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Friday, September 30, 2011

Brewers Party with the Fans Before Playoffs Start

You know it when you feel it.
The "electricity" in a ballpark when a baseball team is making a postseason run is palpable, if not easily explained. It makes the hair on your neck stand at attention, pushes you toward the edge of your seat, changes the way you breathe, quickens your pulse.
It can't be manufactured, except by a winning team.
It can't be quantified, except by nerve endings.
It can't be defined, except by the senses.
So what is it, exactly, this energy we felt at Miller Park while the Milwaukee Brewers made their run toward the National League Central Division title and will reach a crescendo Saturday in Game 1 of the NL Division Series?
"It's kind of like the night before a math test and Christmas Eve rolled into one," said Rick Schlesinger, the Brewers' vice president of business operations. "It's excitement, but also you don't have control over what that first question will be on the math test.
"You have 42,000 people really focused on the exact same physical space and for the most part wanting the same outcome on every pitch and every at-bat." - JSOnline

The excitement the Milwaukee Brewers have ignited at Miller Park has been going for a majority of the season.  Now it is time to see if the Brewers, as well as the fans are ready to take it to the next level.  The Brewers and their fans have set expectations for a deep playoff run.

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