This day in baseball

I’m home early today …

Woo hoo!

Just in time to watch the Cubs finish out their walloping from the Cardinals …

So much for seeing the Cubs clinch tonight … Not that I’m doubting the Brewers could win tonight and pull this thing off …

Like I’ve said all season long, I’m totally rooting for the Cubs to win the division, though it’d be nice to at least see the Brewers keep it close and take the Wild Card …

But things haven’t exactly gotten off to a brewing start under Dale Sveum …

With Wednesday’s win, we were thrilled, and it looked as though the Brewers could be getting on the right track. Then they blew the 6-2 lead they had in yesterday’s game …

I had been monitoring the game at my office. It was great, and when the Brewers took the 6-2 lead into the ninth, I thought it was over. I tuned out … Only to see the Cubs had tied the game in the ninth as I was shutting down my computer and leaving for the day …

I had WGN going on the radio all the way to Phoebe’s daycare and back, and then we caught the 11th and 12th innings at home. Kates also caught the ending on the radio during her drive home…

Great for the Cubs. Not so great for the Brewers.

And if this twisted season couldn’t get any twistier -- the Devil Rays have won 90 games? The Yankees are finished? The Mets and Brewers are collapsing again? The Cubs are unstoppable? Seriously -- I read this crazy rumor today that the Brewers might be willing to trade Prince Fielder and J.J. Hardy for Matt Cain …

Though Commenter No. 16 does give the notion some cred. Even if CC Sabathia and Ben Sheets do bolt from Milwaukee after the season, I can’t imagine the Brewers pitching is going to be bad enough to dump Fielder and Hardy too …