I missed posting my results and getting my picks up, chalk it up to the chaos of traveling from upper New England back to Wisconsin. There’s something about that stretch of the country that makes you feel like you’re following the Brewers from a satellite orbit. You’re surrounded by Red Sox hats, Yankees chatter, and people who look at your ballcap like it’s a cryptic logo from a minor league team they’ve never heard of. It’s a great place to live, but it’s not Brewers Country. Not even close.

So somewhere between the pine trees, the toll booths, and the eternal debate over who gets the last XL cereal bar at the rest stop, I found myself settling into one of the most peaceful baseball moments I’ve had in years: a full Brewers game on the radio, from pregame to postgame, uninterrupted. Just me, the open road, and Jeff and Lane narrating the game with that steady, familiar rhythm that feels like summer itself.

No screens. No pitch clock graphics. No split‑screen ads. Just baseball the way it used to feel, alive in the air, carried by voices that make you feel like you’re right there in the ballpark even when you’re hundreds of miles away.

And maybe it hit me harder because I knew where I was heading.

After ten years of watching this team from afar, ten years of being the oddball Brewers fan in upper New England, ten years of explaining the hat, the logo, the obsession, I’m finally coming home. Back to Wisconsin. Back to a place where Brewers talk isn’t niche, it’s normal. Back to a place where you hear people breaking down last night’s game at the gas station, where you see Brewers shirts at the grocery store, where baseball isn’t just entertainment, it’s part of the rhythm of life.

And in a couple weeks, I’ll be at AmFam Field for their first homestand after the All‑Star Break. My first games in attendance in a decade. I can already picture sitting in those same green stadium chairs I grew up in, playing along with the scoreboard games, cheering on adults in sausage costumes racing on the warning track. It’s not the usual gates opening or crack of the bat moment; it’s the next chance to see Brewers greatness up close, in a place that’s felt like home all along.

I’m not making new picks this week. With only a handful of games left before the All‑Star Break, I’m giving myself permission to just enjoy them, to settle into the first stretch of my vacation, breathe a little, and let the team play without me trying to out‑guess the baseball gods. I’ll drop fresh predictions when the Break wraps up, recharged and back home, ready for the second half. And honestly, part of the fun is knowing I’ll get to watch those predictions unfold in person during that first homestand after the Break; finally seeing this team up close again after ten long years.

But before I officially shift into vacation mode and let the Brewers do their thing without me trying to play armchair oracle, I should probably circle back to the last picks I made, the ones I posted before packing up the car and bribing the kids with a slushie if we can make it 5 more miles to the next rest stop.

Last Last Week's Results (6/24-6/30)

Jackson Chourio 3 RBI- 3

Brice Turang 2 3B- 1

William Contreras 4 BB- 3

Andrew Vaughn 3 R- 1

Jake Bauers 1 2B- 0

Gary Sanchez 4 SO- 0

Blake Perkins 2 H- 1

Cooper Pratt 1 HR- 0 

Joey Ortiz 4 SB- 0

Wow, 2-for-9. If only we had that kind of production out of our 3rd baseman 😉. All joking aside, I saw something on ESPN that said the Brewers should target Matt Chapman or Isaac Parades and I immediately got excited for something that I know will never happen. That being said, Luis Lara is here and I think he's the real deal, he looks every bit of the part, and I feel loads better with his name in the lineup instead of Perkins (sorry, not sorry).

Final Note: Jomboy's Talkin' Baseball (AKA the "we think Schlittler and Sanchez are better than the Miz" Podcast) has been calling a 4-game sweep "a mopping", let's make those Yankee homers come up with a word for a 5-game sweep with week against the Cardinals!

Lower your expectations,

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