It has nothing to do with the election. It comes from Sports Illustrated, which wrote what the 15 National League teams need to do to win:
Milwaukee Brewers: Get good years from some rookies
It was just a few years ago, in the fall of 2011, that the Brewers were two wins from the World Series. Four long seasons later, only Jonathan Lucroy and Ryan Braun remain from the team that won 96 games and the NL Central. In its stead is a roster in transition backed by one of the stronger farm systems in baseball, headlined by top 10 shortstop stud Orlando Arcia. Milwaukee, deep into a rebuild and chasing three 2015 playoff teams in its division, is admittedly one of baseball’s longest shots to win the World Series. To do so the Brewers need not only strong performances from stars Lucroy and Braun, but also big rookie seasons from Arcia (once he’s called up), rightfielder Brett Phillips and pitchers Josh Hader and Jorge Lopez. Does that sound like too much to ask? The Cubs reached the NLCS last year with three rookies in their starting lineup, so it can be done. Besides, Bud Selig’s old team should always have hope and faith.
Why should the Brewers have “hope and faith” when the only way the Brewers could make the playoffs is if all their opponents forfeit their games? It is ludicrous that the Brewers are marketing their 2016 (and 2017, and 2018, and 2019, and …) season as Major League Baseball when the Brewers’ major league roster is full of has-beens, never-weres and never-will-bes, with the Brewers actively trying to get rid of their two players with any skill, Jonathan Lucroy and Ryan Braun. Paying full price for a Brewers ticket for the foreseeable future makes as much sense as paying full price for a UW football ticket in the late 1980s.
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