Milwaukee Brewers had a great run to the playoffs. They made a push that will be remembered throughout the history of the team. Hell, the Brewers’ social media department coined the hashtag #MKEHistory. Most fans thought they would at least get a chance at the Los Angeles Dodgers. That did not happen. The 8th inning for Milwaukee could best be described as an avalanche of bad things coming directly at you. There was a controversial hit-by-pitch, a broken-bat single and a double that Trent Grisham could not field. My heart sunk and felt awful about this game. Brewers season is over. They lose their last four games of the year.

Player of the Game: Stephen Strasburg – Yes, Juan Soto had the big hit. But what about Stephen Strasburg? He came out of the bullpen to relive Max Scherzer and could not have been more dominant. Strasburg mowed Milwaukee down in the middle innings keeping this a 3-1 game versus it getting out of hand. He went three innings, allowed two hits and struck out four batters.

Honorable Mention: Juan Soto – Childish Bambino is an awesome nickname. Soto is 20 years old, and he looks like one of the next big stars of the league. Soto is the first left-hander to get a hit off Josh Hader since Joey Votto did it in early July. When Soto hit it, I knew it was trouble. Hader left a fastball over the plate and the young left fielder took advantage.

The Thing I’ll Be Wondering About All Winter – Why not have someone else for the eighth inning?: In my view of things, Craig Counsell’s plan got screwed. He wanted Brent Suter to pitch two innings. If Suter pitches two innings, Drew Pomeranz goes for the seventh and eighth then Hader for the ninth. Counsell panicked and went with Hader early versus trusting someone like Junior Guerra. Even if Hader got out of that inning, Milwaukee would have likely needed another pitcher in the ninth inning.

The Thing That Pissed Me Off – Everyone became a Nationals fan: People underrate D.C. as a town where their fans are active on Twitter through the media. Ken Rosenthal calling this an ‘exorcism’ of the bad demons Washington has on their team made me want to fucking puke. People are acting like the Nationals won a five-game series. Let’s wait until they win one or two versus Los Angeles, okay?

Next up: Milwaukee Brewers will get set for Spring Training. It will be an interesting offseason for the Brewers. Yasmani Grandal, Mike Moustakas, Drew Pomeranz, Jordan Lyles, Eric Thames are all up for some sort of free agency. There will be many calls for David Stearns to get a frontline pitcher this offseason. We’ll see if that happens.

Go, Brewers.

Charlie.