A few weeks ago, Milwaukee Brewers were six outs away from advancing in the postseason and playing the Los Angeles Dodgers in the division series. Brewers win that game, they’re in. But that didn’t happen. Washington came back to beat Milwaukee and advance to play Los Angeles in a dramatic Wild Card win. Washington swept St. Louis and will play the winner of Astros/Yankees next week. Could this have been the Brewers instead of Washington?

You could understand how some Brewers fans might feel today. They could look at what Washington did in the last week, and think ‘Damn, this could have been us.’ But in reality, Milwaukee would have never got to the place that the Nationals are right now.

Simply put, Milwaukee does not have the weapons like Washington does right now. Christian Yelich, their MVP, was hurt. Their best pitcher Brandon Woodruff is working his way back from injury. Their shutdown closer Josh Hader pitched great down the stretch, but if the Brewers survived the Wild Card Game, would have Hader reverted back to his dumpster fire ways in early August? Milwaukee did not have the horses to compete with Los Angeles or St. Louis frankly. It would have been a miracle for this Brewers team sans Yelich to force a fifth game.

If we wanted to flip this, would Washington be in this place if they had the same thing happened to the Brewers? There is very little chance that Washington would be here if Anthony Rendon is out for the season. Add Max Schrezer coming off an injury and a potentially shaky closer, they’re not a World Series team. Brewers fans should not play the ‘what-if’ game with what happened on the Wild Card game.

I do want to thank the Nationals for absolutely shit-pumping the St. Louis Cardinals in four games. You love to see it.

CHarlie.