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And there goes another ball up in the breeze sailing out to left field.

Across the field helping balls hit to,left. There have been 5 HRs in the game.

There’s a lot of talk on the broadcast that makes it seem like this game is completely out of reach. On a hot day with the wind blowing out it could get close very quickly

Anderson keeps talking about the extra 2 days between starts for Priester. I think the bigger factor is that he had to throw so many high stress pitches in the first inning on a very hot day and that took a lot out of him. He settled down but had to deal with a few baserunners in the third too. When he gave up the HR and single in the fourth I think his tank was probably lower than it might be otherwise for the number of pitches thrown.

Which is about 10 years before the Texas Rangers came into existence. It’s a good logo, and a nice compromise between Minneapolis and St. Paul which for many years had the top minor league teams for the Dodgers and Giants. Of course there was a keen rivalry between those teams. A plain M (for Minnesota) logo could have been mistaken for Minneapolis. I wonder how many youngsters these days know that the 1961 Twins were not an expansion team, but were a new home for the old Washington Senators. The 1961 Senators were the expansion team that about 10 years later relocated to Texas. That’s useful knowledge for,people who do the Immaculate Grid.

Good bounce back inning for Priester.

Amazing how quickly Ortiz got rid of that ball.

Quintana finally staying around the strike zone and forcing some swings.

Here we go again with Quintana and the lead off walk.

Quintana has been hard to watch these last few starts. These 20 plus pitch innings are becoming the norm for him.

Not exactly. We go entire years without any days this hot.

Thank you Satchel Paige.

Maybe to give the true picture you should include the Reds and Cardinals, and even the DBacks, in this.

Better score more runs.

With the split doubleheader now set for August 18 that series at Wrigley will be 5 games.

Rained Out.

I disagree with your premise that the Brewers don't have a goal of trying to win a World Series. Maybe it's just me, but I would not be happy following a perennially terrible team just because the franchise won a World Series 20 years ago. Several of my favorite teams have won the ultimate titles in their sports, and the glow from those titles doesn't last forever.

I'm not sure we are really disagreeing because you are addressing a different question. I agree that the goal should be to try to win it all. But, the question you asked is whether as a fan I would rather have one World Series and decades of mediocrity or several seasons of contention. Put, another way, would you be happier today as a 73 year old fan of the Marlins living off the glow of two World Series wins over 20 years ago, or a fan of a team that for the last 8 or 9 years, and a few others before that, has allowed you to follow the team day by day looking at the standings and evaluating their chances to compete in the playoffs. Brewers fans saw the ugly side of this from 1993-2006. Those years would have been miserable even if the Brewers had won the World Series in 1982. Your comment about money begs the question of whether the current owner, or any owner. would be willing to spend the amount of money that would allow the Brewers to overcome the inherent revenue disadvantage of the small market. Personally, I don't think any realistic amount of money would significantly increase the Brewers chances of winning a World Series while competing against the likes of the Dodgers, Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, Phillies, Giants, Cubs, Astros, et al. There's a reason why only 13 of the 30 MLB teams have won the World Series in the 21 years since the Marlins surprise win in 2003,. Only the Royals in 2015 would be considered "small market" even though their market is much larger than the Brewers'. It isn't that the other 17 franchises aren't trying to win. Even some teams in much larger markets have failed to win while throwing around a lot of money.

I don’t think the Marlins of 1997 or DBacks in 2001 are good examples of small market teams. Regardless of their market sizes both teams were relatively new expansion teams that were flush with cash from owners willing to spend money to establish interest in their teams. They were both in the top 10 in payroll when they won the series. But, to answer your question, I know I am in a small minority on this, I would rather have a team that is consistently entertaining to follow and in playoff contention than one that wins a World Series but follows it up with a couple of decades of teams that range from mediocre to abysmal. I resigned myself many years ago that the chances of the Brewers winning a World Series in my lifetime are substantially lower than 50%, and probably less than 10%. But that doesn’t mean that I would be just as happy if they win 60 games or 90. My biggest beef with this year’s Brewers team is that it isn’t particularly entertaining because of the punchless offense. Because of that, the very slim chance that they could win the World Series even if they would sneak into the expanded playoffs is significantly lower than years like 2011, 2018, and 2021.

I don’t think I would hold out the early expansion years of the Marlins as an example or model that the Brewers should aspire to. They had a pretty competitive payroll in 1997 and things were not as crazy then as they are now. The 2003 team was one of those rare examples of a relatively low payroll team catching lightning in a bottle in the playoffs. The franchise’s record and financial status since then speaks for itself.

I’ve said this before, but it should be obvious that emotional energy will be better spent this season watching the wild card race. it may be possible for the Brewers to catch the Cubs despite their superior talent and ability to spend money to improve themselves at the trade deadline. But, I’m not holding my breath waiting for it to happen.

Way to kill a promising inning with a pitiful bunt attempt.

Brewer hitters have really been piling up the Ks in the early innings the last few days.

A blockbuster move for an NL playoff contender.

Good thing Chourio hustled home on that. Nobody was going to drive him in