I look at it this way: they went through their worst stretch to this point and the Brewers managed to LOSE ground and the Cardinals only gained, what, 3 games, while playing WAY above their heads. Meanwhile the starting pitching has actually been looking better, the offense has been showing some life again, last night be damned, and Bryant is coming back. Hell, even Russell coming back has me cautiously optimistic about what he can do offensively having had even just a little extra extended time off to heal up a bit. Mitigate Joe's inane lineups and get out there and keep winning series and let things be as they should be.