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Now you've jinxed it. Getting to see a Metly no-no in person would be one of the highlights of my life. I'll be happy if the Mets can just keep Prince from hitting a dinger.

Gwreck wrote: I remember those first two games well (and was also at Miller Park for them). As I recall, they both took place on Mother's Day and probably both were hit with those pink bats. Interestingly, the Hall walkoff was the only homer that Bradford yielded in all of 2006. I know the Hall walkoff was on Mother's Day. I had gone to my bachelor party the night before and it was a day game. What a mess I was. I didn't even see the HR. I was in line for a soda and the crowd went crazy. That's how I knew the game was over.

Yup, you nailed it. Great piece.

I was watching the Brewers feed last night, so I didn't catch that. I know it was raining off and on last night and that they can open and close the roof in a matter of minutes. Perhaps they were opening it between showers and the water collected on top was dripping over the sides. It started out hot last night and it didn't look like they were pumping any AC. It sounds stupid, but the past few times I've been there, I've climbed WAY up top beyond the left field foul pole in section 442 to watch the second half of the game. There are usually no fans up there and you can see the whole field except for the center field wall. It also faces the sunset which you can see through the glass panels on both sides of the field. It's my favorite place to be.

Ceetar wrote: I need to get to Miller Park. Any time you want to go, let me know. It is a pretty great ballpark for beer and a decent one for food. I dislike the architecture and design (especially the roof and lighting), but the sightlines are all good and the Brewers do an awesome job of making it their own.

Last night was the Brewers fifth walkoff win against the Mets since 2005. 2005: JJ Hardy walkoff pinch-hit single 2006: Bill Hall walkoff HR - I was there, it sucked. 2007: Geoff Jenkins walkoff HR in Tom Glavine's first bid for 300 wins - I was there it sucked. 2008: Mets sweep - I was there, it was great. 2009: No walk off 2010: Corey Hart walk off HR breaks 0-0 tie 2011: Nyjer Morgan walk off double I'm starting to dread the Mets coming to Miller Park. I'm predicting a blowout one way or another for Thursday.

Paulino 2 Pelfrey 2 Reyes 1

It's interesting to see McGehee get dropped a spot in the order. He was getting a little negative feedback from Brewers' fans during last night's game as he is slumping. Specifically, after the 6th inning Fielder HR, I overheard one fan calling the Mets' manager a dolt for pitching Prince anything in the strike zone while McGehee was behind him in the lineup.

The Enemy: Weeks 2B Morgan CF Braun LF Fielder 1B Hart RF McGehee 3B Betancourt SS Nieves C Wolf P

Reyes SS Turner 3B Beltran RF Pagan CF Bay LF Paulino C Evans 1B Tejada 2B Pelfrey P

Affordable Jose in 2012 is one thing, affordable Jose in 2016 or beyond is another...especially when we're having this same conversation about Wright in a year or so. I'm not saying they can't afford him...I'm just saying it's not quite as simple as estimating a budget for next year. I want him back like everyone else, but it certainly isn't as black and white as the figures above.

Agreed, Onley speaks the truth.

The Brewers drafted Scott Boras' kid. I wonder who his agent will be?

That booth must have had AC. The record-setting heat was the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's lead story this morning. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/123449089.html It's supposed to be hot again today, but tomorrow, high temps are supposed to fall by 30 degrees and rain is supposed to fall.

Thanks to everyone who followed on Twitter last night. Admittedly, I'm not a very good tweeter. The game was hot, hot, hot! The temperature while tailgating got up to 102 degrees. It was still 95 according to my phone at game time. We had great seats, but also the most obnoxious drunk sitting next to me at field level. By the third time he spilt beer on me (1.5 innings in), we moved to higher ground looking for a breeze. I would have really enjoyed the low scoring pitcher's duel watching the game at home on my computer...but with the heat, the game was really rather tough to watch until the Fielder HR in the 6th. Obviously, the Metly scoring in the 7th was awesome and watching the bullpen hold the one run lead was great. There were very few Mets fans at the game. The paid attendance was around 27,000, IIRC. I'm on a 3 game winning streak for in-person Mets games I've attended. I'll look to continue that on Thursday. Hopefully, we're going for the sweep rather than the rubber game.

