Dialogues on the Designated Underdog: A Dadbot History of the Brewers 2026 National League Division Series

Attribution: Photo by Smithsonian on Unsplash

Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., Michael D., and Geoff Carter

(The Beginning: September 27, 2026)

Rais’en a toast w/me d-bots to the Milwaukee Brewers. Na zdrowie! 

Only 11 more to get. A (shifty), baker’s dozen.  

( I’ve thanked MO, more than once for getting us together so not going to do it again.  Won’t even mention it.)

Like last year, I’m so happy no matter what happens. The selfless brand of baseball/team vibe is priceless. Last year:  did not watch the Dodger’s series. Call me fair weather, but it’s a personal mental health thing. This year. I’m predicting a trip to the series. A thought did occur to me:  … they finally get over the hump, beat the bloody Dodgers, then fall to Tampa Bay—who are very good. ’82 repeat.  

Not to worry, it passed quickly. I’m still seeing 11 more victories. Harrison may rise from the ashes and play a key role in relief.  

-d.


Stifle all negativity!  Geez, what’s the matter with you.

Hey, AI is going to kill us all.  This was prophesied in the attached video.

Robots by Flight of the Conchords

-MM


I saw that Harrison pitched a scoreless inning the other day. Fingers crossed. I also saw Wild Bill dive headfirst into first base after being admonished by the skipper for not legging out a single. 

No one is above Murphy’s Law.

I’m optimistic—the Badgers have me revved up—and I’m thinking the Packers have to right the ship pretty soon. Fingers crossed.

Brewers -v- Rays in the series. 

G


Wow, it’s the end of September and baseball fever is raging! I’m hoping the Brewers have an epic playoff run that includes beating the stuffing out of the Cubs and Dodgers. Yes, Brewers vs Rays in the World Series.

Is AI going to kill us? I’m sure the governments of the world and tech companies will put common sense above profit to benefit all of humanity.

Ha! I must be living in the “upside down”. I can’t help but think of the nefarious rise of machines in The Terminator and I am Mother (an entertaining film with Hilary Swank). 

Dave, I enjoyed your deep dive on AI mechanics and logic. Definitely not a cursory summary though. Keep em coming.

Go Packers, BTW

John


Woke up the other night, (awoke?), in a cold sweat. No luck stifling. Suddenly, a grotesque new fear embodied body and soul. I sensed an ancient army, hell bent, ala the Crusades, marching toward my Germanic village. Ostensibly holy, they wore white sox. Pure on the surface, but with bad intentions. Their goal: to purge. Their lead, a handsome knight named Colston Montgomery, had swung his club with great impact 31 times, (though he set a new single season record for Ks and has a Kappa Gamma Phi silver spoon name).  

They marched into an alien enclave and ruthlessly decapitated these visitors from outer space (Astros). They’ll next prove the Guardians to be in name only and then likely slay the evil serpent devil Ray, (or the renegade Yankees). They have a direct line to the big guy upstairs, via a small soft spoken, yoga like, Hispanic. A  Southsider named Leo.  All is lost.

PS:  Ya’ll made have heard a story making the news that Pope Leo sent a note to the Sox…I think before the playoffs started. Kind uplifting words…bringing communities together…joy.  I was surprised he made no mention of baseball—the high, holy ground.  But don’t think for a minute, that news blip generated my cold sweat. This nightmare occurred to me prior, thus proving once and for all, there are no original thoughts.  😎.

Go Miz!

-d.


Will we need a spiritual, supernatural counterforce if we happen to face the Chisox in the Series? Who could match his eminence in uh, eminencability? I suggest the Dalai Lama. Apparently he is a cool dude with a great sense of humor, so he might be willing to take it up. A friend has met him a couple times (he comes to Mayo for his routine health care). Maybe I could call in a favor. Besides, doesn’t Murph strike you as the Buddha of baseball?

Excited for tonight’s game.

MarkO


Dude, 

Consider low dose gummies to improve your sleep. That is one Hell of a nightmare.

Have you seen the photos and videos of the White Sox fans wearing the papal mitre hat? And doing the handshake of peace between innings?  C’mon man, these Sox love and forgive their enemies. They speak of love, not anger.  Though I have to admit, “eat his body, drink his blood” has never rung a pacifist tone with me. 

I don’t believe these oapiztsxare any match for our very own Zen master Murph.  

