{"id":666774,"date":"2017-05-08T18:57:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T22:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=666774"},"modified":"2017-05-08T18:57:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T22:57:46","slug":"finally-a-series-win-against-the-goddamn-cardinals-the-brewers-bar-weekly-hangover-51-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/finally-a-series-win-against-the-goddamn-cardinals-the-brewers-bar-weekly-hangover-51-57\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally a Series Win Against the Goddamn Cardinals: The Brewers Bar Weekly Hangover 5\/1\u20135\/7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each Monday evening we will review our favorite and least favorite events of the previous week, and share our perspective on how the team is doing.\u00a0 Please enjoy responsibly.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/strong> (Something good that happened)<\/em><\/p>\n

Brewers Win Series Against the Goddamn Cardinals:<\/strong> Finally<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 It took a rainout to shorten the series to a winnable number, otherwise I suspect we\u2019d be celebrating a series split.\u00a0 And you better believe we\u2019d be celebrating, because even not-losing to the goddamn Cardinals is enough to spark a bit of joy in the hearts of long suffering Milwaukee baseball fans.\u00a0 Now we no longer have to endure broadcasters commenting on how the Brewers are 0-15-2 in series play against St. Louis since April 2014.\u00a0 We also got to savor the rare satisfaction of winning a game started by Adam Wainwright, who had 4 RBIs last time<\/a><\/strong> he faced the Crew at Miller Park.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s ancient history how.\u00a0 It\u2019s the dawn of a new day.<\/p>\n

Buzzkill<\/strong> (Something lame that happened)<\/em><\/p>\n

Slumps Happen:<\/strong> Now that we\u2019re in May, we\u2019ve shifted from players having slow starts to players who were doing pretty good starting to slump.\u00a0 The season is six months long, so we\u2019re used to ups and downs, and there are always some players who are not performing at the level they should be.\u00a0 Last week, April hero Eric Thames finally demonstrated that he\u2019s human.\u00a0\u00a0 In three games in St. Louis and the first two in Pittsburgh, Thames was 3-for-20 and hadn\u2019t gone deep in over a week.\u00a0 He broke out it yesterday, getting three hits including a homer<\/a><\/strong>, so crisis averted<\/em>.\u00a0 Reliever Jacob Barnes has also struggled recently, but he\u2019s staying positive<\/a><\/strong>, so that\u2019s cool.<\/p>\n

As long as the Brewers stay average, a little slump here and there isn\u2019t anything to get too worked up about.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s to You <\/strong>(Standout player(s) or play(s) of the week)<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesus Aguilar\u2019s First Dinger, Lucas Erceg\u2019s Hidden Ball:<\/strong> The Brewers couldn\u2019t have pulled off their historic series win against the Cardinals without Aguilar\u2019s first big league homer.\u00a0 Aguilar struggled with limited playing time and wasn\u2019t able to get anywhere near the 1.376 OPS he put up in Spring Training.\u00a0 Now that he\u2019s got this one out of the way \u2013 and added another one yesterday<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 surely this is the start of something beautiful.<\/p>\n

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Another guy who turned some heads during Spring Training was Lucas Erceg, currently playing with the Advanced A Carolina Mudcats.\u00a0 Last week, Erceg pulled off that rare feat that\u2019s only cool if it works otherwise it\u2019s a painful waste of time \u2013 the hidden ball trick.<\/p>\n

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ICYMI: @LucasErceg17<\/a> pulled off a good ol' hidden ball trick today vs. Buies Creek. #MudcatsFUN<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/nKisChC1TY<\/a><\/p>\n

— Carolina Mudcats (@CarolinaMudcats) May 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n