Brewers Collapse in the 9th

The Brewers were on a roll. Putting up offense that has lately eluded them. Going into the bottom of the 9th up 6-2. Then the world stopped....the Cubs tied the game with 4 runs, then won it in the 12th.

Did the Brewers lose it in the 9th or could you look earlier at the game when JJ Hardy was thrown out at home, with nobody out. Then the caught stealing at 3rd by Hart to make it two outs. The Brewers would have had runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs, but instead they ran themselves out of a potential big inning.

You could ask Bush how you can not score on a double by Durham. All opportunities that most likely were the difference in this game.

Either way, it is nice to see the offense producing again. Even though the pain is still there and getting worse with every loss.

MPS going out of Business?

The Milwaukee School Board voted 6-3 on Thursday night to begin looking into dissolving the school system.

Although this move appears to be basically the board admitting that they can't solve the problems that are facing them. They have failed for quite some time, and continue to fail. This vote was to tell the public that if you don't give us more money to waste then we will just close the doors.

What a laugh. Go ahead and close it down. Get rid of all of you incompetent people. Then we can go in and set it back up.

Sounds good doesn't it! The problem is, the public. Yes we have told them we will give them no more money, but where are we when it is election time and time to hold them accountable. If they don't do their jobs get their butts out of there.

Who's better?

As the campaign for President heats up and the election draws nearer, the waters get murkier.

I haven't been a huge supporter of McCain's, but I didn't necessarily support Obama either. I really didn't seem to have a horse in this race until the last few weeks.

Politics is a dirty sport. You play to win at all costs, or so it appears. I like Sarah Palin as a choice for VP and it peeked my interest. I pretty much knew what I would get with Biden, not really impressive. I liked the Palin pick because she and her family seemed like your normal American family. Not from the DC web.

Now, here is where things change. The ridiculous way the election has come out. The treatment of not only Sarah Palin, but her whole family. The personal attacks on her daughter, Obama sending a team of lawyers and people to dig up dirt on her. The hacking of personal emails. I don't believe that Obama sent someone to hack her emails, but the reaction from the people on his side has made me scratch my head. They say that it is public domain, therefore allowed. I thought that these same people fought the Patriot Act saying that it is private and would be an attack on our civil liberties?

I have found myself more and more angry at the mistruths and outright lies. I beleive that both sides use the tactic of skirting the truth to make themselves look better by making the opposition look bad. McCain has lobbyist running parts of his campaign, Obama has former leaders of organizations that we are now bailing out due to their mismanagement. They are the ones who are partially responsible for this economic crash. Does that mean Obama doesn't know what he is doing with the economy? If you use the Obama logic of McCain's lobby connection then yes Obama would drive the market further into the ground.

If you vote based on the Ads, you have done a real disservice to yourself, your family, your country. Get the facts!!!!

Brewers Get Win...Keep Pace

Is it a shocker to anyone that the ever fragile Ben Sheets could only go into the 2nd inning before having to be lifted due to tightness in his arm?
The Brewers gave themselves a huge lift when Fielder hit a bases loaded double to clear them off and take a 3-0 lead before a single out was recorded. The brewers bullpen gave up only 1 run on a solo HR throughout the game til the 9th inning.
It appears that there might be life in the bats of the slumping Brewers. Putting up 6 runs and getting key hits by many of the slumping Brewers.

Hopefully it is not too little too late. The Brewers kept pace with the New York Mets in the Wild Card Race to stay within a 1/2 game of the leader. The Brewers send Bush to the mound this afternoon to finish off the 3 game series in the rubber match.

Brewers Lose Wild Card Lead

Prince Fielder hit two (2) Homers in the debut for Dale Sveun, but it wasn't enough as the Brewers Dropped game one of the 3 game set. Although it was a loss, I was impressed at how the team fought back to make a game of it. In the last two weeks that has been a rarity. I am actually optimistic that the team may still have a shot at the Wild Card.

Rodgers Packers Leader

Well, how times have changed. Just a few short weeks the Packers fans were ready to jump off the nearest bridge. The beloved Brett Favre had been sent to the Jets and Aaron Rodgers was the new starter of the Green Bay Packers.

"He is not proven." "Brett Favre gives them the best chance to win now!" Ted Thompson is an idiot, you name it, it was said. Amazing how the Packers have started off the season 2-0, and by the way that Rodgers kid has looked pretty damn good.

The wagon is starting to fill back up with all of those who jumped ship to watch Brett Favre take the Jets to the Superbowl.

I guess that happens when the kid is 2-0 and the old guy is 1-1.

Yost Fired!!! Finally!!!

"This was a very difficult move to make, and we appreciate all of the work that Ned has done to develop this team into a contender," general manager Doug Melvin said in a statement. "In the end, this was a collaborative decision made to put our club in the best position for the final two weeks of the season."

I always liked Ned Yost, When he got here the Brewers were horrible. I still like the man, but I couldn't figure him out as a Manager. He would stick with guys when everyone else knew, they just didn't have it.

He stuck with Turnbow to the demise of the team last year. Even kept him around for quite awhile this year. My guess is Melvin made the call to send him packing. Then this year Melvin brought in Ray Durham, yet Yost stuck with Ricky Weeks. Weeks had a dismal on base percentage of .34. Weeks has 14 errors compared to Durhams 3. Not to mention that Durham is hitting .287 compared to Weeks at .233.

Yost has a history of not holding players accountable for their on field actions. How many times can the squeeze be called and somebody miss the sign? Oh well, next time he will do better. A player go up to bunt and never get it down? Yost failed to put the best team on the field day in and day out.

The Players are in a slump right now!!! Yes it is the players that are in the slump, but from the way it looks Yost didn't have any idea of how to break out of it, the team looks lost.

I don't know what will happen from here, but I hope that the Brewers can put something together and make it an exciting last 12 games of the year.