Capuano 4 Reyes 2 Tejada 1 Beato 1 Isringhausen 1 Rodriguez 1

John Axford's wife gave birth to a baby boy early this morning. Sounds like Axford is too cool for paternity leave, though.

True... I can honestly say that in my 20+ years of Metly fandom while living in Wisconsin, that this is the first time I'll be going to see the Mets play Milwaukee (on edit...I guess they have only been in the NL since 1998) where I truly believe that the Brewers have a better team than my Mets. That will make me all the more happy if we beat the shit out of them. Let's Go Mets!

The Brewers won again on Monday, sweeping a four game series from the Marlins in Florida, and are on a five game winning streak. Milwaukee is 20-6 overall since May 9, best in the majors.

I REALLY don't want the Mets to trade Reyes.

Making up for the things I was going to do on Tuesday and Thursday nights so I can see the Mets in Milwaukee.

The New York Metropolitans travel to Milwaukee on Tuesday to battle the Brewers in a three game series. The Brewers are 33-26 and currently sit in 2nd place in the NL Central, 2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Brewers are winners of 20 of their last 27 games since snapping a 7 game losing streak on May 7th. Milwaukee�s offense is currently 2nd in the league in OPS and 4th in runs scored and their 67 HRs tie them for the best in the NL. Their pitching staff has a 3.67 ERA which is 6th best in the league and their pitchers have racked up 465 strikeouts this season which is 4th best in the NL. *This KTE will not include stats from the Monday night game that the Brewers will be playing in Miami against the Marlins. After starting off slowly, the Brewers are gaining steam under new manager Ron Roenicke and seem to have a decent pitching staff to go with their always potent offense. Newcomer Zach Greinke has started off slowly, but the rest of their rotation has been keeping the Brewers in games and while their bullpen has been spotty at times, they have settled down recently and the Brewers have been one of the best teams in all of baseball over the past month. Probable Pitching Matchups: Tuesday, June 7, 8:10 PM ET Chris Capuano, LHP 3-6, 5.19 ERA vs. Shaun Marcum, RHP 6-2, 2.78 ERA Chris Capuano returns to Miller Park to face his old ballclub on Tuesday. He will battle Shaun Marcum, who was acquired over the off-season from Toronto and has been brilliant so far for Milwaukee. Marcum�s home/away splits show that he is much better on the road as he has a 4.78 ERA in 5 starts at Miller Park. Wednesday, June 8, 8:10 PM ET Mike Pelfrey, RHP 3-4, 5.56 ERA vs. Randy Wolf, LHP 4-4, 3.69 ERA Pelfrey faces veteran lefty Randy Wolf on Wednesday. Wolf has a 2.84 ERA in 5 starts at home this season. He was 1-2 with a 4.82 ERA in his 5 May starts. Thursday, June 9, 8:10 PM ET Jon Niese, LHP 4-5, 3.75 ERA vs. Yovani Gallardo, RHP 8-2, 3.72 ERA In the finale, Niese will face off against the always formidable Yovanni Gallardo who leads the league with 8 wins. He was 5-1 with a 2.25 ERA in 6 May starts. Gallardo always pitches well against the Mets and has a 2.84 ERA in 4 career starts against New York. Brewers Lineup: 2B Rickie Weeks ®: .287/.357/.498/.855, 11 HR, 26 RBI, 7 SB Weeks continues to improve and is on pace to have the best offensive year of his career. I�ve been saying for years that he is not the ideal leadoff hitter, but the Brewers continue to use him in that capacity and is working out so far this year. He leads NL second basemen with 7 errors. CF Carlos Gomez ®: .224/.280/.359/.638, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 14 SB This ex-Met has been riding pine lately and losing time to Nyjer Morgan (stats below). Morgan allows the Brew Crew to have another left-handed batter in their righty dominated lineup and has been putting up some good numbers over the past few games. Gomez is still the fastest player in Milwaukee and will use his motor both on the base paths and in the field. LF Ryan Braun ®: .306/.398/.565/.963, 13 HR, 42 RBI, 13 SB As Milwaukee�s perennial MVP candidate, Braun is the model of offensive consistency. He is on pace to put up his best power numbers this season and just signed a contract extension to keep him in Milwaukee until 2021! 