Sunday Baseball

Does it get much better than sitting around on a nice, Sunny, Sunday and watching baseball? One of life's little pleasures.
I'm having mixed fillings about the Brewer's performance today. They currently have a 3-0 lead, but have let the 'Stros load the bases the last three innings. You can't ride this wave too long without getting capsized. This is where I am having mixed feelings. I'm glad the Brewers can hunker down and work themselves out of the innings, but their performance is poor to get them to this point. Claudio Vargas, for some reason is determined to go 2-0 or 3-0 to every batter. And with as patient as Berkman is and Lee batting behind him, you're risking the chance to wake up a sleeping giant. I'm of the school that you need to throw strikes and execute in the field. That is what good teams are made of and the Brewers are not doing either effectively. Their pitching is constantly getting behind and then either walking batters or letting hitters sit on pitches. Then the fielding has been less than spectacular. Vargas', what could only be described as, "lazy" throw to second that messed up a tailor-made double play ball. Hardy's mishandled turn of a double play. Good teams make big plays in big situations and Brewers have not done that today. However, they are still up 3-0. So, if the Crew hangs on to win this game, I won't complain about another "W" especially against a division foe. But for these previously-stated reasons are why I won't get too over-hyped about the Brewers fast start. Once they start executing consistently in the field and have their pitchers get up on hitters to control each at-bat (see Villenueva's outing today), that's when I'll start getting a good feeling about this club - and when I say good feeling, I'm talking about being a legitimate pennant contender.