The bad news is, the Brewers no longer have the best record in baseball. The good news is, they have an eight game lead in the NL Central. A tough Mets team did a number on the Brewers over the weekend and while you never like to lose a series, it’s the first time since they played a three game series with the Cubs on the opening weekend of the season that they’ve lost a series. When you go over a month without dropping a series, it’s definitely a good thing.
And while J.J. Hardy is the one making all of the news, Prince Fielder is doing what he’s paid to do, and that’s hit homeruns. His eleven long balls ties him for the National League lead and he’s posted a very impressive .957 slugging percentage. I’d say his 28 homeruns from last year will be passed sometime in late July or early August and 50 isn’t out of the question at this point. And if J.J. Hardy cools down, you’re looking at an MVP candidate here because he’s only four RBIs back of Carlos Lee for the league lead.
And I apologize for the abscence but the network has been having some website problems and it’s prevented me from posting. It’d be nice if the Brewers could take three of four from the Phillies this week and that would get me right back in the writing mood.
