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Watching the Brewers implode may be hazardous to your health

By Chris Havel

Given all the extra innings, late nights and nerve-racking situations, the Milwaukee Brewers’ recent spate of games should come with a warning label that reads:

Watching the Brewers throw away what might have been a terrific season one blown save at a time could be hazardous to your health.

The Brewers and manager Ned Yost seem caught in an inexcusable yet inescapable nosedive. This season isn’t unfolding. It’s unraveling.

The roster’s limitations - namely an ineffectual bullpen and a lack of timely hitting - are causing the Brewers to sink when they ought to be swimming. They are fast-becoming baseball’s version of the United States relay teams in the Olympics. They are dropping out of sight as fast as the men’s and women’s relays dropped batons.

When the Chicago Cubs finally open the door to the National League’s Central Division, the Brewers promptly kick it shut.

As I am writing this “Hot Corner” the Brewers have turned an early 1-0 lead over the Cincinnati Reds into a 5-4 deficit in the top of the 11th.

Brillion News editor Chris Havel will write “The Hot Corner” — an opinion column about the Milwaukee Brewers — until they win the National League Central Division or they are eliminated from contention, whichever comes first.