-MarkM


Genius! The Murph and the Dali zenned up some vibes to that big cable in the sky and voila! A game winning HR died in Jackson’s mitt. Hilarious. A few inches left or right and Jackson’s neck would’ve been turning backward, instead he merely moved up a step and camped under it. The Starcast projection below surprised me. I would’ve thought it was gone, gone. A massive blast not all that different from the one Alec Burleson of those pesky, (but now bedding down for the winter)—Cardinals hit last week high, as in a towering blast, hit the tippy top of the right field corner foul pole. Burleson by the way is your generic, roly poly, (Rowdy Tellez and hordes of others) first basemen only type. Led the majors in RBIs.

I do have a crit of Murph. Why start Yelich, not Vaughn, against a lefty? Yelich, (bless his recently knighted soul), hit a soft  pop out to short left, with the bags drunk and only one out last night. We had already tied the game that inning, (Chourio’s blast was pure Novacaine—100% relief to the nerve racking start), and we had their starter on the ropes. Vaughn is capable of producing crooked numbers in that situation, and/or is also very good at going with a pitch, (selfless, as was Yellie—just to no avail),  to at least get a run home. Clear violation of baseball fundamentals. Shame on you Patrick.

(ps: Not to one up, rather, to small world, I have a good friend that has met w/ the Dali a couple times. It was some sort of climate change public health conference basis.)


“Statcast has released the official calculation for Ty France’s fly out, and the numbers

confirm it was a highly unique “moonshot” that would not have been a home run at

American Family Field. fry MLB.com

The Statcast Calculations

According to data tracked by MLB’s Statcast: © Reddit r/baseball +1

Expected Distance: 325 feet.

Exit Velocity: 105.3 mph.

Launch Angle: An incredibly steep 49 degrees. E The New York Times +3

Would it have been a Home Run?

No, it would not have cleared the fence in Milwaukee. Because the launch angle was so

exceptionally high (49°), the ball traveled much more vertically than horizontally. Statcast

metrics note that a 325-foot distance makes this ball a home run in only 1 out of 30 MLB

parks–specifically Daikin Park (formerly Minute Maid Park) in Houston, which features an

unusually short porch in left field. In Milwaukee, it would have come down as a regular fly

out near the warning track even without hitting the cable. Ex FOX Sports +3

Would it have stayed Fair?

Yes, it was projected to stay fair. The ball was hit down the left-field line, but umpires and

replay officials confirmed that it struck the roof structure (specifically a support cable running

below the roof arch) entirely within fair territory. The official Statcast tracking trajectory kept

its entire projected arc fair before landing.“

-D


Scratch the Dalai Lama idea. Murph has suggested we already have a supernatural shepherd in the ghost of Bob Uecker. It was he who directed that mammoth blast from Ty France into the roof/light support truss that knocked an almost certain home run into Chourio’s glove. That looked like divine intervention to me. Of course the mortal aspect of the play is that Chourio tracked that ball to an area it might fall despite the fact that it was destined to land way up in the stands. I feel most outfielders would not have moved from their spot and just watched the ball go by. That is Brewer baseball fundamentals at its finest.

MarkO


Gotta call bullshit on the Statcast. I watched it several times, the network announcers watched it several times, and that ball was gone. It came almost directly downward after hitting the roof thing and was still caught on the warning track.The only question is fair or foul and it was determined to be fair where it hit the thing (although it could have possibly still hooked foul).

MO


Dali Schmali. Does not hold a candle to my close  personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Actually that’s not true. As a cradle Catholic, I was taught NOT to pester the Man himself with my puny prayers. We were always supposed to work through Mary, his Mother. Or through the intercession of the patron saint of whatever activity we were doing (e.g., St Anthony helped us find shit we had lost). Or through dead relatives. Those annoying evangelicals go right to the top! Ya think Jesus has time for all that?

Agreed on Yelich. Dave. Extremely disappointing that he couldn’t knock in a run in that situation. Presumably Murph in his lineup decision was leaning on Christian’s playoff experience to calm down a jittery lineup. Cooper Pratt looks like he could use a gummy.  

Incidentally, my wife refers to Yelich as “Naked Boy”. This is in response to the “tastefully nude” photo shoot he did for Sports Illustrated when he won the MVP.  She cannot unsee his extremely muscular bod.  

-MM


Since I have some of you on the line  Below is lengthy and a couple parts redundant, if not perjuring self, but since it only works if our increasingly pathetic memories are fresh I’ll send w/out sanitizing.

(sent to others prior). PS 1 down, 10 to go.

