You're angry, and that's OK.

You're frustrated, and nobody will fault you for that.

You've been a Brewers fan for a long, long time and you were positive that this was the year it was all supposed to come together. The young farm studs were finally here, Miller Park was generating the revenue to sign a big-time pitcher and the team was finally going to end that quarter-century post-season drought.

Now that those dreams have fallen apart, you're looking for somebody to blame.

Early in the year, the Brewers' woes have been the fault of the glut of outfielders; Geoff Jenkins, Kevin Mench and the out-of-place Bill Hall were the main culprits that were holding the Brewers back.

Derrick Turnbow -- who considering his meltdown of a year ago is doing nothing short of incredible work this season -- later became the lightning rod for fan frustrations with a handful of shaky outing midway through the season.

When those options failed, nobody was a better human target that manager Ned Yost, who is still considered the biggest buffoon in Wisconsin since Joe McCarthy. Yost has been reviled for his choices of starting lineups, his loyalty to players, his penchant for letting players try to work their way out of slumps and for his game-management abilities in general.

But even Yost, the horrible, dream-crushing monster that many fans have painted him to be, isn't responsible for the Brewers losing their once-healthy 7 1/2-game lead in the National League Central Division. He may have made some mistakes, but in the end, the buck stops with the players.

If fans are looking for somebody to blame, here are a couple names: Chris Capuano, Jeff Suppan, Dave Bush and Claudio Vargas.

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