Brewers (Burnes) vs Marlins (TBD): 9/22/23, 5:40pm

[HarveysWBs]

Man, pitching Tellez, that could really hurt our run differential.  Will no one think of the Pythagorean record?!

[Brewcrew82]

BACK TO THE POSTSEASON AFTER A ONE YEAR HIATUS

[TURBO]

We just discovered another shutdown reliever...  This is the real reason Rowdy is still on the roster!

[Bulldogboy]

Congratulations guys. Lots of ups and downs but we made it

[folly412]

1 minute ago, HarveysWBs said:

Man, pitching Tellez, that could really hurt our run differential.  Will no one think of the Pythagorean record?!

We're safe. He was pitching, not hitting.

[jason21nl]

Counsell better win manager of the year 

[Brewcrew82]

I know we have yet to make a World Series, but this is truly the Golden Era of Brewers baseball. 

[SeaBass]

Just now, jason21nl said:

Counsell better win manager of the year 

If not this year next year for sure.

[SomewhereInTime]

Thats disrespectful to use a position player to pitch while leading a game.  Completely unnecessary too with the expanded September roster

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Postseason baseball for the Brewers. Feels like it’s expected lately. Just a totally different vibe from past decades of fandom. This is basically a golden era. Now it’s time to cash in one of these coupons. Forget a bite at the apple; eat the whole blooming thing. 

[TURBO]

2 minutes ago, SomewhereInTime said:

Thats disrespectful to use a position player to pitch while leading a game.  Completely unnecessary too with the expanded September roster

I can't tell if you are serious or not.

[wiguy94]

3 minutes ago, SomewhereInTime said:

Thats disrespectful to use a position player to pitch while leading a game.  Completely unnecessary too with the expanded September roster

??

[Bulldogboy]

Yelich coming back like this confirmed for me his drop off was due to injury. Keep him healthy with the added bats and we have a real shot.

[BruisedCrew]

1 minute ago, Brewcrew82 said:

I know we have yet to make a World Series, but this is truly the Golden Era of Brewers baseball. 

We always get into this, but I’m still sticking with the 1978-1992 Brewers, especially 1978-83. 

The AL in those days had 14 teams in 2 seven team divisions and only the 2 division winners made the postseason. If they had taken the division winners and 3 wild card teams like they do now, I think they would have made the playoffs every year from 1978-83 and 3 more times from 87-92. 

I can see why younger people would think these are the best Brewers teams ever, but anyone who was around then seeing 2 Hall of Famers in their prime with contributions from a couple of other HOFers knew those were outstanding teams. 
 

 

 

[Bulldogboy]

Brewers ownership has to be hoping this team can make a run. Asking people for tax money gets easier if the town is on fire for a playoff run.

[BruisedCrew]

They were talking about the Brewers 13 run inning in 1990 but I didn’t hear them mention the whole story on the broadcast. And if someone brought it up on this thread I missed it. 
 

I was listening to that game in the radio in 1990, and the Brewers fell behind the Angels 7-0 early in the game. But they rallied to tie the score at 7-7 and then had the 13 run inning to open up a 20-7 lead. Clearly the biggest turnaround in team history. 

[sveumrules]

7 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

We always get into this, but I’m still sticking with the 1978-1992 Brewers, especially 1978-83. 

The AL in those days had 14 teams in 2 seven team divisions and only the 2 division winners made the postseason. If they had taken the division winners and 3 wild card teams like they do now, I think they would have made the playoffs every year from 1978-83 and 3 more times from 87-92. 

I can see why younger people would think these are the best Brewers teams ever, but anyone who was around then seeing 2 Hall of Famers in their prime with contributions from a couple of other HOFers knew those were outstanding teams. 

After tonight Brewers are 483-380 since 2018, a .560 W%.

1978-83 they were 518-400, a .564 W%.

1984-86 they were 215-268, a .445 W%. That’s a pretty serious hangover.

1987-92 they bounced back, 508-464, but that .523 W% is a healthy clip behind the current run or 1978-83.

[Brewcrew82]

5 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

After tonight Brewers are 483-380 since 2018, a .560 W%.

1978-83 they were 518-400, a .564 W%.

1984-86 they were 215-268, a .445 W%. That’s a pretty serious hangover.

1987-92 they bounced back, 508-464, but that .523 W% is a healthy clip behind the current run or 1978-83.

So basically we have two Golden Eras. 

[sveumrules]

1 minute ago, Brewcrew82 said:

So basically we have two Golden Eras. 

Hopefully we can finish this year out in the platinum tier.

[BruisedCrew]

7 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

After tonight Brewers are 483-380 since 2018, a .560 W%.

1978-83 they were 518-400, a .564 W%.

1984-86 they were 215-268, a .445 W%. That’s a pretty serious hangover.

1987-92 they bounced back, 508-464, but that .523 W% is a healthy clip behind the current run or 1978-83.

I think you also have to take into account that the competition in the AL East in those days was extremely fierce. I think just looking at winning percentages doesn’t capture the quality of the teams. 

[BruisedCrew]

5 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

So basically we have two Golden Eras. 

That’s really the point. Just looking at number of playoff appearances doesn’t tell the whole story. 

[sveumrules]

3 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

I think you also have to take into account that the competition in the AL East in those days was extremely fierce. I think just looking at winning percentages doesn’t capture the quality of the teams. 

No doubt there are factors to consider beyond raw win percentage.

The league has expanded, scheduling formats are different, the talent pool has grown exponentially on an international scale, I don’t know what payrolls were like 1978-83 but I’m guessing they were much more tightly grouped and the Brewers weren’t at a hundred plus million deficit behind many of their competitors.

[mtsportsfan]

27 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

We always get into this, but I’m still sticking with the 1978-1992 Brewers, especially 1978-83. 

The AL in those days had 14 teams in 2 seven team divisions and only the 2 division winners made the postseason. If they had taken the division winners and 3 wild card teams like they do now, I think they would have made the playoffs every year from 1978-83 and 3 more times from 87-92. 

I can see why younger people would think these are the best Brewers teams ever, but anyone who was around then seeing 2 Hall of Famers in their prime with contributions from a couple of other HOFers knew those were outstanding teams. 
 

 

 

Spot on ! Those teams were excellent ! Playing in the AL and having to get by the yanks , Boston and Baltimore and only division winners going to the playoffs , if we had the same playoff format , there definitely would be more playoff pennants !

[Harold Hutchison]

52 minutes ago, TURBO said:

We just discovered another shutdown reliever...  This is the real reason Rowdy is still on the roster!

Two way Tellez for 2024?

[treego14]

Hip Hip Hooray ... what a day!

Turn the page and let the rest of the division rage!