Those Milwaukee Brewers, the team we love AND hate at the same time, are sprinting to the regular season finish line just a couple of games out of a wild card playoff spot.
Entering today (9/22/22) with a four game series at Cincinnati, the Brew Crew has 13 games remaining, with nine of those in the friendly confines of AmFam Field.
Hey, we did our part yesterday to end a three-game skid, a 6-0 beat-down of the New York Mets, thanks to a grand slam homer in the seventh inning by pinch hitter Mike Brosseau (on a no ball-two strike count, no less!). This was the first timely hit in some time for Milwaukee. By my count, there are 17 games since the All-Star break in July in which the club either blew a lead or had a shot at winning. Split those into wins and losses, and the Brewers are a playoff lock.
Am taking credit for the win because we were in attendance, and am 3-0 on in-person games this season. Keep expecting a call from owner Mark Attanasio or GM David Stearns begging me to attend more games (a helicopter service to and from our home here in Oregon would sweeten the deal!).
Don't feel sorry for former Nebraska Cornhusker head coach Scott Frost, fired just a couple games into the season. Poor Scottie is forced to walk away from the job with $7 million in a buy-out deal.
That's right, $7 million! And had the school waited a few weeks, that would have dropped considerably.
Watching the Green Bay Packers' win over those dreaded Chicago Bears on Sunday, my wife and I couldn't help but notice one thing.
"Doesn't he look angry? Like he's mad they haven't put any players around him," Sally remarked when the cameras showed a glowing quarterback Aaron Rodgers on the sideline.
Have to agree he looked pissed. And maybe it's time to put that emotion to the side and work to help those young players. Body language is everything.
That was the 205th between the Packers and Bears, the longest running rivalry in the NFL. Too bad the Chicago team hasn't been more competitive in that stretch. After all, Rodgers is 24-5 in that stretch while Brett Favre was 23-13.
Speaking of Favre, looks like the fraud issue in Mississippi (good ol' Brett getting millions in state money, then giving it to his alma mater, Southern Mississippi, for a volleyball facility -- his daughter just happens to play for them) has come to light yet again. This time putting the former governor in hot water thanks to a text Favre sent him asking whether "the media could find out where this money came from."
Oops!
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