The Milwaukee Brewers are getting trounced tonight by the Reds and will likely lose their game. Since Ned Yost was shockingly dismissed as manager of the Brewers, the Brew Crew has won only one game with Dale Sveum as his replacement. One of the losses was a nightmare, blowing a 4 runs lead in the 9th, needing just one out, for the win, catcher Geovanny Soto clubbed a three-run HR to dramatically tie the game in the 9th. And, Derrick Lee drove home the winning run in the 12th inning to win, 7-6. The Cubs edged closer to clinching the NL Central Division.
Whatever the reasons for firing Yost, the cost of firing him isn't paying off right now for the Brewers. This appears to have been a management decision. It wasn't a baseball one.
The firing appears to have made the team tight as Milwaukee tries to compete for a wild-card berth in the playoffs. A loss tonight and a Mets win, will put them 2 1/2 games out and the noose will get tighter. A week ago, the Brewers had a lead in the Wild Card. And, Lehman Brothers was still in business. Now, one giant company went belly-up, and the Brewers are on their way.
I'm a die-hard Cubs fan, and it was great to see Zambrano pitch a no-hitter in Milwaukee's stadium, Cubs' fans cheering wildly. But, I don't think canning a manager with a handful of games left in the season, with the club leading the Wild Card chase, made sense. In a few days, someone in that organization may be the next one to go.