(Brewers’ Second NLDS game)

Setting the scene here first:

  1. After (3) trying evenings of setting a 9 month old daughter down to sleep (babysitting) we are finally at the end of our selflessness—fast asleep, unknowing the fate of our lads in Milwaukee, when said 9 month old wakes up at midnight. My wife–who did most of the work–sawing logs, I’m forced into action.  Won’t bore you with more details.  All’s well, just more than my share of selflessness.  At our core, few of us are Mother Theresa.
  2. On to white hot takes:
    1. I did watch the first 4 innings. Bauers shot up the middle—nice play by Bogarts—missed Ray’s back of neck by inches. Holy Smoke. Did you see that?  Not sure if they replayed it. I saw it on the YouTube recap, just now. It literally could’ve killed him.
    2. Mitchell s/w/coulda challenged that high and/or outside “strike”. But Mitchell’s judgement is shaky. Runners on. Joey came up next and looked awful: Good morning, good afternoon and a v. high out of zone, good night. End of threat.
    3. Pratt has karma building up for a clutch hit. He will deliver.
    4. WTF was, beyond reproach Murph, doing, not starting Vaughn against a lefty? F the captain crap we had bags drunk,1 out, when Yelich hit that soft pop to short left. And Vaughn not only is crooked number dangerous, he’s also excellent at getting the runner in—doing what he can depending on pitch location. Not good fundamental baseball.  
    5. We were snake bitten there as Bauer’s single w/ speedy Brice on 2nd, hung up, such that Brice had to lope into 3rd.  Similarly, Yelich’s no go short pop, left fielder now shallow AND running in, ended with a terrible throw, way up the 3rd base line.  Speedy Brice could’ve have scored standing up.  No one at fault—just 20/20 hindsight.
  1. So much more, I’ll resist by just capturing the envelope of the novel. The great thing about watching sports—no script, no one knows the plot. Chourio’s blast was Novocaine. Immediate pain relief. The ensuing half innings had more white knuckles than available on 2 hands. And of course the huge anomaly.  Divine intervention?  That roof cable. Left or right of that and it continues its normal trajectory. Did the announcers or any smarmy animations predict where it would’ve landed?  Pretty sure it was fair and pretty sure it was gone. If, it was our Lord Saviour Jesus Christ stepping in—then definitely a holy fuck!  
  2. How would I grade each team you ask?  Well the Pads get an A minus—had more “right at ‘ems” than the Brewers. Brewers: A minus also, had a ton of runners in scoring position—which they will soon deliver on—starting at 2 pm central today. Hit one of the Pads (2) supposedly  “lights out” closers—not just wild Bill, but both batters after him. Pads also had plenty of gifts: Bauer’s bad idea to throw home (which did not cost us a run), the dropped ball at first—good toss by Jake, muff  by S’ntla—tho a very difficult play, and that little looper well over Bauer’s head into right—that had that el crayzo spin on it, it actually appeared to backspin toward the infield—where Brice the labrador—quickly retrieved it and kept it to a single.  Wait, another—that dropped 3rd strike.

(sorry, bunch more)

  1. Almost forgot, Will Bill’s laser to catch that guy stealing was an amazingly accurate ICBM. Turang only had to catch it.  I’d love to see a dirt camera view of that  to observe how high its flight from  Contreras’ arm to Turang’s glove.
  2. That Cronenworth is a baller, both at the plate and in the field.  Looks like a clubhouse leader, too.
  3. Wow, MM’s stance is one of most open in the game. He’s menacing, but you have to remember, he’s hitting about 30 points less than Lara, Joey, Yellie…  Big ball vs small ball.
  4. Our pitching was just missing, in general (Miz and Hall), but I missed 5 innings…
  5. Honestly one of the most thrilling, interesting games in baseball history.  Instant classic is now a cliché, but it fits.

Addendum:  Stat cast said it would’ve stayed fair, but only reached the warning track—too high. Not sure I agree. I guess Chourio was not racing back to the wall—that is about all we have to base an analog opinion on—so maybe it was too high. Both Abner and Trevor were far from lights out last night.

Also, I’ll spare you the GPT I did on Trusses:  top chords, bottom chords, cables in tension (lithe), Detroit Airport, bl, bl, blah.  But happy to share if you have a couple weeks to read it. Attached hint at the subject matter.

-d.


Mary, Mother of God, what a strange play. I kind of recall another weird play sort of like this one at the old County Stadium. Didn’t Dave Parker hit a liner that struck and killed a seagull? I seem to recall Rick Manning catching the ball (not the seagull) for an out. Am I tripping? More than usual, I mean.

