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Milwaukee Brewers should let it ride

Nobody expected the Milwaukee Brewers to be in first place this late in the season. This was supposed to be a rebuilding year and the Crew were destined to be sellers by Independence Day. With the trade deadline slowly approaching and the Brewers atop the NL Central, it makes no sense to be sellers on […]

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Brewers Emerge As NL Central Contenders

The hope going into the 2017 season is that the Milwaukee Brewers would play respectable baseball and win 70 games. We are almost at the halfway point in the season and the Brewers are more than respectable: they are in first place. What’s even more perplexing is that their record is not fluky. In fact, […]

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Root for the Cleveland Indians in Game Seven

Before the start of the World Series I briefly explained my rationale for supporting the Cleveland Indians. Game 7 is upon us and most fans probably have a rooting interest by now, so what follows is likely an exercise in futility. But if you’re one of the few undecided rooters out there then you’ve come to the right place […]

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The Curse of Randall Simon is Alive and Well

Few things have the explanatory power of baseball curses. Sure, it may not seem plausible that the agonizing woes of the Chicago Cubs were caused by a vengeful, goat-loving bar owner; but how else do you explain Steve Bartman or the black cat? On Thursday night the Milwaukee Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates […]

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