by Tom Peters
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I write this to the lovely people of Milwaukee. The same people who created Schlitz, Old Milwaukee, Miller Lite and other cheap skunky beers that we stop drinking upon our college graduations. The same people who are likely neighbors with the Commissioner of Baseball and Lavergne and Shirley. “Shameel, Shamozzle, The Brewers Playoff Hopes Have been deflated!”
I write this to notify you that the Brewers season will be over Saturday (maybe Sunday if you prefer a slow painful death). When your savior, C.C. Sabathia, gives up five runs in one inning and looks like an obese person in the first half-mile of a marathon, you know you are done.
Maybe it was a bad idea for Dale Sveum to keep pitching Sabathia on three days rest over the last two weeks of the season. Maybe it was a bad idea for Brewers batters to frequently treat Sabathia starts as paid vacation. Maybe trading for him was a bad idea since he only GOT you into the playoffs but NOT into the NLCS or the World Series. Oh, wait, he didn’t get you in, the Marlins did.
Maybe it’s just my 20/20 vision, but it seems that once Vittorino hit that home run in the 2nd inning the Brewers just gave up. Yeah, they had runners in scoring position after thant, but that five run 2nd inning really took the wind out of their sails.
The only question remaining in Milwaukee…….When do the Bucks begin their run at last place?
The baseball season is winding down and talk is brewing on who should win the CY Young, MVP, Manager of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year, all that good stuff. You look at the NL Cy Young and you figure it’s gotta be Brandon Webb- a guy who started the year with win after win and has been very solid all year despite the Diamondbacks inconsistency. Webb probably only needs 2 pitches to get by because of his powerful sinker, but he throws in a few others just to fool hitters a little more. Could you imagine if the D-backs were good all year? Webb could have 21 wins by now and with that many it would rule out anyone else from Cy Young candidacy. But as it turns out, your team performance somewhat affects individual achievement awards. 
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