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This team has bounced back well before. The 22-0 shellacking didn't help us the next night against the Mariners. I don't trust Gasser, but I'm still optimistic we can split the series.

I think my graphic got cut off. I can't see PCA's name on it. I kid! I kid!

I'm a sucker for the retro-70s look...

Hard to believe Chourio (3/11/04) is a full year and a half younger than Wetherholt (9/10/02), who is the odds-on favorite for ROY in the NL. And this is Chourio's third season! I think the RISP numbers this year could be that he's pressing more in those situations. When he's chasing pitches outside the zone, the only chance he has is if the pitcher makes a mistake. When he's patient and laying off the junk, he is a real force. I think that will improve as he matures.

I just hope they ruled it a hit so I can keep hearing Vinny tell me that Hamilton has been good defensively!

Are you basing that on defensive metrics or the eye test? I have a healthy respect for analytics, but I gotta say - I watch almost every game and cringe when the ball is hit toward him. Way too many terrible throws, botches some easy plays, just seems like a wreck sometimes.

Agreed, I thought Adames was the quintessential "clubhouse leader" which is why I was somewhat worried when he left. All we've done since is have the best record in baseball. When one leader leaves, someone else steps up to fill the void. Teams have "lead by example" guys like Yeli and "rah-rah leaders" like Adames was, and Contreras seems to be now. All the top teams spout cliches constantly... we're playing for each other... we never quit... we're a family. All that is true, but it's true for almost every team that has a winning record. And as Jopal pointed out, it's not even a necessity for title-winning teams. Mostly just something for the media to write about.

There goes my theory that Sanchez wanted to pitch so he could waste our final challenge.

I'm all for giving him the QO if he finishes the season as it has gone so far. But if that's the case, he'll never accept it because someone will offer him a lucrative multi-year deal. If he slumps badly down the stretch, I think the Brewers play it safe and let him walk away feeling like we already got the peak performance year in his career.

Agreed. And with Uribe, the goal has to be that he's fully healthy for October, not for two series against the Cubs.

Cubs managed one hit today, an oppo bloop single. No offense on that team at all. They're doomed if they even make it to the playoffs.

Yeah, dropping that easy double play last night will never show in the scorebook or defensive metrics, but that cost us 5 runs and who knows what happens if we get out of that inning clean? Inexcusable.

I think you might be remembering 1982 Yount rather than 1974-76 Yount.

It can be tough to read through the IGTs. In my mind, there's a huge difference between "Yeli looks lost right now; I think he needs to move down in the order" or "That's a really steep price for two rentals!" as opposed to "I've said this before - Murphy is a horrible game manager!!!" or "Arnold gets ripped off again in this trade, like he always does!!!" It just comes across as though you've never watched a full season of baseball in your life with these blanket judgments based on one game or one trade in late July. And I get it - emotions run high in the middle of a game and people have to earn the benefit of the doubt. But if Murph - back-to-back manager of the year and best record in baseball again this year - hasn't earned the benefit of the doubt with you, then no one ever will. We're incredibly lucky as a fanbase right now to have the organizational talent we have.

ESPN game? So no BrewersTV again?