Pull up a chair and have a pint or four, Brewers fans, it’s going to be a long 2012. The Brewers coming fresh off an unexpected yet promising playoff run are now experiencing the harshest winter of them all. The end to their Cinderella like season abruptly halted by their division rival World Champion Cardinals in the NLCS, and now the reality of the off-season practically tarnishing their hopes of possibly making a run at the title in 2012.
Brewers fans, used to misery, modesty, and irrelevance in the N.L. central, were surprisingly rewarded for their heartened devotion and commitment last year. The Brew Crew posted a franchise record 96 wins, capturing only their second N.L. central title in franchise history, and making just their third playoff appearance in franchise history. Cheers to that! Other than their wildcard gulp in 2008, the Brewers haven’t tasted playoff glory since 1982; the last and only time they popped the real bubbly.
Unfortunately, their champagne has gone luke warm since their NLCS trip. A bitter tasting loss to the Cardinals put that fresh cheap beer right back into Brewers fans familiar can shaped hands. To make matters worse, Brewers fans won’t be seeing the same team which accumulated the most wins in franchise history next year.
They’ve literally been rattled at the core. Prince “In Albert’s Shoes” Fielder is looking to sign his own monstrous franchise contract, and he’s not particularly interested in working at the brewery anymore. On top of that, the recently named NL MVP, Ryan Braun, has been reportedly engaging in the MLB’s most unspeakable crime, performance enhancing drugs. A situation no club wants to be involved in, especially a club in a six team division with hopes and dreams of kick-starting consecutive playoff runs.
Take a previous MVP and a HR and RBI machine out your line-up and I’m sure you’d ask for another round too. Just a shame these off-season woes had to occur after a record setting season in Milwaukee. It’s hard to believe the Brewers will be popping any champagne this upcoming season, but the N.L. central is always a cesspool of inconsistency, so who really knows. Celebrate in style while it lasts Brewers fans because you might be drinking the old familiar bitter beer in 2012.
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