PLAYERS:
Ryan Braun,
Doug Melvin,
Melky Cabrera,
John Axford,
Derrick Turnbow,
Eric Gagne,
Trevor Hoffman,
Zack Greinke,
Jeff Bianchi,
Cesar Izturis
TEAMS: Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants
TEAMS: Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants
By and large Brewers fans have given up on the 2012 season. It's over they say. Sell they say. Rebuild they say. It's hard not to blame the people that say this. The Brewers currently sit at 40-45, eight games out of first place and six games behind the second Wild Card. A run at this point seems impossible, but as I've said before it isn't impossible only improbable. It's not over yet. Things are still very much up in the air.
And there are at least two people who agree with me on this. One of them is Ryan Braun who said that he thinks the Brewers are "right in this thing" and the other is Doug Melvin who will wait until these next nine games over before making any tough decisions. Some people might think that this is shortsighted or that Doug (or maybe even Mark) are thinking with their heart more than their head, but personally I like it. This isn't Katie and Tom's marriage, there is still time to turn this thing around.
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