Over the past few years with SnoTapWI, one of the things I liked doing was looking at what teams Brewers fans should root for when it came to watching the playoffs if they were not in there. How the selection would be made were usually intangibles or if the team had a couple of former Brewers, they were worth considering cheering for in the playoffs. People who say they will not watch the playoffs with the Brewers, not in it are liars. Of course, you’ll watch it. Baseball playoffs are very exciting. It is some of the best entertainment we have as sports fans. But the National League does not have that one team available to cheer for as a Brewers fan.

There are some obvious teams that Brewers fans do not want to cheer for this year. St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Washington Nationals. That is three of the four teams left in the National League. None of them are friends of Brewers fans or players. Cardinals are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2015. No one wants to root for the Cardinals. In a way, they’re more annoying than the Chicago Cubs when things get good for them. #CardinalsDevilMagic is a real thing. No need to explain the reason to cheer against the Washington Nationals as we all saw what happened on Tuesday night. Los Angeles Dodgers are a powerhouse and knocked the Crew out the year prior. The only reason to cheer for them is to see Dodgers-Astros which would be one of the best World Series ever.

That leaves one team, the Atlanta Braves. I could make a case for cheering for the Braves and a case against it. The case for is they’re an exciting young team led by Ronald Acuna. This could be Acuna’s big moment to introduce him to the big stage. Atlanta also only has one World Series trophy in 1995. The case against is Braves are a public team that people love to be on their bandwagon. The entire south cheers for the Braves. Their fanbase on Twitter is not like how it was for the Nationals, but it will get annoying. If you have to cheer for a team, it’s Atlanta.

PS: Predictions for the NLDS – Cardinals in four and Dodgers in three.

Charlie.