Okay. I did a little digging and it was Ricky Henderson and a nighthawk in 1984. Here’s the facts.

Ricky Henderson Flyball Kills Nighthawk

G


2 down, 9 to go.  Yet another OMG. Sundry takes:

But first, props to Geoff for that nighthawk, (rip) story.

  1. Cheerio. The way  the closed captioning spells it on the highlights reel. I first took umbrage, now I kinda like it. It fits, ay. Possessive is a cereal.
  2. Xander Bogaerts holds the bat like few others. Big gap twixt his hands. Sal is one inch taller than Yuki Matsui—spunky Padres middle reliever. Big men are never spunky, btw.
  3. Announcer:  “…and Salvadore delivers a salvo”. Cute…not to mention life sustaining. (I missed the first 7 innings live yesterday—bike ride to Roxbury).  Now having watched the highlights I sense things were bleak. Errors galore, (even Brice—and his was an awful one… Double play—on a platter, end of inning—No. Run scoring, inning extending gaffe—Yes.  Sal’s,  go with the pitch to left single, wasn’t a salvo like the one’s that took down the Bismark in ‘41, but it sure was psychologically.
  4. Manny Machado. What a villain. The first (in a long line), of late season acquisitions by the gd dodgers some years ago. They might’ve rented him like we did CC. In 2018, in the playoffs, he stepped on our requisite oaf first bagger:  Jesus, not Christ, but Aguilar and bench clearing brawl ensued  Brewer fans have this seared into memory. I wonder how many had to have this ‘splained to them nowadays? Why are they booing him daddy, he’s really good?  Re MM, I’m conflicted.
    1. Dour: Cocky and arrogant (they often go hand in hand)  and he seems like a cheater, despite having such physical gifts. Plus, he’s a dick. EG:  He catches pop up, then glances toward the crowd with a na na, na nan-na expression. He gets boo’d relentlessly which, like all great villains, he relishes.
    2. Admiration: Mostly due to his physical gifts.  Such nonchalance.  A great fielder too. Great eye at the plate. His throws are sidearm, yet strong and accurate. Last night the announcers said…”and Machado slings it to second for the force”—so apt. Compare his sidearm style to Turang’s directly over the top. Both have great arms.
  5. As much as I love the season Jake Bauers has had, I need to vent on his fielding and decision making. Not dependable. Much rather see Vaughn over there. He flat out missed a throw from Pratt, (not in the dirt) just didn’t catch the freaking ball. And this was in the Phillies series as we were battling for home field advantage. Then he did it again last night!  Again from Pratt. They gave the error to Pratt. Huh? WTF? The ball did go into the dugout, but that’s only cuz Bowers failed to catch it.  His mistake was stretching too early and in the wrong direction.  The throw was off a few degrees but easily catchable—hit his glove. Add to that his gaffe of leaving first base empty such that Ashby had no where to throw and his gaffe the night before, not so much not fielding the ball cleanly—twas a rocket and he did stop it—but then insisting on throwing home.  He was also involved with another error by pitcher  S’ia. A lot of goofs in two games.
  6. Hamilton made an awesome WR catch yesterday and pressured Cronenworth into a two base error.  Put the ball in play!  He also made an error on a ball Joey handles in his sleep.
  7. As we all know, the benefits of heavy drugs cannot be overstated.  The heavier the drug, the better humans we all become.  Case in point, the slowing of synapses allows one to see wonderful things, in plain sight, most people, boxed in by the carrot of filthy lucre, miss.  The tail and wing reds and yellows  of the cedar waxwing, the orange rump of the catbird, the high flying nighthawk and of course the below, found on the shoulders of the Padres. 

Swinging Friar Logo 

Yes, the San Diego Padres logo features a tonsured religious figure, though he is

technically a Franciscan friar rather than a monk. try MLB.com +1

Known officially as the “Swinging Friar,” the cartoon character is depicted with a

traditional clerical tonsure (the ring of hair around a shaved crown). He also wears other

classic vestments of his order, including a hooded brown cloak, sandals, and a knotted

rope belt. @ fox5sandiego.com +1

Friar vs. Monk: The Difference

While monks and friars look very similar and both practiced the tonsure haircut, they live

different religious lifestyles:

Monks traditionally live a cloistered life, withdrawing from society to work and pray

inside an isolated monastery.

