SEEN AND HEARD AT MILLER PARK
Milwaukee has been overtaken with Brewer Fever. One of baseball’s hapless franchises for more than two decades — the Brewers haven’t had a winning season since 1992 and haven’t made the playoffs since 1982 — this team is starting to take the town by storm.
Evidence of that: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel yesterday had to make a decision between running a Brewers story or a Green Bay Packers story. Normally, there would be no debate. The Packers have ruled the state of Wisconsin forever. But the editors made the previously unheard-of decision to go with the Brewers.
The real interesting scenario, of course, could come in October if the Brewers are in the playoffs and going head-to-head with Brett Favre and Co. Who wins out then?
BY THE NUMBERS
6 Consecutive quality starts by Shawn Hill in seven outings, the first Nationals pitcher to open the season like that since Livan Hernandez in 2004.
TODAY’S GAME
Nationals RHP Jason Simontacchi (first start) vs. Brewers RHP Dave Bush (2-3, 6.03), 8:05 p.m., MASN2, AM-1500, FM-107.7.
— Mark Zuckerman
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