"Other than the winning, the most admirable qualities surrounding the Brewers this season have been chemistry and the relegation of the individual for the greater good.

Outside a starting pitcher cracking a rib in a pickup basketball game during spring training, there was little to suggest the Brewers were doing anything but putting the team first.

So why start now?

Why so close to the playoffs did a couple of players choose this particular time to pop off?

Prince Fielder, we all knew he was gone after the season. Known it for years. But why did he take such a poorly timed opportunity to pretty much come out and say it for the first time?

Francisco Rodriguez's public airing of his discontent was a little more baffling. So Rodriquez is unhappy that he's received no save opportunities since the Brewers traded for him?

Hey, K-Rod, you could still be with the Mets instead of having a really good job as, I don't know, a valuable set-up guy for a playoff team.

And Prince, there's a time and place for everything. Like, I don't know, when you're putting on that new jersey this December while cashing somebody else's $200 million check?"