Friars belong to “mendicant” orders (like the Franciscans). They live and work directly

within the public community.

  1. The highlights had this: Image attached. So cool. Each pitch popped in there—I only snipped the last frame.  But it gave a bird’s eye view of the frantic decisions a batter is faced with. The balls, (aka pitches), shown, also came swooping in, adding to the appreciation of the difficulty factor.  
  2. Commercials are way too long in the post season. Can we institute a commercial clock?  Too long and they have to omit the next set.
  3. Ty  France is getting to be annoying/concerning. First he almost wins game 1 if not for the cable (set of 4 btw, a lithe version of the bottom chord of the truss.  Oddly the top chord of the truss is a truss itself!  (Again the benefits of LSD)  Back to Ty:  So he hits with power, yet also goes with the pitch—both RBIs yesterday were simple punch jobs to right. A good glove at first. Did I mention Jake’s shortcomings there? And to top it off he intentionally took a slow moving curveball to his elbow pad, in order to take first base. Talented and savvy. I hate that shit in opposing players.
  4. In the eighth, when Contreras missed a juicy fastball from Mason Miller—popped it up, he stood at home plate for second and let out a primordial scream. Funny.
  5. Miller scared the “f” out me. Death stare. Miz level velocity and good stuff. I won’t let my grandkids watch when he’s pitching.  
  6. Yet ya know, I say it, (mostly to myself), time and time again, if you just put the ball over the plate guys will, 7 times out or ten, or more, hit it at someone or miss it. Whereas walking (3) guys is asking for it. 
  7. I thought all wuz lost when Murph released the Kraken. Apparently Sanchez has that nickname from his 2 good, (30 HR), years, ages ago, with the Yankees.  Brewers fans know his bat now moves through molasses, not air. And if he hits a grounder you can sacrifice your body to stop it—even if routine, get up, pick up the ball and still throw him out by 5 steps. Lucky for us, he still is feared and MM gave him a free pass.  
  8. Apologies for not having more material. I’ll comment on each pitch for game 3.

  😎

NDLS Series Game 2 

-d


Don’t have much to add to such astute bot analysis of those first two games of Brewers vs Padres except to reiterate “wow, amazing, engrossing games”.  I concur that Saint Robert Uecker guided that ball to the stadium roof and put Chourio in the precise spot to catch it in case it wouldn’t have gone foul (which it would have, of course). Mason Miller is a scary good pitcher, but the Crew showed him whassup in the 9th inning yesterday. And yeah, that whining jerk Machado is a great villain.

Also, Ricky and the Nighthawks would be a good band name. 

–DC


Ha, Dennis. It crossed my mind that Rickie Lee Jones and Tom Waits were a couple at one time. The Nighthawk himself.

–G


I guess you could call it the Immaculate Construction that saved the day in game 1. I like to think Ueck wacked the ball with his strikeout bat up there. 

Here’s to game 3! 

–JK


Not to be confused with Ricki and the Flash, a movie that wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected it to be given the premise and the casting. Apparently Meryl Streep can play any fucking role.

MarkO


Props to John. “Immaculate Construction”! Nice!  Ok MarkO. “Ricki and the Flash”?  Now a ‘bot must see? 

–DC


(Game 3 Discussion)

Wednesday morning (10/7) update: Yikes, Bauers made another boner, in Game 3. Again, error given to Pratt. And the run that scored as a result of Bauers’ drop turned out to be the winning margin. Ouchie.

Whattya gonna do? Bauers’ bat has made him indispensable. They’re trying to hide him at first, but it’s not working.

Notably MIA: Chad Patrick.He apparently had some bad outings toward the end of the regular season, and Murph has apparently lost confidence.   Instead we get Senzatela and Romero.    

The Pads are only carrying 11 pitchers on their roster for this series. The Brewers,13. So clearly the Friars have less flexibility. Brewers need to get to the bullpen against these guys & exploit that weakness. How about some goddam hits with RISP?????

–MM


I think I saw that Patrick is starting tonight. That could be why they’re saving him. I’m wondering what’s going on with Harrison. Is he back up to snuff? I think he’s on the roster. I agree about the error call. That should have been a pick. 

Fingers crossed. 

G


Actually I forgot about Chad.  Murph will start him and shift to the lefties if necessary…maybe even after the fist inning.  I have confidence in Chad.  He can goose it, he can be wild…but he can also sink into a rhythm and is more likely to do that if starting.  He does throw hard.  Relief can be tough…runners on…not sufficiently warmed up.   