1B Prince Fielder (L): .287/.390/.546/.936, 13 HR, 45 RBI, 0 SB Fielder is a great tandem to go along with Braun and is back to cruching the ball after a somewhat down season in 2010. He is in the final year of his contract (Boras client) and many in Milwaukee do not expect him back next season. He is also fucking fat. 3B Casey McGehee ®: .238/.297/.346/.642, 4 HR, 24 RBI, 0 SB McGehee has seen a drop in his numbers this season following a solid 2010 showing. He is still a power threat and is hitting .364 in the �late & close� category. RF Corey Hart ®: .281/.328/.491/.819, 5 HR, 14 RBI, 2 SB Hart is Milwaukee�s resident Met-killer. He hit 3 homeruns in last year�s three game series against the Mets at Miller Park and nearly hit a fourth that Jeff Francoeur caught at the wall. He then hit one more at Citi Field in September. SS Yuniesky Betancourt ®: .232/.260/.335/.595, 3 HR, 20 RBI, 0 SB Betancourt was the throw in from the Royals in the Greinke deal and shows the Brewers� glaring need for a productive shortstop (ahem). Betancourt hit just .178 in May and has 7 errors at short this season. C Jonathan Lucroy ®: .292/.331/.458/.790, 6 HR, 26 RBI, 0 SB Lucroy has taken over the reigns as Milwaukee�s catcher after a decent rookie season in 2010. He is producing even more offensively this year and makes this lineup even more dangerous. He is hitting .397 this season at Miller Park and is excellent with RISP. Brewer Bench: C Wil Nieves ®: .152/.204/.196/.400, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB IF Josh Wilson ®: .375/.375/.125/1.500, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB UT Craig Counsell (L): .197/.303/.212/.515, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB OF Mark Kotsay (L): .250/.339/.298/.637, 0 HR, 8 RBI, 3 SB OF Nyjer Morgan (L): .356/.406/.593/.999, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 2 SB As noted above, Morgan has gotten some starts lately and has looked pretty good. Wisconsin native Craig Counsell is somehow still playing at 40 (that Arizona WS was 10 years ago�jeez time flies). Brewer Bullpen: John Axford 1-1, 3.29 ERA, 28 G, 16 Svs, 27.1 IP, 36 K, 1.537 WHIP Zach Braddock (L) 0-1, 2.70 ERA, 14 G, 0 Svs, 10 IP, 9 K, 1.200 WHIP Tim Dillard 1-0, 3.18 ERA, 4 G, 0 Svs, 5.2 IP, 7 K, 0.529 WHIP Marco Estrada 1-2, 3.76 ERA, 15 G, 0 Svs, 38.1 IP, 32 K, 1.122 WHIP Kameron Loe 2-5, 4.03 ERA, 32 G, 1 Svs, 29 IP, 24 K, 1.172 WHIP LaTroy Hawkins 0-0, 0.63 ERA, 15 G, 0 Svs, 14.1 IP, 7 K, 1.395 WHIP Sergio Mitre 0-1, 2.25 ERA, 17 G, 0 Svs, 24 IP, 9 K, 1.167 WHIP Milwaukee has the 5th best bullpen ERA in the NL and while John Axford had some early struggles as closer, he has settled down and has pitched very well during the Brewers� hot streak in May. Ex-Met Brewers: Carlos Gomez Ex-Brewer Mets: Chris Capuano Mets vs. Brewers in 2010: 2 wins, 5 losses Mets vs. Brewers All Time: 54 wins, 35 Losses Milwaukee is a very good team and will create many problems for the Mets this week. In my mind, they are the team that is going to make the most noise in the NL Central. If (and I�m not here to ruffle any feathers or start any doom or gloom, so this is a big if) the Mets were to trade Jose Reyes at the deadline, I think the Brewers would be a perfect fit for a Reyes rental. Prince Fielder is most likely gone after 2011, so their gap of opportunity to win it all may be closing. Unfortunately, after the Greinke and Marcum deals, their farm system is not much better than our own, so I�m not sure that what they will have left to give up will match Reyes� value. Either way, beating Milwaukee will be a tough task this week. I will make the trip to the Tuesday and Thursday games and will be rooting hard for wins.

Dickey 5 Reyes 1 Turner 1 Beltran 1 Pagan 1 Tejada 1

Niese 4 Pagan 1