Runs are down. Home runs are down. But don't blame the Milwaukee Brewers. Going into last night's game in Florida, they were ahead of last year's pace in every offensive category. Particularly home runs.
Fans love home runs.
Which means Geoff Jenkins' assault on Montreal pitching last weekend had to be akin to an open house at the Playboy mansion. Even when Jenkins didn't really want a homer, as was the case in the sixth inning Sunday at Miller Park, he hit one. The Brewers offer a promotion in which any player who hits for the cycle in a home game wins a Harley-Davidson. No player has ever won the motorcycle, but that record appeared in jeopardy when Jenkins got to the plate in the sixth. He had already singled, doubled and homered.