The Crew, the Crew, the Crew is on Fire! We don't need no water let... 'em burn!

I chat about the Brewers plenty on Twitter and need to just take a moment to say: The Brewers make my liver quiver.
Yes. I said it.

I suppose I'm not used to rooting for a winning team. I'm a Bears fan on top of my Brewers fanaticism for crying out loud.

A couple new updates:

Zach Greinke is 9-0 for starts at Miller Park.

The Brewers are currently .810 since the All Star Break (23 for 27). That record is the best since the Oakland A's in 2002.

The "Magic Number" as of tonight is 23.

Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun and Nyjer Morgan will be on the August 24, 2011 cover of Sports Illustrated.
                            Nyjer "Tony Plush" Morgan says: "I'm so fired up," he said. "I never thought a guy from the east side of San Jose                                 would be with two of baseball's favorite players on the cover of Sports Illustrated. It's pretty cool being with those                                 two guys on there."

The "Cover Boys" Collectively went 7 for 12 at bats after they found they'd be on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Brewers have already had two 17-hit games in 2011. One tonight. The other was on April 22, 2011

Beautiful stats. More to come!

After a 10-game road trip the Brewers finally are back at Miller Park to face the Padres and Pirates.

So much chatter is whirling with excitement of Cy-Young Greinke's Miller Park debut. I'm glad to hear there's still excitement in the air. After going 2-8 on the road, Brewers fans still have something to be excited about. The possibility to see a (future) legend pitch for their team. My team!

Greinke's Brewers debut left a little to be desired, though. Hopefully being back "home" will help calm him. The kid does get anxious.

The one question plaguing us fans (and I'm sure, the coaches as well): Where the heck is our offense!? Braun is now the only starting player with a BA still over .300. He hovers at .307 at first pitch tonight. The only other player with above .300? Nyjer Morgan at .379, though he's only been to the plate 29 times versus Braun's 127 AB. Morgan just broke his finger and will be out for about a month. Fab. (Remember he was just out for over a week with a bruise.)

The question: is Dale Sveum, hitting coach, responsible for this slide in production? The whole offense was looking dominant through April. Their performance this month has us yelling "MayDay! MayDay!" In my opinion, Sveum has nothing to do with the lack of contact. I say it's all in their heads. They better shape up, and fast.

The next two series are absolutely critical. For the fans. For the team's psyche. For the playoffs!!!

Solution: the guys should go old-school and show their stirrups! It worked for Yovani. He almost had a No-No. I'll settle for the shutout aided by the Axman.

Greinke's debut for the Brewers was much anticipated. Last night's game - the second of the day - versus the Braves had to have been the worst let-down for Brewers fans since the Crew went out during the first round playoffs in 2008.

Greinke threw 86 pitches in four innings. He also allowed 5 runs (one was unearned). He struck out 4. His ERA out of last night's game is 9.00. Ouch.

I wonder if it was Greinke's anxiety that got to him during his debut. Some believe that he chose Milwaukee over somewhere like New York or LA because of the smaller market. Perhaps being back in Milwaukee on Monday will calm him down.

We fans can only hope that everything will come together. Hart's back. Morgan's back. Greinke makes his Miller Park debut on Monday May 9th.

Come on, Crew. Step it up!!!

Yesterday the Brewers acquired Nyjer Morgan. I began liking the guy when I saw him play in June 2010 at Nationals Park. He's FAST. Needless to say, I'm pumped about the acquisition.

Morgan will be a backup for Carlos Gomez, whom the Brewers named starting center fielder last week. Apparently Go-Go-Gomez doesn't have anything to worry about as far as Morgan taking his job. It's not about that, says Doug Melvin. "Every day there's a new injury, and you have to protect yourself."

I see only positives with adding Morgan to the roster.
1. A center fielder has a lot of ground to cover. Now we have two really fast ones in Gomez and Morgan.
2. Offensively he went 34 for 51 attempts at stealing. I'm no expert but I like those odds.
3. Competition makes everyone play a little better (::cough:: maybe Gomez will focus more ::cough::)
4. He's almost a Major League Baseball Veteran, playing for his fifth year.

Some people wonder, though.
He did cause a bench-clearing brawl last year that cost him $15,000 and 8 games. Ouch. Can I just say, maybe it was just passion. Or maybe it's because he's also a hockey player. Yup. In 2000 he was playing hockey! (He's not playing any more.)

Perhaps he and Prince can look at each other and realize that fighting is not the answer.

Nyjer Morgan fun fact:
His debut in the Majors was in 2007 as a Pittsburgh Pirate. Against the Milwaukee Brewers!

My favorite Brewers writer Adam McCalvy wrote THIS about the trade.