play in the 5th and then surrendering a grand slam. I suppose that if you're going to lose, you may as well lose big and spare yourself second guessing.
So where do we go from here? The Brewers may end up being the first National League team to lose a Divisional Series after leading 2-0. And you know what? If that happens I will still feel great about this season. Yes, I will be bummed that my favorite Brewers team of all time will be done playing baseball. And yes, I will be sad that a legitimate chance to win a pennant will have been squandered. But, and I can't emphasize this enough, this season has been so much fun that to do anything besides enjoy the post season at this point does not make any sense. I mean, why feel tense and nervous when you don't have to? I don't like feeling anxious, so I am not going to let that happen.* Watching a Division Champion baseball team has proven to be a once in a lifetime event, so I am going to enjoy it when I can.
*a) That may or may not be true, and b) while this perspective is more or less a defense mechanism, I do adhere to it on a strictly intellectual level.
Tomorrow the Brewers will pin their NLDS-Clinching hopes on the craftiest of lefty of them all, Randy Wolf. For some reason this gives me a lot of confidence. Furthermore, I do believe the Brewers will bounce back tomorrow and advance to the NLCS. They are such a talented and confidence bunch that it's quite unlikely that Game 4 will be a repeat of Game 3. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.
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