Welcome to Pookon's Ill Blog - home of my inner thoughts, creative outbursts and random thoughts. This site contains such original classics as "It's in My Head", "Pickle the Day" and a multitude of other reoccurring features. I'm often a little too raw, truthful and honest at times so proceed with caution.
March 31 - April 3, Milwaukee Brewers vs. Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark. The 2011 season started where the 2010 season ended. The Reds won the NL Central in 2010 and are viewed upon many to repeat this year, and they proved those people right by starting out 3-0 by sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers right out of town.Despite 2 games that were very winnable the Brewers struggled with closing the door in Game 1 and scoring runs in Game 2. As for Game 3? Well we don't talk about Game 3 and the comical stinker that Randy Wolf called pitching. The Reds totally owned us last year (when they won like 11 of 14 games) and are up on us 3-0 this year. In order to win the division we need to beat the other teams in our division, and the opening series of the year didn't prove that we could. But it was only 3 games and there are still 159 to go, so anyone that was jumping off the bandwagon or joining the Sportsradio 1250 "Done Club" is an idiot. Did it suck? Hell yeah. Was I crushed? You bet. Was I so fucking angry that I thought I was going to turn into the Incredible Hulk? You bet. Did I get over it? Of course. And the series against the Atlanta Braves definitely helped me to do that.Milwaukee Brewers record: 0-3.
April 4 - 7, Milwaukee Brewers vs. Atlanta Braves at Miller Park. Call me an stupid, alone in my principles or unwilling to buy into the hype (but don't call me late for dinner yuk yuk yuk) but the Atlanta Braves are my pick to win the NL East. Yep, that's right I pick them to finish the season with a better record than the Philadelphia Phillies. I think they have a real wild card of a team filled with unpredictable young players that have more potential to win games versus the proven veteran Phillies. Pitching was the story in this series. On the Home Opener Chris Narveson went 6 scoreless but Takashi Saito gave up 2 solo homeruns in the 8th inning and the Brewers lost 2-1 to start the season 0-4. Yovani Gallardo then tossed a complete game, 2 hit shutout gem in a must win game to stop the losing streak and get the Brewers win #1 on the season. #5 starter (for now) Marco Estrada needed the offense to back him up, and they finally showed up in Wednesday's game and the Brewers won 5-4. On Thursday Shaun Marcum rebounded from his 5 walk performance at Cincinnati and earned his 1st win as a Brewer and the team won the series 3 games to 1 against the Braves and things were starting to look up after that 0-4 start. And now the casual fans are backing away from the ledge and jumping back on the bandwagon. Us real fans knew that an 0-4 start wasn't the end of the world when there were still 158 FUCKING GAMES LEFT IN THE SEASON! But the Brewers showed some life and the ability to forget the past and move on. Milwaukee Brewers record: 3-4.