Brewers Can WIN IT ALL & Homer Is Done Caring HOW They Do It

On The Homer Hour, Homer is counting down the hours until Brewers-Padres Game 3 and has reached a new level of confidence: he doesn’t even care whether Milwaukee wins tonight because he believes they’ll find a way to win the series. The bigger scoreboard he’s watching might be Dodgers-Braves, where an Atlanta upset could remove baseball’s biggest heavyweight from Milwaukee’s path. But even if Los Angeles advances, Homer believes the Brewers’ speed, patience and ability to manufacture runs give them a legitimate chance against elite pitching.

The guys also dive deep into the theory that Mason Miller was tipping his pitches during Milwaukee’s dramatic Game 2 comeback. After watching Christian Yelich potentially relay information from second base and seeing Brewers hitters repeatedly lay off Miller’s slider, Homer argues San Diego should have identified the tell before Milwaukee did. Whether the Brewers cracked something or simply executed brilliant at-bats, they’ve now gotten to one of baseball’s most dominant relievers multiple times this season.

Jason Wilde joins the show to discuss the continued uncertainty surrounding Josh Jacobs and the NFL’s investigation. Wilde explains why everything could hinge on whether the league gains access to the garage video and lays out a possible scenario where Jacobs’ time on the Commissioner’s Exempt List counts toward a suspension. Wilde repeatedly stresses that much of the situation remains conjecture, but says video evidence could significantly alter whatever punishment the NFL ultimately hands down.

Finally, Tim Van Vooren joins Homer and says these Brewers feel less fluky and more legitimate than previous Milwaukee playoff teams. TVV believes the Brewers can win the World Series after watching them repeatedly survive adversity all season. They debate Dustin May starting over Robert Gasser, how Pat Murphy could deploy his pitching staff and whether this is finally the Milwaukee team capable of finishing the job. And when the conversation briefly turns to Packers-Bears, TVV sums up Green Bay’s season perfectly: “They just cannot get out of the starting blocks.”