Joey Wiemer with a salute to Lo Cain’s ‘Not Today!’ after a home run saving catch.

We love a young player with an appreciation for the history of the team he plays for and some of the great players that have played his position for the franchise.

We also love a young player with a CASCADING mullet. Joey Wiemer, what a beaut!

And I’m not sure how many people out there have heard him talk with reporters after games, but he is a gem of a postgame interview:

I’ve never heard the phrase, ‘throwing glove,’ but I do know it is something that I’ve never done and will never do.

The Brewers continued their mastery of the Reds last night (9-2 in 11 games against the team in second place in the division) despite the fact that this offense is PAINFUL to watch at times. Up until the Yeli walkoff winner, they were 1 for 18 with runners on base and 1 for 16 with runners in scoring position. They were also a tragic 0 for 7 with a runner on 3rd and less than two outs. This offense is about as much fun as a root canal.

But, as has been the case for most of the season, the starting pitching was good, the bullpen was elite, and eventually the offense did JUST enough to get a win. Every Brewer game is like a group project in high school and the offense is the person in your group that you trust with the least amount of legitimate work. ‘Just make it to class and sign your name.’ Done and done.

The trade deadline is one week from today, and this front office has work to do. Despite an avalanche of injuries, and the 2nd worst offense in all of Major League Baseball, the Brewers are 11 games over .500 and basically 3 games better than the Reds who still sit in second place. They just proved that they can go toe-to-toe with the best team in baseball. But they need at LEAST one bat, and probably two. We hope that Sal Frelick can continue to burst onto the scene like Ryan Braun circa 2007, but even if that’s the case you still need more weapons.

Everyone has been over it a million times: The Brewers are 44-10 when they score 4 runs or more in a game. 4 runs is NOT a lot of runs. They’re already looking like a division winning team with all of their shortcomings, add two impact bats to the middle of this order and you’ve got a team that can make a legitimate run. We can only hope that the front office learned it’s lesson from last season when they were sitting in first place, and instead of acquiring a bat, picked up no one and traded their All Star closer. Let us pray.

PS: Colin Rea deserves a TON of credit for where this team is at this season. He certainly isn’t a guy that they were counting on to make 18 starts this year and pitch in almost 100 innings. Coming into the season, the starting rotation was supposed to be a load bearing wall for this team. They’ve been pretty good, but they’ve also battled injuries (Woodruff, Lauer, Ashby), and a few key members have underperformed (Lauer, Peralta, Burnes up until the month of July). Colin Rea has kept them in pretty much every game that he’s gotten the ball, and the team is 11-7 in his 18 starts. Can’t ask for much more out of a guy who had essentially been a career minor leaguer.