For some reason, I decided to look up some sweep stats. In the seasons 1978-1983 (6 seasons, although one was strike-shortened), the Brewers were quite good. Lowest winning percentage was .531. 3-game sweeps: 28 4-game sweeps: 9 Total sweeps: 37 Won first 3 in a 4-game series: 9 Won 4 games in a 5-game series: 2 (I thought this was an impressive feat, so I didn't care if it was the first 4). When all is said and done, it's not really a huge difference. Yes, 37 > 21, but that's only about 3 games per year. Like others have said, the "lack" of sweeps isn't the problem. The poor teams are the problem. We won a road series in Pittsburgh. Things just didn't go our way Thursday night, despite all the base runners. It happens. It was a successful series.