Brewers vs. Cardinals Aug 26th and 27th

2 huge games coming right up.

Its time for Sheets to earn his keep tonight as a big money pitcher. He has been inconsistent the past 2 months, but we know that the talent is there. Baseball prospectus says that our playoff chances are impacted by 13% over these next 2 games. If we can win this one we guarantee that St. Louis cannot make up any ground on us head to head for the rest of the year.

What are your thoughts?

Go Brew Crew!

My thoughts are there is no such thing as a guarantee coming from a stat check. Anything can happen.

These games are, infact, huge for the crew but they are not do or die. Despite Ollie being a dooshey and using statistics against my cardinal bashing, i still say they are a tad overrated and may crumble sooner rather than later.

they are a tad overrated, but in a way so are the Brewers. They are 4 wins ahead of their Pythagorean win expectancy. However, the Brewers are a better team than the Cardinals. Lets just not let Pujols beat us

let's sweep them for a second time and then have the cubbies sweep us

datrain711 wrote:they are a tad overrated, but in a way so are the Brewers. They are 4 wins ahead of their Pythagorean win expectancy. However, the Brewers are a better team than the Cardinals. Lets just not let Pujols beat us

I guess we shall see if this statement is accurate in a few hours. What's the overall season record between the two? I can't imagine the Brewers sweep of St. Louis in July helping the Cards' cause too much.

Mr. Reynolds wrote:let's sweep them for a second time and then have the cubbies sweep us

The cubs seem unstoppable this year. I'll be interested to see how they fair in the playoffs, but dare i say; could this be their year?

i don't follow much Baseball but what i do know is that this is the Crews first year to playoffs in 20 yrs.

Mr. Reynolds wrote:i don't follow much Baseball but what i do know is that this is the Crews first year to playoffs in 20 yrs.

26 years, but who's counting?

yes but this our year!!! anyone think otherwise?

cubs' fans...

i was saying that this is the brewer's year drago.... god you just killed the mood

that was a nice blow out by the crew last night

I never knew fielder could get three hits and all of them be singles. It's almost like he's trying to become a complete hitter. Now all we need is Braun to take a walk at some point.

drago wrote:I never knew fielder could get three hits and all of them be singles. It's almost like he's trying to become a complete hitter. Now all we need is Braun to take a walk at some point.

that's doubtful with all of the HRs he's hitting

hardy really seemed on defensively last night, it was impressive

Ollie Octagon wrote:

datrain711 wrote:they are a tad overrated, but in a way so are the Brewers. They are 4 wins ahead of their Pythagorean win expectancy. However, the Brewers are a better team than the Cardinals. Lets just not let Pujols beat us

I guess we shall see if this statement is accurate in a few hours. What's the overall season record between the two? I can't imagine the Brewers sweep of St. Louis in July helping the Cards' cause too much.

we are 10-4 against the Cardinals this year. And no matter what happened last night, we would still be the better team:) Those things don't change on a one-game basis. Statistically, we are better than St. Louis yet considerably far behind the Cubs

what a disappointing game for our closers..... how many games hve they lost us?

The brewers lost their composure last night after Carlos and Pujols almost got into that fight. The Cards got fired up, and Riske couldn't locate any of his pitches. The important thing is that we got one game, and as long as we continue to play well I like our chances.

well yea but we have to lock this up like the red socks did for the wild card. they are like 7.5 games ahead or something like that and we are 3.5??