(Geoff sources must be privileged, I’ve only seen unnamed, wrote the above earlier this am).

Go Chad!

Dour, so short.

(Brewer NLDS Series, Game 3)

  1. Last time we’ll see Dustin May play in a Brewer’s uni. Save for a mop up appearance, this post season to save other arms. But mop ups, are few and far between in the post season.  Don’t mean to be cruel, he has the physical capabilities—100 mph he blew past Tatis for strike 3, but once his confidence goes, he unravels quicker than lightweight test, back casted, on a windy day.
  2. Bowers, Mitchell, Turang. Turang “busted” through last night with bloop single…maybe that will get him going. At least he is grounding out. Bowers and Mitchell are thinking long and wrong. Vaughn?  Kraken? Lockbridge? Lara? Just way too much good going on in the rest of the line-up too have those dead weights taking strike threes. Even Joey is putting the bat on the ball for Chrissakes.
  3. I knew Pratt would deliver. He and Jack-Jack are the future.
  4. Contreras is creating a major dilemma for mgt. Everyone seems to agree, he’s gone…a bat can be replaced. But he’s f’ing awesome right now. And the catcher position is so key. All catchers are grossly underpaid.
  5. Back to Bauers and Mitchell:  I don’t get this “expecting something else” excuse when they freeze at a big fat strike 3. Whatever happened to protecting the plate w/ two strikes? Are they sitting there thinking this is the hook I deposit in the seats? That ain’t small ball. Chourio froze on one last night, but it was a nasty hook on the outside corner—that I can accept. Our twin statues of stolidity—No.  
  6. Positives, pitching was pretty dang good, save for our headcase starter.
  7. Bauers is wretched at first. That play was so bizarre—lady luck with the Friars.  First the broken bat shooting out into the field of play, then the ball going through the legs of the runner, both of which did not stop the possibility of the 3rd out.  Pratt’s throw was in the dirt but most big league first basemen pick that out.
  8. Bogaerts made an awesome play stopping that (Contreras?) single from going into left—saved a run.  
  9. Shoot but that’s baseball. For example, Turang has had a helluva year but he had dreadful 30 AB span in the middle. Mitchell and Bowers have been white hot for periods. Unlike Chourio and Contreras, all (3) of those guys have steep  ups and steep downs.
  10. Never forget: Baseball is 90% mental, the other half, physical. (Yogi)
  11. Yelich stung that last ball—more Friar luck. We out hit them 11 – 6, had an error, they didn’t and we k’d a lot more.  
  12. Merrill’s first catch was outstanding. Chourio. Did you notice where it landed in his glove? Bad spot—near the heel. Skillful just to hold it there. When it is a truly an iffy catch, you are never really sure if you will catch it.  Whereas his Sal catch was routine.  You’ve heard me before on this. Sliding is a safety first thing—a good practice—most outfielders deploy. Ahem, however, it does not auto qualify it as great.  Good, yes, great, no.

Onward…Gasser?  I’m so much finer with either him or Drohan vs May.  Fuck the percentages (Tatis, Machado and France).  A head case is a head case.

-d.


I read that Gasser will start tonight. Seems like a good call. If the crew can get into the Friars bullpen early we should be OK.

The game is clearly too fast for Bauers at first base. The playoff pressure seems to.be compounding the issue. He’s serviceable in the outfield but in place of who? He will probably start against a righty pitcher but should be replaced by Vaughn at the earliest opportunity.

Anyone remember the Brewers attempt to convert Molitor into an outfielder? He seemed to have the opposite problem. Given too much time to think about a play, he was a disaster in left field. That experiment was aborted in short order.

MarkO


Hmmm…no recall of the Molitor experiment. Surprising, such a good athlete. The experiment must’ve been short.  Whereas, Yount had an extended career in CF, won his 2nd MVP there and saved the only no hitter in Brewer’s history—Jaun Nieves—with a (true, diving not sliding, fully extended), phenomenal catch.   (the 2021 no no by Burnes and Hader no count, imb,  icyww).

(in my book, in case you were wondering)

–DS


Love this YouTube YouTube of Garrett Mitchell catch of Garrett Mitchell’s game saving robbery of big Mach’s 8th inning blaster. The fan with the glove is likely yelling, “no no I got it!”  

The rest of the Padre fans are caught between horror and astonishment. 

What a great series for the Crew. Onto the City of (fallen) Angels. Bring on them Dodgers. 

–JK

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