What's brewing?

It's been 16 years since they've played above a C average and 25 years since they almost won the Brew City title.

Yep, the Brewers are most assuredly back. Everyone from talk radio gas bags to white-haired know-it-alls is starting to hop aboard the Brewer victory wagon -- and it's only early May. By the All-Star break it's going to be pretty difficult to separate the posers from the fans who have cried in their beers for far too long.

The reason this is great is because Milwaukee and this state cares. They've always cared. I mean, it's not every day that your home park can host two random teams and outdraw the Pirates by about nine thousand!

This year's Brewers remind me a lot of the 1997 Indians. That year they had young sluggers in Manny Ramirez, 25, Brian Giles, 26, Jim Thome, 26 and a certain young lad named Richie Sexon who was only 22 at the time. That team advanced to the World Series mainly because of 38-year-old Orel Hershiser, who won 14 games that year.

Jeff Suppan may only be 32, but he's the same trusty veteran that will guide this young staff deep into the playoffs.

Keep an eye on these guys, they're not going anywhere.