Odds on Favs

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger then their democratic state itself. That in it's essence is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group. - FDR

I see Madison has been voted one of the top 10 cool places for 20-29 year olds.   Why you ask? Well because of the normal jobs and so forth you have the "quirky, progressive and hyper-literate urban culture".    What?  hyper-literate urban culture?  I'm not actually sure what that is.  Overstimulated knowledge of literature?
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I visited the new brewery in Columbus, right across the street from the F&M Bank (sucks to be you "who's") .  They have submitted all the paper work, have the liqueur license but the brewers license will take some time.  On average it's taking 3 months to get the license as the government is understaffed and are forbidden to hire more (smaller government and all that).

They finally got their building permit and construction is now going at full tilt.  I stopped in and took a photo of the hectic, almost crazed level of construction.

 
It won't be long now until Hyper Street . . . oops  Hydro Street Brewery will be serving it's first pint of craft beer.
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Check out this panorama of Lake Geneva I stitched together.

Lake Geneva - about 150 degrees. 

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I just went out to look at my rain gauge and found a beautiful Monarch Butterfly trapped in it.  I put him on some "warm" rocks.   We had 0.23 inches of horizontal rain yesterday. Sustained 30mpg winds last night about midnight. The house was a rockin.

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Brewers - I think one of the biggest reason the Brewers will win the series against AZ is the bullpen.  KRod could be an MVP on the team.  Not that he has pitched THAT well but just having him has solidified the bullpen.  It's like he was the missing piece and all others now have their place.

The big question is will we see Slumpy McGoo or Hairston at 3B.  It's sad when Counsell is totally out hitting Slumpy in September.

Let's look at both teams and see how they match up. I'll use  RC27 for hitting  (Runs Created per 27 outs) for the 2nd half of the year.

C Lucroy  3.59 Montero 6.06
1B Fielder  7.95  Goldschmidtz 5.52
2B Weeks 5.11 Hill 6.56
SS Betencourt 4.00 Bloomquest  4.01
3B Slumpy McGoo 3.23 Roberts 4.98
LF Braun  9.37 Parra 6.11
CF - Tony Plush  5.00 Young 4.08
RF - Hart 6.85 Upton 7.23

So the Brewers average 5.64 runs per game. The D'Backs 5.57

Pitching staffs the 2nd half  Brewers have an ERA 3.08  D'Backs 3.48

Brewers win series 3-1 taking both at home and one on the road.

If you are wondering about Miller Park - this year Miller Park was 10th out of 30 for giving up the long ball. 6th in hits,  8th in doubles and 8th in triples and overall 10th in runs.  Chase Field in Arizona is 5th in runs 10th in HRs, 5th in Hits, 5th in doubles and 6th in triples.

Hold on to your hats - two hitters parks. 

Game one the Brewers are -139 to win  and  large favorites to win the series at -170. Brewers are +800 to with the World Series while the Phillies are +180

Phillies are -220 to with their 1st game and  -290 to beat St. Louis!
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Have a great weekend and let's go for the trifecta!  Brewers, Badgers, Packers. And yea - I'm rooting for the Phillies!  I hate St. Louis more then Philadelphia!

Here is an oddity - who had the BEST pitching outing of the year in the Majors?    Chris Capuano!  9 innings, 2 hits, no runs no walks and 13 Ks and 122 pitches.  WHO KNEW!! 

rod