Brewers?

I was incredibly frustrated to see the Brewers get swept by the Reds, especially because two of the games were winnable. Watching Will Nieves fail twice to hit important sac flies cost the Brewers the home opener. Failures to manufacture runs and hit situationally is a plague on the Brewers. Hope has flashed the last couple of games, and the returns of Greinke, Lucroix, and Hart all will be BIG upgrades to those positions. It's easy to be down-trodden seeing Neives fail so brutally, it made me realize it's a different manager inheriting the same players who can't drive in a run when it absolutely HAS to happen. Axford seems to have it figured out, meaning leaving 93MPH fastballs belt high is UNACCEPTABLE. I'm liking this team, even the late additions of Mitre and Morgan seem to be likely to pay dividends. Another glaring weakness is the inability to work a count and take pitches and walks. That will need to change to reach the playoffs I feel. It's a hell of a ride, and there's plenty of time to flip-flop. I'm just happy I'm excited to watch games again. I got to heckle Linebrink, Heyward, and the Braves bullpen last night as I was the first row in the bleachers above the bullpen in right field. WHAT A GREAT TIME, though they frown on heckling WAYYYY too much. I also have tickets on Friday, meaning I have to wash the lucky Turnbow shirt and warm-up the vocal cords, and possibly the fists for the Cubs.