Christian Yelich hit a ball into the Earth’s atmosphere last night.

That camera angle, with a ball hit that hard:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen that camera angle on a ball that was absolutely TAGGED. I mean the ball literally disappeared into the sky in .2 seconds. Yeli knew it the second he hit it. I can’t imagine what that must feel like as a player when you square up a baseball like that and hit it into the atmosphere*. No doubt shot, strutting your ass to first base to make your way around the bags. It must feel like you’re walking on air.

Related: I was told the Brewers were dead! Not even two weeks ago we had people texting the station saying the season is over. “Cheap Attanasio screwed the team, gonna be a long summer, Jon!” “Mediocre at best this season!” “Packer football can’t get here soon enough, Ron!” “Play a song!” And on and on it went. Well in the words of Lee Corso, “not so fast my friends!”

Three straight series wins, they’ve won 7 of their last 8 and are within a half game of the Cubs for first place in the division. All of that with 4/5 of their starting rotation on the IL. On the Monday podcast we talked about how remarkable it was to even be at .500 given how many injuries the team has sustained. Now you’re sitting at 7-5 with a chance to get a sweep this afternoon. I realize the Rockies are doo-doo, but whatever, with our injury list you take as many wins as you can get while you wait to get healthy. If they make it out of April above .500 and hanging around first place, then get Quintana/Myers/Woodruff/Civale/Cortes back, look out.

Also: How soon is too soon to give a player another 8-year extension when you just gave him an 8-year contract before last season started. Asking for Jackson Chourio. That 0/5 with 5 strikeouts at Yankee Stadium on Opening Day is a DISTANT memory. 11 game hit streak since then, 4 bombs, 16 driven in (2nd in MLB), OPS over 1.000. The kid is unbelievable. He is already in that Prince Fielder zone of, “if Chourio is coming up next inning, I’m not going anywhere. I’m not getting a beer, I’m not hitting the head, I’m staying right here to see what he might do.” And he JUST turned 21 years old. Unreal.

*Internet blogger can’t fathom what it’s like to be an MVP caliber player in Major League Baseball. More at 10.

PS: Brice Turang has a 12-game hit streak rolling as well, and apparently he’s been using Braunie’s 2011 batting gloves??

I can’t believe those things are in that good of shape for being 5 years old. Anyway, let’s hope the good luck of that MVP season, and ONLY the good luck of that MVP season, rubs off on Turang for the rest of the year.

Double PS: My editors are telling me that 2011 was, in fact, 14 years ago.