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Mike Cameron and the Brewers are 54-54 with 54 games to play. |
 | By Drew Olson   Senior Editor Photography by Ron Bloede, Special to OnMilwaukee.com E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Drew Olson |
| Published Aug. 7, 2009 at 3:29 p.m. |
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A lot of Brewers fans are standing around, shovels in hand, ready to bury all hope for a return to the post-season in 2009.
If you know one of these fans, or are one yourself, here is something to consider:
The season starts tonight.
The Brewers enter a three-game series against Houston tonight at Minute Maid with a 54-54 record and 54 games to play.
That's nice and symmetrical, but the more important number is 22.
Tonight marks the first of 22 consecutive games the Brewers will play against teams with losing records.
Granted, the team's play in the last six to eight weeks hasn't exactly prompted anyone to clear their calendar for October. The Brewers hadn't won a series in more than a month before beating Los Angeles on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. The pitching staff is a mess, the offense remains been woefully inconsistent and Jason Kendall still has the lowest slugging percentage in the major leagues among players with 3.1 plate appearances per game (J.J. Hardy is 10th-worst in that category).
The outlook isn't particularly bright, but 54 games is a long stretch. If the Brewers can win a majority of games during the next three weeks and enter September about five games above the .500 mark, they will at least hold fans' interest after Labor Day.
The September schedule is tough. The Brewers have games against Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco and Colorado. Depending on where they are, those games could be exhilarating or merely exercises in formality and futility.
We'll know more in a couple weeks.
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Posted by jk1522 on Aug. 10, 2009 at 10:47 a.m. (report)
Get over it Westsidewille!If you dont feel the need to purchase your measly 9 pack, then dont, someone else will fill your seats in 2010! People like you were tainted by the CC trade last year and feel like that is owed to you, as a 9 pack purchaser, year in and year out. Doug tried to make trades, but not at the point of sacraficing the organization. Even if he swung a deal for Halliday we were in need of more then that this year because of the down years from the like of Hall, Hardy, Hart, etc. Why go ahead and trade a guy like Gamel, or Escobar when it wouldnt be enough? All you wanted to see is a trade for the sake of a trade and that is idiotic!!!
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Posted by WestSideWillie on Aug. 8, 2009 at 12:47 a.m. (report)
Nothing says pennant drive like signing a pitcher who isn't good enough to make the Nationals....this as I sign a contract to upgrade my 9 game pack to 20 games in 2010 so I can buy postseason tickets, in 2009!
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Posted by local_yokel on Aug. 7, 2009 at 6:39 p.m. (report)
I don't have high hopes for this team. There are too many signs that this is an immature bunch. Braun crossed the line with his comments near the All-Star break. Fielder's recent antics were uncalled for given the fact that the Brewers had hit Manny. Hardy? Hall? Where is the mental toughness? Early on, I had hopes that Macha would actually manage -- you know, advancing the runner, employing some speed. But no. Our speed was sent to the minors and Macha decided to rely on the long ball. Good luck! Unfortunately, the Brew Crew has reverted to its second-tier status.
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