WOW!!!  Winning game 1 is so huge.  I felt that everyone (NOT ME) was so secure that the Crew would win no problem since they had home field.  Gallardo is a stud.  Brewers have a great home record.    BUT  (huge BUT alert) Ian Kennady was on the mound.  This guy has came out of nowhere to be a stud.  21-4.  Have you comprehended what this guy has came out of nowhere and done?  Even better WHiP after the AllStar break.  As good as the Crew is and Yovani is I had a hard time believing they could beat a 21-4 guy.

BUT they came out and grinded away.  Wow I can't be more impressed with their grit today.  They found a way to score runs (early) without the HR.  YO was an absolute stud!

Turning point of the series may be the first pitch strike Kennedy threw to Prince.  That smile Prince had on his face after that first pitch said it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Maybe I missed it but thought there'd be more 'bummer' discussion about Huff resigning with San Fran and Detroit signing Martinez.  Both situations reduce Fielder trade for a stud pitcher options don't they?  With those moves who is really left for the Brewers trade options regarding Fielder?  Atlanta made their move for offense with Uggla.  In my very uninformed opinion only the ChiSox are left as an option.  Maybe that road has been traveled enough that everyone is past the possibility of a Fielder trade but c'mon!!  Where's the SPUNK?!?!?!?

Hate to go "next year" already, but its the in thing.  From my seat the Brewers are 1 #2 pitcher away from being a division winner.  Some folks will argue otherwise and say all kinds of dumbfounded remarks.  I say BS, it's as simple as 1 legitimate #2 pitcher.   (Assuming the rotation would be Gallardo, #2 guy, Parra, Looper, Bush.) 

Everything else is almost in place.  In fact they even have an excess at a very critical (you could even call it 'glamour') position...shortstop.  They have Escobar and Hardy...and then McGehee at third.  In an ideal world, the Brew Crew would simply trade Hardy and get a legitimate #2 pitcher who goes 13-8 and gives the whole team that extra confidence that they had in 2008.  The importance of that confidence I refer to cannot be understated.  

However, things aren't that simple.  Not sure Hardy can command that type of pitcher in a trade right now.  So who can?  To me it comes down to who has the most value to another team...McGahee, Hardy, or Escobar?  McHardcobar if you will?  Hardy is the flex guy that WILL move to third if asked (and McGahee is traded).  Trust me.  So maybe the question is just who can get the best pitcher in return...McGahee or Escobar?  Package one of them with Gamel (seriously, where's he going to play in the Brewers lineup?) and they get that #2 guy.  But which one carries more value to another team?  (and that is the question...its not who the Brewers would be better off with...its who another team would want.)  Your thoughts?