A clash of National League Central rivals in the final week of September won’t have the excitement it could have had, and that’s good news for the Brewers and the Cardinals.
The Brewers will stroll into Busch Stadium on Tuesday still smelling like champagne. They clenched the division title at home Sunday afternoon. They partied accordingly.
Let’s see how Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell wants to handle this trip to St. Louis. Will it be treated as a chance to rest up for a National League Division Series, one most likely played against the Braves, or a chance to sharpen up against a Cardinals club that swept the Brewers in a four-game series in Milwaukee before corks popped?