TV Guide: What To Look for in Brewers-Phillies NLDS

When the confetti dropped at Miller Park a little less than an hour after the Brewers beat the Cubs 3-1, many of the of 45,000 fans that had attended the game stayed, wanting to be part of the potential celebration if the Mets lost.  Those fans hadn’t left their seats after the Crew put the finishing touches on a 90-win season, choosing instead to stay in the park to watch the end of the Mets-Marlins on the big screen. At 4:04 PM local time, the Brewers, with some help from the Marlins, ended a 26-year playoff drought with champagne and the thousands of cheering fans, who would no doubt be back to root for their team later that week. People in Milwaukee knew this October would be different. This Brewers team had the confidence and talent to make a run in the playoffs and once a certain 6'7" lefty came aboard, the positive energy was tangible in Mill-town. Not since Harvey’s Wallbangers in 1982 have Brew Crew fans had playoff baseball to watch. Neither of the Game One starters, ... (link)