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#452232448 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while buying your way out of it. The Milwaukee Brewers were off on Wednesday and are off again today for the final day of the 2014 All Star break. They resume play on Friday in Washington, with Kyle Lohse scheduled to face Stephen Strasburg and the Nationals at 6:05 p.m. In the meantime, this break gives us all a chance to look back at the first half and forward to the next few months. Adam McCalvy of MLB.com has five storylines from the season to this point and five things to watch down…

#452197278 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while getting punished. Four Milwaukee Brewers players combined for four hits, scored a run, drove in two more and pitched a scoreless inning, but it was not enough on Tuesday as the American League defeated the National League 5-3 in the 2014 MLB All-Star Game. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has a recap, if you missed it. Jonathan Lucroy had two of those hits, both doubles, and drove in a pair of runs. He was only the third player in All-Star Game history to record two doubles and two RBIs in the…

#452158366 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while waiting out the weather. The Milwaukee Brewers were off on Monday and largely unrepresented in the Home Run Derby, but will take center stage tonight when four players participate in the 2014 MLB All Star Game. The game starts at 7 p.m. on FOX, and will feature three Brewers in the starting lineup for just the second time in franchise history. If you’re looking for Carlos Gomez at the start of tonight’s game, you’ll have to find him in an unfamiliar location. Gomez will start the game in left field to make…

#452107254 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while shaving. The Milwaukee Brewers are still just 2-10 in July, but it’s hard to overstate the importance of their second win, an 11-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has a recap, if you missed it. With the win, the Brewers remain in first place in the NL Central. The divisional lead was on the line Sunday after the Brewers blew a 6.5-game advantage over the Cardinals in just 14 days. The two teams were tied in the standings after St. Louis won on…

#451984220 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while conducting an experiment. Just when you think things can’t get any uglier for the slumping Milwaukee Brewers, they find another new low. Matt Garza carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and a shutout into the eighth on Thursday afternoon, yet somehow, the Brewers still lost 9-1 to the Philadelphia Phillies. Derek Harvey of Brew Crew Ball has a recap, if you missed it. Most of the day’s damage was done in the eighth, when Garza allowed two batters to reach on a double and a walk before being lifted in favor…

#451941768 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while working for the man. The once red-hot Milwaukee Brewers have lost eight of their last nine games and the slide continued Wednesday night, as they managed just three hits in a 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Jim Hoehn of MLB.com has a recap, if you missed it. The Brewers were stymied by Roberto Hernandez, the pitcher formerly known as Fausto Carmona, who came into the game with a 5.04 ERA since the start of the 2011 season. Hernandez held the Brewers to the aforementioned three hits and needed just 84 pitches…

#451875064 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while reading. Well, at least they’re hitting again. The Milwaukee Brewers scored five runs in the first inning Tuesday night but, instead of coasting to an easy victory, gave five runs back in the second and lost 9-7 to the Philadelphia Phillies. Derek Harvey of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. The Brewers have lost seven of their last eight games. Wily Peralta came undone a bit on Tuesday, but some bad luck certainly played a role in his rough night. He allowed a pair of infield singles in…

#451823714 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while staring at the sky. The Milwaukee Brewers have been struggling lately, and that slide continued on Monday, as an early home run and several bad baserunning decisions led to a 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Jordan Mader of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. The Brewers have now lost six of their last seven games dating back to the final contest in the Rockies series, but don’t appear to be panicking over their current situation. After Monday’s game, Ron Roenicke told reporters, “We’re in a little spell where we…

By Eric Nehm Some things to read while figuring out why the substitute teacher keeps mispronouncing your name. After losing two in Toronto, the Milwaukee Brewers weren’t able to get much of anything going over the weekend as they dropped two of three to the Cincinnati Reds. After Matt Garza dominated on Saturday to get the Brewers their lone victory in the last six games, the Brewers dropped Sunday’s series finale 4-2, as Will Smith was unable to keep the Reds off the scoreboard in the eighth inning. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has the recap if you missed…

#451620466 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while painting. The Milwaukee Brewers still haven’t beaten the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre since June 19, 2005, and now they’ll likely have to wait a while to try again. Edwin Encarnacion’s ninth inning home run gave the Jays a 7-4, walkoff victory and completed a two-game series sweep on Wednesday, and Derek Harvey of Brew Crew Ball has the recap if you missed it. This was the first time the Brewers have been swept in 2014 (h/t @MikeVassallo13). The Brewers played Wednesday’s game without Khris Davis in left field, but he…