Brewers (Civale) vs Giants (TBD): 9/10/24, 8:45pm

[willie key]

18 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

We have the best run differential in baseball. We should win games at a decent clip despite our schedule, too. I don't think we're likely to catch the Dodgers, but it's far, far more realistic than the Cubs catching us.

Neither of them are that realistic.    I’m just at the point of clinching the playoff spot as soon as possible now

this team is young as heck.    
 

I still think this magic number will be a slog for awhile.    

[StearnsFTW]

9 hours ago, nate82 said:

A Dodgers win or a Dodgers loss is a positive.

A Dodgers loss is a far bigger positive.

 

[Team Canada]

9 hours ago, willie key said:

But look at our schedule.    It’s a beast with a lot of games against teams that are fighting their rear ends off

I would generally agree that both Dodgers and Phillies are better teams than the Brewers (as the records reflect), but the Brewers have the best record in baseball against teams over .500. The Brewers are not pretenders. They are legitimately good, somehow, even though we don't have 3 HOF/MVPs at the top of our lineup.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

10 hours ago, willie key said:

Dodgers are better than us.    So are the Phillies.    They will win games at a decent clip.    I think we are more likely to be fighting at around the 90 win mark by the end of the season then we are at winning the 95-97 wins to catch both of them

 

this team has proven people wrong at different spots throughout the year.   But look at our schedule.    It’s a beast with a lot of games against teams that are fighting their rear ends off

 

blowing the cards and Rockies home series ended our hope for that.    Now it’s about trying to clinch a playoff spot without it getting to late into that last week

[Pugger]

15 hours ago, Gump said:

I hate this late games so much...

It's even worse for those of us in the EST.   These games don't start for us until after 9 pm.

[Pugger]

Even if the Dodgers and Phillies are better than us it would be helpful if one of them has to play in the WC round.  In a best of 3 ya never know...

[StearnsFTW]

3 hours ago, Pugger said:

Even if the Dodgers and Phillies are better than us it would be helpful if one of them has to play in the WC round.  In a best of 3 ya never know...

Agreed.  Let's pass them both (I know, I know) and let them play each other in the second round.