7/31/2008

July 31 - Brewers 4, Cubs 11

Gordon Lightfoot sings
Wreck of Edmonds Fitzgerald
Season's hope sinking
-db

Sinking like a brick
Is not a good description--
Bricks can build something
-DZ

July 30 - Brewers 2, Cubs 7

No argument here:
Pummeled, hammered, overmatched.
Try to salvage one
-db

7/29/2008

July 29 - Brewers 1, Cubs 7

They scored first and more
But we scored the game's last run-
Momentum, baby!
-db

July 29 - Brewers vs. Cubs

I'm calling my shot
Big ZZZZZ sleepwalks through the third
Cubs out like a light
-db

July 29 - Brewers 4, Cubs 6

List of things that kill:
Smoking, drunk driving, crack, guns,
Weeks at second base
-DZ

Groggy this morning
Stayed up too late watching game
Was it a bad dream?
-DZ

Week(s) effort for sure
But Fielder shows some life:
Royalty on tap

No July worries-
We can always bank on
A Cubbie collapse

Yost calls it 'great game'
Hope Ned likes watching 'great games'
from his couch next year
-db


And our Cubs frienemies gloat:

Sabathia who?
Cubs bats hot versus the ace
One down, three to go.
-Ed

Mighty Cubs win one
Most fun game in a long time
Dust off the Blue brooms?

Enjoy this line up:
Zambrano, Harden, Dempster.
Enjoy your deer fun!
-Steven

7/28/2008

Haiku War!

Brew Crew wants to know
Who will be your goat this year?
An actual goat?
~SA

Like Cubs in Haiku
Chicago fans count up runs
As Brewers cross home.
-db


With the big series starting tonight, our new friends/archenemies at
Cubs in Haiku have issued a friendly haiku challenge to Brew Crew Haiku. See their responses in the comments, and please post your own!

Here's the first shots from Wrigley:

Ed writes:

Sunday just the start
Of a Brew Crew losing streak
Cubs will do damage

Ready for C.C.
Cubbie bats will come alive
At Wrigley Field North


And Steven:

Milwaukee better
enjoy their brief stay in first,
Wild Card more likely.

I'd have no use for
The entire state up North
If not for the beer.

It's filled with a bunch
of bass-fishin', cheese makin',
Favre-kissin' morons!

But during the race,
There will be no better pick -
Go Polish Sausage!

7/27/2008

July 27 - Brewers: 6 Astros: 11

Prince and Hart struggle,
Suppan's ERA breaks five--
Some chinks in armor.
-DZ


Look-ing a-head (v):
Dropping two of three at home
as Cubbies loom


Prince lives up to name
He's second in line to throne
Hail mighty King Braun
-db

7/26/2008

July 26 - Brewers 6, Astros 4

Given enough time
Competitors' paths converge
Brewers, Cubs even

Prince's irony:
The larger Fielder gets
The less you see him
~SA

July 25 - Brewers 1, Astros 3

Astronaut weary-
Autopilot disengaged
On return trip home
-db

7/25/2008

July 24 - Brewers: 4 Cardinals: 3

Braun's blast leads the way
To mystical land of sweep
Shirts untucked again
-DZ


Here's what it was like:
Ninth inning, one on, Braun up ...
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!!!?
-db

7/24/2008

July 23 - Brewers 3, Cardinals 0

Have to ask question--
Can CC possibly win
Cy Young for three months?
-DZ


Who could imagine
Sweeping St. Louis road trip?
Summer foolishness!


Cardinals chopped down
Cubs barely hold totem's perch
Brewers carve 'em up
-db



Game story

7/23/2008

July 22 - Brewers 4, Cardinals 3

Long climb almost done
Sun is shining brightly in
The Hall of power
-DZ


Dear Mr. Bill Hall,
Remember those boos in spring?
Our bad, -Brewers fans
-db



Game story

7/22/2008

July 21 - Brewers 6, Cardinals 3 (10 innings)

Weeks muffs and duffs
But Billy Hall still wins games
Torres unearns win
-DZ



Game story

7/21/2008

July 20 - Brewers 7, Giants 4

Parra, me see him
Makes Giants bats look sickly
That's just cilia
~SA

Weak play at second:
Ricky, we hardly knew ya
Durham settles in



Hart combs all-star's hair
Braun-y soaks up the bullpen
Giant July sweep
-db



Game story

7/19/2008

July 19 - Brewers 8, Giants 5

Sheets not at his best
Bailed out by offense and pen
Rainy day brightened
-DZ

July 18 - Brewers 9, Giants 1

CC shuts them down
Fielder gets his home run stroke
Welcome to home stretch
-DZ

7/13/2008

July 13 - Brewers 3 Reds 2

One C.C. starts it
The other C.C. ends it
Winners all around
~SA

Prince steals second base
Counsell a jack with sacks full
But CC is king
-DZ

'Forget you, Brew Crew,'
C.C. says to sinking team.
'I'll do it myself.'
-db



Game story

July 12 - Brewers: 2 Reds: 8

Home after long day
Settle in to watch Brewers--
Tivo malfunction!
-DZ

Lost two straight to Reds?
Last game before break today
CC must earn keep
-DZ

7/11/2008

July 11 - Brewers 5, Reds 6

Three frickin' errors
Puts an end to saluting
The improved defense.
-db

July 10 - Brewers 11, Rockies 1

Thirteen Ks, no walks
Not Sheets or Sabathia
Lets call him Cy Bush
-DZ

7/10/2008

July 9 - Rockies 8 Brewers 3

Saw this one coming
Sheets outpitched by Glendon Spahn
Brew Crew hangover
~SA

7/09/2008

July 8 - Brewers 7, Rockies 3

Jam paCked Miller Park
Tuesday night Celebration
The future is now
-DZ

Everybody dance (now)
C+C pitch factory
Laying down the beats
-db

7/08/2008

July 7 - Brewers 3, Rockies 4

Missing piece added
Problem with Monday's hoopla:
Have to play the games
-db

7/06/2008

July 6 - Brewers 11 Pirates 6

Tribe throws baby out
With Sabathia water
Crew comes up Millhouse.
~SA

7/05/2008

July 5 - Brewers 2, Pirates 1

Hottest hitter bunts
Coolest hitter wins the game
Gotta love baseball

If C.C. trade comes
Then tonight's star of the game
Goes back to the pen
~SA

Bush redeems himself
Fielder gets game winning hit
Gagne gets the win
-dz


Mid-summer anthem:
Oh-oh say can you C.C.
By Braun's All-Star flight?
-db


Game story

July 4 - Brewers: 9 Pirates: 1

Shrimp and steaks on grill,
Brewer game on radio--
Great Fourth of July
-DZ

Hate that I wonder
If an eight-run lead is safe
In the ninth inning
-db

7/04/2008

July 3 - Brewers: 5 Diamondbacks: 6

Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn
Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn
Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn
-DZ

7/03/2008

July 2 - Brewers 4, Diamondbacks 3

Go to bed down one
'They never come back to win'
Surprise waking up
-db



Game story

7/02/2008

July 1 - Brewers 8, Diamondbacks 6

Quick start is enough
When backed with defense and pen--
Suppan unearns win.
-DZ

7/01/2008

June 30 - Brewers 3, Diamondbacks 6

Bush throws no hitter?
transformed in the desert heat
Hitter knows Bush throws
~SA

Snakebit in desert
Festering wound could get worse:
Big Unit up next
-db

Bush no longer blooms
Please dig the damn thing up and
Replace with CC.
-DZ

Game story