Travis Shaw is one of the fan favorites at Miller Park. Christian Yelich is the god right now to fans (More on this in the podcast today) but Shaw is a favorite. Mayor of Ding Dong City (Shouts to Carrabis) is the best nickname on the squad, and he turned around a tough first half with a dynamic second half campaign. The Brewers second baseman broke his bat on his first swing of his third at-bat with Homer Bailey. Then the next bat he grabbed had a crack in it thus his third bat proved to be the winner as he slugged a go-ahead home run with it. Brewers didn’t look back from there.

"Goodbye, Homer." #ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/ZlcN9V1Nmw

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) August 21, 2018

This is the shorten version, but MLB.com has a great clip of Brian Anderson discussing how this bat wants to get into the game. There are many quotes about ‘The Natural’ which I get because it has a Roy Hobbs-feel to it. But can we all agree ‘The Natural’ stinks out loud as a baseball movie? I watched it a LONG time ago with my family, but I remembered being completely bored out of my goddamn mind until the final scene.

Shaw has hit 25 homers, and he has a chance to beat his 2017 power numbers with a strong six weeks here.

Charlie.