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They had too much rest! Then too little rest! If Murph could just Goldilocks it, we'd be golden!

No. I don't want NFL parity... I want Packer dominance! 😃

What exactly is spleen venting? 😂 IKYKY

a game where we give up 5 runs should be winnable, too.

With Chase and Higgins as my WRs, I think I could make some noise as the QB...

Yup, we got 'em where we want 'em! Make them think they have it buttoned up and then rescue victory from the jaws of defeat!

So how does the DH work in this game for LAD? I'm assuming there is no DH and Ohtani hits for himself, but when they pull him as a pitcher, can they put him in the DH spot? May his playoff pitching be as bad as his playoff hitting!

Open with Ashby followed by 4 IP from Uribe! The bad part about losing to LAD is that we haven't figured out who our closer actually is anymore...

Yeah, even if both lose, being nominated continues to build the reputation.

We cheer a team through 162 games of regular season baseball (and even a bunch of ST games) in order to get the playoff baseball. Tonight is the reason. We play the best of the best of the best. No one said it would be easy. It shouldn't be. Teams have to fight and adjust and give everything because there are generally small margins between the teams at this stage (save for late season injuries). My head isn't in the clouds and thinking we will suddenly flip the switch and waltz into the world series. But I will continue to cheer until the last out seals the fate. Know how teams make improbable victories? They don't give up. If they don't give up...neither will I. Let's just win tonight and let tomorrow take care of itself.

Turang mostly looked like the fielder from last year, but there were some very uncharacteristic gaffs for him this year. Early in the season was worse. Frelick looked about the same. I wonder how much the committee considers the numbers vs impact on the game. One thing that I noticed for Frelick this year is that very few people tested his arm. He had a couple of VERY nice throws to third base that nabbed people early... and then people stopped tagging up on fly balls or stopped at 3rd instead of trying to score from 2nd on a single. If those two can up their offense a bit - get above 800 OPS they could be cornerstone players.

If I don't watch it...

So, in the next three games, we will see Ohtani yelling to the crowd, "For ME, For MEEEE!!!!" And the crowd busts out in Brewer chants? I like it. 😉 I think we need a few more verses here. Maybe 26...

TBD will lead us to victory tonight!

It takes 3 years for a freshman to become an NFL level player, but each year there should be players ending the season better than they started. How many can you name that did that one under Fickell? Perhaps lacking the right OC,DC, and position coaches are majorly to blame there, but I just don't see players maturing. They make the same mistakes or have the same deficiencies that they had the previous season.

I'm specifically referring to the "play clock is about to run out" Time Outs. That doesn't account for all of MLF's early TO usage, but quite a few of them.

I've not been able to watch many of the WI FB games the last couple of years (perhaps a blessing in disguise?), so that this with a grain of salt. Clearly recruiting has been a problem since NIL and I don't see Fickell as better or worse than PC was. However, I don't see any real development of the players from year over year. Just seems like the player that shows up on day 1 is the same seasons later. When WI FB was successful, they were taking 3 and 4 star players and making them fairly high NFL draft picks. Walk-ons becoming late NFL draft picks. Now it just seems pretty stagnant.

By pressure, I mostly mean time pressure: I have pretty low confidence when he has to run a 2 min drill. He does fine when he has plenty of time to setup things, but he doesn't manage time well. The number of TOs we use when we run out of play clock is another indicator of that. In play adjustments. When he gets to the LOS and someone has a defense setup too well for the play call we have (i.e. overload blitzes), he doesn't adjust that well to them. No changing protections to cover the extra person, no getting a receiver into a vacated area or hot route. He often seems surprised by blitzes getting on him right away...some of that is the OL not playing well, but some of it recognizing you are in trouble by the look you are getting on D. His interceptions tend to come in one of two fashions: a tipped ball (not his fault) or a REALLY bad decision when he gets surprised by a blitz. He just needs to know that certain times, you need to throw the ball away or just eat it. This isn't a huge problem for Love, but just another indicator that he isn't a great "think on your feet" type QB. Love is HOF good when he has plays setup and time to throw - the clean pockets. But the ability to improvise and handle a lot of things at once just don't seem to be his strengths (i.e. where good QBs become HOF QBs). I'm going to stick my neck out here and say that MLF makes Love look good (i.e. mostly good play calls and scripting WRs/TEs open for him), but Love makes MLF look bad with the lack of on-field adjustments and time management. I'm not saying MLF is perfect, but I think a lot of the complaints we have about him are more on Love.

Yet, there is still something missing. Dude puts up a lot of good numbers, but his situational awareness - especially when under pressure (blitzes, 2 min drill, etc..) is still severely lacking. I was talking with a coworker about whether that is a skill that QBs have (or don't) or if it can be learned.

What do you think "low chance of success means???"

THIS. The key to beating LAD was getting to their BP. Their achilles heel. It is the only way they will turn it around.

"Backs against the wall" generally means that you believe there is a low chance of success. But perhaps you are missing the point I'm making... It doesn't matter if I believe we can win the series or not. I simply cheer to win the next game and don't worry about the end. I'm just here trying to enjoy the journey.

This seems really dumb on Robert's behalf... up 4 runs and still have your starter going over 100 pitches? At some point, the BP is going to be rusty (if we ever get a starter out early...)

Feel free to argue about it. I encourage a good discussion... but do it without the insults.

No, not Pollyanna optimism (though things did work out for her)... I know we have our backs against the wall. But teams never win a championship if they give up when things get hard. Why should I?