This fellow from Cleveland was a major factor in my recent brain explosion.  I streamed some KNR on back to back weeks, as I saw just how awful the Browns were.  It's my sadistic side I guess.  I enjoy finding the angriest shows the day after a loss.  For instance, streaming the FAN in New York, post-Mets loss, would bring a lot of joy to my day.

On Monday, I heard the second swipe by Mr Munch at CC Sabathia in as many weeks.  I can only imagine that this occurs Tuesday through Friday as well, but I have no desire to listen to enough Cleveland radio to confirm this.  What made my brain explode was this (call the wife if this abruptly ends - it means the transplant didn't take): "...and will CC Sabathia ever win a big game in his career?"

How shall I approach this?  Well, here are the NL Wild Card standings as of today:

Milwaukee 87-71

NY Mets 87-71

Houston Astros 83-74

Here were the standings on July 1st:

St Louis 48-37

Milwaukee 45-38

Florida 43-40

The Milwaukee Brewers are 13-2 in games CC Sabathia starts.  That's a winning percentage of 86.67%.  For the season, Milwaukee has a winning percentage of 55.1%.  If the Brewers never make the trade, presumably they would have been stuck with a league average pitcher in their rotation.  Here is what the wild card standings would look like with a league average pitcher in that spot:

NY Mets 87-71

Houston Astros 84-73 (CC beat the Astros)

Florida 82-76

St Louis 82-76

Milwaukee Brewers 81-77

They would be six back with four to play.  They're a long-shot, but maybe Bud will add a couple games to be played in Milwaukee.  Oh, and they would be looking up at four teams as opposed to tied for first.  By the way, all this doesn't take into account CC's league leading six complete games.  Those outings kept the bullpen fresh, which may have contributed to wins in games that he didn't even play.

So Munch, when will CC when a big game?  I'd say every win since July 7th has been freaking huge!