September 7, 201114 yr QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 7, 2011 -> 07:48 PM) I don't even hate them, that's the thing. Just have no fun watching a team that is far and away more talented than every team they play. We call this the Miami Heat effect.
September 7, 201114 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2011 -> 06:52 PM) We call this the Miami Heat effect. Perhaps, but I HATE the Heat and almost every player on that team.
September 8, 201114 yr QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 7, 2011 -> 05:01 PM) One of the great starting staffs of the last quarter century. Last I checked, Rollins, Utley, Howard, Victorino and Pence weren't classified as boring players. Gotta be a little more specific than "least fun team in baseball." Hunter Pence is very fun to watch. And Kjshoe has a point about the Phillies. They hog all the wins... I get so sick of my roommate b****ing over a loss when they're 40 games over and I have to deal with our dysfunctional piece of s*** team. Edited September 8, 201114 yr by chw42
September 8, 201114 yr Author I flipped between the Sox and the Phillies game. They own Atlanta but the games are close.
September 8, 201114 yr QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 03:34 PM) I flipped between the Sox and the Phillies game. They own Atlanta but the games are close. Potential NLCS preview starting today. I'll definitely be turned in.
September 8, 201114 yr QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 03:47 PM) Potential NLCS preview starting today. I'll definitely be turned in. If the Phillies take care of business, it could be a NLDS preview. The D-Backs are suddenly only 2.5 back of the Brew Crew.
September 8, 201114 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 04:38 PM) If the Phillies take care of business, it could be a NLDS preview. The D-Backs are suddenly only 2.5 back of the Brew Crew. Good stuff. Didn't realize zona was that close.
September 9, 201114 yr As someone who will be rooting for the Brewers this October, I find these stats a bit alarming: Brewers success a Milwaukee Mirage? One of the challenges for Tampa Bay, Toronto and Baltimore is playing in the AL East and having to play 36 games against the Yankees and Red Sox. Well, the inverse of the AL East Penalty is the NL Central Advantage. The Brewers are going to the postseason almost entirely because they can fatten up on 46 games against the Cubs, Pirates and Astros. With realignment talk floating around, Milwaukee shouldn't dare complain about the "inequity" of competing in a division with six teams. Milwaukee is 31-9 against Chicago, Pittsburgh and Houston and barely above .500 (54-51) against all others. The Brewers have fewer wins against .500 or better teams (22) than 24 other clubs. The Padres, Nationals, Orioles and Cubs -- the Cubs! -- have more quality wins than Milwaukee, the Boise State of the major leagues. The Brewers don't win on the road and they don't beat good teams, including the three other NL playoff teams. Against Philadelphia, Atlanta and Arizona, Milwaukee is 8-11 while hitting .235 and scoring 3.4 runs per game. Do you know the last time Milwaukee won a series against a winning team other than the Cardinals? That would be before Memorial Day. The Brewers went the entire summer without winning a series against a good team other than St. Louis. Do you remember their 23-3 run from late July to mid-August that salted away the division? The Brewers went 19-1 against losing teams, including 13-0 against the Cubs, Pirates and Astros Get this: Milwaukee still has six more games with Pittsburgh and Chicago. None of them will be in October.
September 9, 201114 yr Their rotation is good enough to get them through a series or two and their offensive talent is there. The playoffs are a whole different ballgame and the statheads cant figure that out.
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