A Beer Battered Central

Old Style, I believe, is the official beer of Wrigley Field. It hasn't, however, stopped the Brewers of Miller from coming in and taking the first two games in this week's series. They're playing the 3rd at the time of this writing. The Cubs just ran into an out at 3rd on some sort of baserunning blunder. If you're not a Cubs fan, it might be hard to picture, but just imagine something stupid.

With Sheets on the mound and the Cubs being the opposition, let's assume the crew finishes this sweep. That puts Milwaukee at 7 games over, and drops the Cubs to 7 below in their first 21 games. 14-7 would be the best record in the big leagues at the moment. Milwaukee's 3.5 game lead over the Reds would be the largest of any division. Even if it's a blowout, the Brewers already have a league-leading 9 saves. J.J. Hardy is also among the league leaders with 6 knocks. They have a healthy Ben Sheets, and they bought Jeff Suppan from the champs. Suppan is a fantastic inning eater, really paints with his pitches, and is a tested postseason gem should they make it there. With a young core of guys like Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks, as well as a strong relief core, could it be a beer-batterd central?

Well you already know that my pick is the Cardinals. Milwaukee split a short set with the Busch Boys earlier this year, so we don't know just yet how they'll match up. Tariq hasn't made it public, but he picked the Cubs to win the central. This is always a dangerous choice, and although it's early yet, 7-13 through 20 might give him a sense of what it's like. I guess we'll learn a lot when the Brewers head to Busch on Monday.

God I love Baseball.