I feel the same, but it does sadden me a bit to realize that I may just never see a Brewer World Series in my lifetime. It was a little like being a fan of the Badger football in their best years, where you have to accept that a Rose Bowl is your championship, you’re not competing for championships. In a similar way, winning the division and beating the Cubs felt like ours.
We’ve had period where we could have broken through, 2011 in particular I think, but it just hasn’t happened. I look at teams like the Royals and think why not us, but luck and circumstance just hasn’t lined up for us.
The Dodgers are what we are except they have money, which is an enormous advantage, but their rise has really only occurred over the last 5-10 years and it’s really hurt our higher aspirations. We’re well run enough, that’s not the problem. But the Dodgers have always had money, but now they’re also a finely tuned organization, whereas going back some years ago they just had piles of money and didn’t know what to do with it. Now they’ve put more of an emphasis on scouting and development and really put some distance between them and the NL.