Gold Milwaukee

It's hard to get excited about a sweep of the Brewers -- "Too Little, Too Late" is how Bill Liming terms it, while Jeff Hildebrand advises, "Let's not get too excited" -- but wins are wins, I suppose. Yet I can't shake a nagging fear that the Phillies will finally put together the winning streak they've avoided for months and somehow play their way back into wild-card contention, only to fall just short, convincing management that Larry Bowa et al deserve another shot.

Meanwhile, Chase Utley continues to do anything and everything asked of him -- tell me again why he's not starting more? And Roberto Hernandez can't even be relied on to mop up -- tell me again why he's not sitting by the phone and waiting for the Diamondbacks to call?