After a fun (read-stressful) and pitching filled battle with the Philadelphia Phillies, the Dodgers are moving on to take on the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS. By manner of having the best record in the National and Major Leagues, the Brewers will host Games 1 & 2 in Milwaukee.
As has been brought up many times, the Brewers are entering this series with the aww-shucks, we’re just a little team taking on the Big Bad Dodgers.
This series has all of the cliches that people like to put on things – Good vs Evil Empire, low payroll vs high payroll, Average Joes vs The Monsters, you name it.
Except, as stated above, if you finish the season with the best record in the majors, you can’t really play the “poor us we’re just average Joe’s” card. But boy are they gonna try.
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