JSOnline.com photo credit: Jeffrey Phelps
JSOnline.com photo credit: Benny SieuBox scoreAfter 25 years of stumbling through the baseball wilderness, the Milwaukee Brewers emerged on the other side Sunday into bright daylight. Well, as bright as daylight can be when the roof is closed at Miller Park.
The 26th year did the trick. Welcome back to October baseball, Brewers fans. And welcome to the wild card, which didn't exist the last time Milwaukee made the playoffs.
"I like parties. If they're every 26 years, I guess that makes them all the more exciting," said coach Robin Yount, who played on the last Brewers team to spray champagne in the clubhouse on the final day of the season.
On a magical day in which the post-season stars finally aligned for the Brewers, the two things that had to happen actually happened. First, the Brewers took care of business by pulling out a tense yet electrifying 3-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs before an overflow bipartisan crowd of 45,299.
Thanks to the Marlins 4-2 win over the Mets.
Brewer Radio Network Wrapup which was been posted at Sportsbubbler.com. Click on that link and you will hear why Bob Uecker is in the hall of fame.
I'll add the picture and JSOnline story to this post in the morning. (Added)
Tenuous Timber Rattler tie-in: The Brewers will be playing the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL Divisional series. The General Manager of the Phillies is Pat Gillick.
Gillick pitched for the Fox Cities Foxes in 1960 and went 11-2 with an ERA of 1.91 and 135 strikeouts in 114 innings. Just mentioning that Earl Weaver was the manager of that Foxes team. Gillick was inducted into the Appleton Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002.
If I understood the crawl on Baseball Tonight, game one is 2:00pm CDT on Wednesday, October 1 at Philly.
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