One of the popular concerns for fans in sports is the idea of "peaking too early," that teams essentially hit their stride too early in the season and have nowhere to go but down when the stakes are raised in the postseason.

It's an illogical belief from the start in sports, where the chaos-agent of injuries can completely alter a team's trajectory, particularly late in the season when injury impact has accumulated to its greatest. There's also the changed nature of postseason — pared-down rotation of key players, different schedule, greater stakes — that makes it an unwise comparison to the regular season.

Is it possible, though, that the Milwaukee Brewers "peaked too early" when they went on a 14-game winning streak in August, when the biggest games of the year don't arrive until t

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