As most of you know, I also follow a certain NL Central team.  In the interest of proselytizing the Church of the Lit Halo, I've posted (on Brew Crew Ball) a list of reasons Brewer fans should embrace the Angels for the remainder of the playoffs.  I thought I'd re-post it here, and encourage any of y'all to pop in over there and add your reasons.  Or do the same for other teams you follow.  Testify, brothers and sisters!

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As promised, I have returned after the Angels' epic sweep of the BoSox to encourage you, my Brew Crew Ball brethren, to hop aboard the Halos' bandwagon while there's still time.  I therefore present, in list form, reasons why the Brewer faithful should transfer their allegiance to the Angels.  At least until, oh, sometime in Mid-November.

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Bear with me here.  As most of you know, I have rooting (and I don't care what "rooting" means in Australia) interest in a certain NL Central team in addition to the Angels.  The Brewers had a great 2nd half of April and May, surged into first place in their division, but have dropped since due to injuries (Rickie Weeks, Dave Bush) and lack of starting pitching depth (after Yovani Gallardo, Jeff Suppan is statistically their 2nd-best starter right now!)  The Brewers have gone from buyers a week ago to potential sellers today, as the result of an abysmal start to the 2nd half.  (Consecutive blowout losses to the Nationals will do that to a team.)  On BrewCrewBall today (Brewers SBNation site) someone mentioned what they thought Angels might be willing to give up for bullpen help.

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I'm torn.  I can't decide whether or not I want the White Sox to win today. 

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