That’s my second-biggest fear. We got some hits off of him last night, which means if we’d have to face him again, he’d throw 8 innings of 1-hit ball with 15 Ks.

I just meant they’ve made the World Series in the past 2 seasons. Not my fault they can’t beat the goddamn Cubs.

That’s fair. I must have been reading the dumb publications, though, because I didn’t see anybody picking the Brewers. ESPN (ok, I know they aren’t smart) even last week basically had anointed the Cubs division champions.

I hate that they still need some help to get there, but yeah, it’s still possible. The Cubs haven’t played anybody with a winning record since April, I’m pretty sure. If the Crew can steal another one from St. Louis this week, they might be heading into Chicago fighting for their playoff lives, so who knows what…

Man, I don’t even remember that. That does suck. The year KC won, were they the Wild Card? That seems amazing.

Is there any serious discussion about it? I don’t know. But there sure should be. I haven’t really cared during the last 10 years, because the Brewers haven’t been relevant in 10 years. But now that they are, I hate it. Exactly like you said, they play 162 already. One more isn’t really a fair assessment of a team’s…

I already know the headline from next Wednesday’s newspaper:

I’m a Brewers homer, so we can relate. Small-market, “nobody” team that wasn’t supposed to make it anywhere. We haven’t had anywhere near the injury problems the A’s have, so I can’t complain. But, all season long, everybody just assumed that the NL Central was going to the Cubs. And here we are with 5 games left, and…

I feel like I’ve heard somewhere that Fitzpatrick went to a school with lots of really smart people, right? You’d think that by now, he’d have learned how to prevent more children.

“Please, please, please, please let this happen to Khalil Mack.”

Let me just tell you that the worst part of all of this is that Chicago Bears fans are happy today. When you unleash happy Bears fans on the rest of America, you’ve really fucked up. Thanks a lot, Vikings. Christ...

Albert, the sad part is that you’re generally correct. But, I’d like to try to at least instill just a little bit of hope into the world.

I get it. Sometimes, when your team wins a big game, you can just feel the electricity around you!

I probably saw this first here, but just in case I hadn’t...

I personally started calling him Troobiess just because, you know, he can’t spell.

Yeah, I think so. No matter what the standings are, losing to the Bears always has a way of ruining my day. It was only a few years ago that we played in the NFC Championship game, after all. And thanks to Jay Cutler, the Packers came out on the right side of that one.

I’m sure you’re right. Back in 2008 when the Brewers did finally get good, I had tickets for that last series against the Cubs, and I sold one of the games at a premium. We were already in Milwaukee for the weekend, so we just went to one of the bars just outside of the gates, and drank with the locals. I’d happily…

I don’t think it takes long to develop a rivalry when you play the same team 15 times a year. Sure, the Cubs and Brewers have only been in the same division for a few years, but it’s been plenty of time. As a kid, I remember growing up hating the Orioles, Twins and Yankees. We see the Twins for 4 games a year now, so…

Yeah, that and it’s not just the Cubs series that prices rise. That whole stupid “marquee game” thing. Whatever, I’m pretty sure that the Cubs started that shit first with “demand pricing” where every single game is a different price.

Have you watched any news stories about the recent governors of Wisconsin?