BREWERS DROP TWO IN A ROW TO THE BRAVES
The Brewers had an enormous walk-up crowd for Friday night's game but lost 2-0 in a well played game. Victor Santos pitched really well as did Horacio Ramirez. Luis Vizcaino gave up back-to-back jacks to JD Drew (Brewer Killer) and Chipper Jones, which ended up being the difference in the game.

Saturday night the Brewers lost 11-6 to Atlanta. This game was the antithesis of Friday night's well played, pitchers duel. Both starting pitchers, Matt Kinney (1-3) and Russ Ortiz were all over the place and didn't get past the second inning. The Braves bullpen kept the Brewers in check while the Milwaukee pen struggled a bit.

Marcus Giles and Andruw Jones had a nasty collision, which resulted in Giles being injured (more on that later). From the replay it looked like Jones never said anything, which would mean that the collision was his fault. The infielder is told to go after the ball until he hears the outfielder call him off. Jones never said anything but continued to pursuit the ball, which ran him right into Giles.

From viewing the collision, you could tell that Giles got completely smoked in the collision. His neck whipped back when he made contact with Jones and he flew completely back and landed on the ground. Giles ended up with a broken right collarbone, mild-concussion and a bruised right hand. He will be out six-to-eight weeks. Giles walked off the field under his own power. I thought to myself, 'what if this had happened in a soccer game'? You know a guy with a broken collarbone, mild-concussion and bruised right hand would roll around on the ground screaming in agony for a while, then be put onto a stretcher and placed into an ambulance. Hell, just the bruised hand would probably send the average soccer player into a Vince Carter-esque display. Anyway, major props to Marcus Giles for showing some toughness.

It seems like whenever the Brewers draw a few big crowds they lose. I remember a few years ago they were something like 1-15 when they had a crowd over forty-four thousand. I don't really have any evidence of this, so maybe it's just a perceptual thing with me.

I will be driving from Santa Barbara to Milwaukee starting tomorrow morning, so I won't be updating until Tuesday or Wednesday. Thanks a lot to everybody who reads, and have a nice couple of days.