MILWAUKEE -- There was nothing like a spot in the postseason to ease Brewers owner Mark Attanasio's pain.
Attanasio was absent from the Brewers' champagne celebration in St. Louis because he is recovering from surgery for a torn Achilles tendon. He was forced to watch the final outs of the Brewers' 2-1 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday from home in Los Angeles -- actually in the house next door, in his mother's kitchen.
That victory, coupled with a Dodgers loss later in the night, guaranteed that the Brewers will at worst play in the National League Wild Card Game.