Except for management, no one has cried over this club since 1992. Despair requires commitment, and as long as the cast exits before the curtain falls, the customers will, too. They no longer ask when the excitement will end, just why. They headed west three games closer to last place than they were to the wild card. A veteran of these parts, he's careful about what he wishes for.
Bee stings are dramatic.
Poison ivy, too, and they're both perfectly natural. So has the finish been to the Brewers' past several seasons. And in every case, it's only brought them pain. Which is why no one with even a short-term memory is expecting a turnaround now. You might recall that on Sept. 2 last year, the Brewers were 70-67 and two games out of first place.