The fire will dwindle into glowing ashes

Four flames and love live such a little while

I won't forgive, but I won't be lonely

I'll remember April and I smile

Good morning and welcome to episode 440 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcasts from Baseball Prospectus, presented by the BaseballReference.com Playindex, I am Ben Lindbergh, joined as always by Sam Miller

We spoke recently about the teams that have changed their playoff odds and percentages

The most this year, the brewers were at the top of that list

But we did not linger on them, we didn't dwell on them

And some people were surprised that we didn't talk about them more

So we decided to devote an entire show to them

And to talk about the brewers today, with us we have JP Brin, who founded the brewers blog Disciples of Yooker

Hey JP, how are you all doing? I appreciate you having me on the show

Sure, Sam and I have a history of saying negative things about the brewers, I think

We've talked a couple times, I think, in listener email shows when we've been asked by people

What the least likely team to win a world series over a certain period is

And our stock answer has been the brewers

Not because we don't like the brewers, but because they seemed like a team that weren't really poised to contend immediately

And also just have the disadvantage of being in one of the smallest markets

Or the smallest market in Baseball and not having a highly rated farm system

And you put all of that together and we docked them for that

And yet the brewers have been the team of April, they are 28, they have the best record in Baseball

And we want to find out why

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