May 02, 2007
Big Lead Brewers
With a four game lead in the NL Central, the Milwaukee Brewers hold the largest lead of any first place club. The last two game they've played like a team with a big lead, defeating the Cardinals by a combined score of 19-3. This took them from a three-run deficit for the season to a thirteen run advantage. Add to this that the Brewers offense is underperforming their batting statistics by .5 runs per game, and it looks like Milwaukee is for real. The team is scoring 5.0 runs per game, while the runs created formula puts them at 5.5. Bad luck has a tendency to turn around, and we've seen that in the last two contests.
re: the brew crew
the brewers not only are in first place, they are there with baseball royalty;
tony gwynn jr in center
prince (son of cecil) fielder at first
both players are playing pretty well, especially fielder. Gwyenn has a high OBA but not slugging much, not different from dear old dad.
the pitching has also been good.
if the brewers were to win the nl central and/or make the playoffs it would be the best story of the season.
also, would bob uecker get to do the play by play finally?
