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Don't worry Cubs fans, we'll get to you. Your heartbreak is still a few weeks away.

Right now, it is poor Milwaukee. The same old Brewers, darn if it isn't September, and the Brewers are fading fast, while Ben Sheets is sidelined with injuries. It is amazing to watch and sad for Brewers fans, they drew over 3 million this year. They get C.C. Sabbathia at the trading deadline, and he is phenomenal, dominant, so good, that people are talking about whether he can win the Cy Young Award in only half a season. But here it is, the stretch run and the Brewers are stumbling anyway, losing 13 of 17, firing their manager with 12 games to go. (The Clarion doesn't blame them for that move. They had to try something, and Ned Yost contributed mightily to the collapse last year by coming unglued down the stretch.) Yesterday's loss was the worst, up four runs with two out and nobody on in the 9th, they gave up four and lost to the Cubbies in twelve innings. Brutal. The Clarion has no sympathy for the franchise, which hasn't sniffed the playoffs since 1982. We loathe former Brewers head and evil commissioner Bud Selig for what he subjected the game to during his reign.

But for the pained Brewers fans to once again have it snatched from their grasp! At least Cubs fans know failure and defeat are their birth right. Milwaukee can't even claim to be the leader in that, Cleveland and Philadelphia have been deprived of major sports championships for longer stretches.

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