The socks are what did it...

Last weekend when I went to the Brewers block party I had a little chat with Corey Hart about his sometimes wearing of high socks/high pants. I told him that he needed to do it more often.

So it is with great pleasure that I take full credit for the fact that the whole team (minus pitcher Claudio Vargas and Rickie Weeks) was sporting some pretty fabulous hosiery yesterday.

And of course, the socks were just the touch the boys needed as they (finally) beat the San Francisco Giants yesterday 8-4


Ryan Braun put himself in some serious surroudings by hitting his 15th HR in his first 50 games. The last guy to do so? Albert Pujols in 2001.



Francisco Cordero continued his dominance in the closer role has he recorded his league best 31st save by retiring 3 straight to end the game.

The crew heads out to Cincinnati next. The Reds are the division team we've seen the least so far this year, having played them just twice.

Thirteen of our remaining 64 games will be against Cincy. That's more than 20% of the rest of our season. Now, this bodes well because Cincy is tied for last place in MLB. And the Brewers have the worst road record of all division leaders at19-26.

Chris Capuano is the tonight's pitcher and he's certainly looking for some of that sock magic to carry over into today.
From ESPN.com: "The left-hander was 5-0 with a 2.31 ERA after a 3-0 home win over Washington on May 7. In 10 outings since, Capuano has gone 0-6 with a 7.02 ERA, and Milwaukee has lost all of those games while providing him with just 15 runs of support. Capuano's numbers on the road over that stretch have been more dismal -- 0-4 with a 9.58 ERA in five starts."















More pictures to follow this evening, if Blogger is up to the challenge!