Hopefully, the Brewers’ three-game sweep at the hands of the Cubs was the low point of the 2004 season. Milwaukee was outscored by a combined score of 26-9 in the three contests, each of which featured spirit-killing specifics.

    <p>Take game one, for instance.  Carlos Zambrano, the Cubs' enigmatic hurler with nasty stuff and an even nastier temper, took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning.  His low-to-mid-90s fastball was as unpredictable as a 30-handicapper's golf swing, sometimes hooking and other times slicing, dancing one way or the other, always forging a new path toward the plate and always avoiding the Brewers' bats.</p>
    <p>"This was my first chance to throw a no-hitter in my career," Zambrano said. "I thought this time I got it. The other three times I didn't have that confidence. Today I had the confidence."</p>
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