Wolf Needs To Avoid A Howler

Randy Wolf has been a polarizing character during his time in Milwaukee.  There really doesn't seem to be an in-between with him, either it is a great performance, or it is absolutely nothing.  The last start against Pittsburgh was terrific, and the general concern with people is Wolf cannot string together two good starts. Tonight, the Milwaukee Brewers need something out of Wolf going up against arguably the best pitching in the game, Roy Halladay. There is some signs for the Wolf Man to be successful. He is an ex-Phillie therefore being comfortable in the City of Brotherly Love plus the Phils have seen their struggles from left-handed pitchers.


I am not saying Wolf needs to win this game, I am just asking for a quality outing developing some consistency. For example, seven innings, six hits, two runs would be adequate, and it's ridiculous of me to expect him to outduel Halladay especially on the road.  But Wolf gets paid a feasible amount of money to get the job done in situations such as tonight where the Brewers' backs are against the wall in terms of pitching. It would mean the world for the Crew if they only had to use three or less pitchers tonight with the bullpen doing more work than Christoper 'Big Black' Boykins over the last two days.  

I would like to see Wolf earn more respect amongst the fans and maybe that happens if he goes toe-to-toe with Halladay.  Wolf had a great second half of 2010, which was forgotten by most because they jumped off the bandwagon by the All-Star Game thus they only remember his horrific start.  I see the tweets out there comparing him with Jeff Suppan, which is a bit much if you ask me, but it's time for Wolf to earn his keep throughout the whole year, instead of a couple months during the season.

-Charlie.