There was plenty of outrage that Ray Durham and Craig Counsell sat on the pine while Bill Hall struck out and Rickie Weeks's glove again proved to be a worse liability than owning Washington Mutual stock.  Sveum's got to play the odds in October.  The odds say Hall is going to hit a lefty better (over .300 average against southpaws) than Ray Durham.  The odds also say Rickie will have better success against the left side because a lefty can not pitch him inside effectively like a southpaw could against Counsell.  The odds also say you can't spell Weeks without two E's and a K (thanks to the listener that past that little pun along).

Really, the problem was not that Durham and Counsell were regulated to pinch hit duty.  The problem was Cole Hammels was just the better pitcher that day.  That in a game against a pitcher like Hammels, it is sometimes better to play the percentages and wait out Hammels and then go with playing the matchups against the bullpen.  That is what Sveum did.  Hammels out, Lidge in and now you have Durham on second and eventually scoring.  The problem was not Durham and Counsell eating sunflower seeds.  The problem is Hall batting second or Prince Fielder and Corey Hart trying to hit these dramatic, will be remembered forever blasts.  The Brewers lost this game playing the way they always do in losing games.  Poor defense and sleepy bats.  It was not because two veterans played cards in the clubhouse.  Then again, the way Bill Hall has been striking out, your odds would be better if he was locked in the broom closet.