It almost sounds like a bad hour of late night television.

You've read about them, you've seen them on TV; you've heard them babbled about on every sports talk show in town.

And now, finally, they-y-y-y're he-e-e-ere.

Years of speculation, discussion and debate are coming to life for the Milwaukee Brewers these days and after a long wait, the kids are finally here.

While David Krynzel made brief stint with the club late last season, J.J. Hardy was the first to arrive as a full timer this season, carrying the banner for a class of minor league prospects expected to raise the franchise from 13 years of futility.

He was joined later by second base phenom Rickie Weeks, who's firmly entrenched himself in the everyday starting line up. Slugger Prince Fielder joined the team for a stretch early in the season, and recently got recalled from AAA Nashville, where he's tormented opposing pitchers.

Also in the locker room is Corey Hart, as well as pitchers Dana Eveland and Jose Cappellan.

It's fair to say, the future is now for the Milwaukee Brewers.

So what's to expect from this group? Entering the weekend, the Brewers were a handful of games out of the wild card and struggling to get back to the .500 mark. A late run is almost out of the question, but why not let these kids dream a bit.

With all due respect to Ned Yost and the veteran players, its time to let these guys play every day. If the franchise is really committed to winning -- and winning in the near future -- with this group of players, they will need to learn to play together sooner rather than later.

With Brady Clark on the 15-day Disabled List with sore ribs, Hart will get a chance to play every day. Clark may or may not be in the plans for 2006, but Hart and Krynzel need their chance.

Fielder's development is going to force General Manager Doug Melvin to have to start considering what to do with first baseman Lyle Overbay, who has been the team's most consistent hitter over the past year and a half.

Weeks' solid performance at second base -- combined with Hardy's steady improvement at shortstop -- has made Bill Hall much more of a third baseman, and in turn, allowed Hall to become a more disciplined player.

Eveland was a starter at Class AA Huntsville, but has excelled as a reliever with the big club. Capellan -- obtained from Atlanta last winter for Dan Kolb - has finally found a way to master is nearly 100 MPH fastball after being moved to the bullpen at AAA Nashville.

All these guys need to learn the finer points of playing major-league defense. All of them need a little bit of polish at the plate, as well. But there is only one way that a player can learn those things, especially if these guys really are going give Brewers' fans a reason to attend baseball games in October.

They need to play together, and they need to do it now.