Brew Ha Ha Or Brew Hoo Hoo?

Wow. As my world and nose are falling apart, the Dodgers world is vastly improving. Their sweep of the fairly mighty Phillies was HUGE. Officially, it was the first time the Dodgers swept the Phils in a four game set at the Ravine since 1962! Can’t remember the last time they swept a four game series, period, but I assure you, it more recently than ’62. Hiroki Kuroda looked like a freakin’ Cy Young candidate. Especially if you couple this win with his near perfecto against Atlanta earlier this year. Matt Kemp read this blog and took a smarter approach at the plate. He actually homered! And Casey Blake even got a hit. Manny cuts his hair an inch or two shorter and goes 0 for and it doesn’t even matter.

BUT… let’s not get too full of ourselves. They’re still tied with Arizona. I hate to be the bearer of sad reminders, nut had they won those 2 games in San Fran they were supposed to win, they’d be 2 games in first right now. I’m still pissed off about those losses. Also, Bad Penny is back on the DL and could well be done for the year. Not that it’s a bad thing, necessarily. Personally, I think the big farm boy’s done. They should acquire Greg Maddux yesterday for that 5th starter position. They’re still not all hitting in sync and they need a couple of weeks of that to really begin to dominate.

If the season ends today, the Milwaukee Brewers go to the Playoffs as the Wild Card team, 17 games over .500. Not bad. Thus far, to put it bluntly, they’re a better team than the Dodgers. Sabathia and Sheets are better than any two starters the Blue have (luckily they don’t have to face them this series) but the Dodgers overall starting staff is a little stronger. The Dodgers are also slightly better in the battle of the bullpens. But the Brewers starting lineup features some bombers. If their best player and MVP candidate, Ryan Braun is injury free, they’re a very tough team, along with big, fat Prince Fielder who hits a ton, All Star right fielder Corey Hart is another big hitter and Mike Cameron just hit his 20th dong playing only half a season. Shortstop, J.J. Hardy is on a roll as well and Jason Kendall, as always, is a very reliable catcher. With Cy Young lock Brandon Webb on the mound in Houston tonight, it’s almost a sure win for the Snakes. However, the ‘Stros have been playing very tough ball. In fact, they’ve won, like, 8 in a row and have the same record as the Snakes and the Dodgers. But, to give you an idea of how bad the West is, the Astros are in 4TH PLACE in the Central, and, essentially, out of the race! They Blue will have to win tonight to keep pace. If the Dodgers can keep up their little roll, it would be a major coup. They need to sweep. It’s time now for the Los Angeles Dodgers to establish themselves as the premiere team in the National League’s Western Division and as one of the stronger teams in the league, period.

I have spoken.