What Does Going to the World Series Mean to You?

[MrTPlush]

2 minutes ago, owbc said:

Did Mark A get the Jeff Suppan bottle? 

There is an unopened Yuni B somewhere.

[MoreTrife]

23 minutes ago, MrTPlush said:

I was trying to figure out why the players were looking at all the bottles, like surely these dudes aren’t trying to find the ‘Winter, WI’ bottle.

They were looking at player names.

Very cool. I'd love to know how many there were. 

[owbc]

2 hours ago, MoreTrife said:

Anyone else strangely subdued?? I just can't put my finger on it. I got misty eyed a few times watching post game but nothing viscerally euphoric or emotional. 

Yeah, same. The radio call got me a bit but otherwise the way they did it just felt too surreal to process in any way other than relief and job well done. I had convinced myself that this series would be a dogfight and it ended up being anti-climatic although the Hamilton HR was such a ridiculous sign from the baseball gods that I finally kicked into celebration mode. But the overwhelming feeling is "job not done". Kicking the '82 monkey off our backs is not the true goal here. There's another part of this story that hasn't been written yet. 

Been posting here since 2005-ish. I haven't been to any of meetups or met anyone here in person but I love the community that we have and the shared suffering we've been though. I've lived all over the place and being a Brewers fan has always kept me grounded in my roots and where I grew up. It makes me proud to be from Wisconsin and be a fan of this team. 

I hope I get to go to a World Series game but I put my eggs in the "can't miss game 7 no matter what" basket so we'll see how that plays out. 

[Frisbee Slider]

Does a World Series appearance mean we no longer need to complain during in-game threads?

[Frisbee Slider]

Somewhat related topic: I was wondering, which Brewers on the current roster will we be celebrating decades from now? Who are the ones who will be throwing out opening day pitches and be part of alumni celebrations for the next generation? Similar to the 1982 players.

Obviously, the work is not done and we need to celebrate more than LCS championships.

[homer]

7 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Somewhat related topic: I was wondering, which Brewers on the current roster will we be celebrating decades from now? Who are the ones who will be throwing out opening day pitches and be part of alumni celebrations for the next generation? Similar to the 1982 players.

Obviously, the work is not done and we need to celebrate more than LCS championships.

Brother, I still celebrate Pete Ladd and Rob Piccolo. 

[owbc]

13 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Somewhat related topic: I was wondering, which Brewers on the current roster will we be celebrating decades from now? Who are the ones who will be throwing out opening day pitches and be part of alumni celebrations for the next generation? Similar to the 1982 players.

Obviously, the work is not done and we need to celebrate more than LCS championships.

With the age of this roster, a bunch of them might still be playing in the big leagues at the 10 year anniversary of this team. 

Bauers is the one who I guarantee will show up to everything. 

[craigharmann]

30 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Does a World Series appearance mean we no longer need to complain during in-game threads?

Never

[MrTPlush]

36 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Does a World Series appearance mean we no longer need to complain during in-game threads?

Attanasio will be a Cheap Ass before the calendar hits January 1st.

[MoreTrife]

2 hours ago, owbc said:

Yeah, same. The radio call got me a bit but otherwise the way they did it just felt too surreal to process in any way other than relief and job well done. I had convinced myself that this series would be a dogfight and it ended up being anti-climatic although the Hamilton HR was such a ridiculous sign from the baseball gods that I finally kicked into celebration mode. But the overwhelming feeling is "job not done". Kicking the '82 monkey off our backs is not the true goal here. There's another part of this story that hasn't been written yet. 

Been posting here since 2005-ish. I haven't been to any of meetups or met anyone here in person but I love the community that we have and the shared suffering we've been though. I've lived all over the place and being a Brewers fan has always kept me grounded in my roots and where I grew up. It makes me proud to be from Wisconsin and be a fan of this team. 

I hope I get to go to a World Series game but I put my eggs in the "can't miss game 7 no matter what" basket so we'll see how that plays out. 

As I read and watch today, things here and there choke me up. Watching the watch party reaction, reading various articles, quotes from players and management. The emotion is there but it's been more of a slow confirmation that this team is really awesome. Almost a two year process really. More of a Jeremiah Johnson with added tear in eye vs full breakdown. 

 

[Jim French Stepstool]

3 hours ago, MrTPlush said:

I was trying to figure out why the players were looking at all the bottles, like surely these dudes aren’t trying to find the ‘Winter, WI’ bottle.

They were looking at player names.

"Soup sipped great".

[Turning2]

It means the planets finally aligned just right. Many of us have held the opinion, that MIL had little shot at reaching another WS, let alone - winning one, unless just the right amount of serendipity occurred. That's what it was going to take to overcome the insultingly tilted playing field allowed to the big market teams. That planetary alignment includes - cheap older vets having a career year (Bauers), cheap young guys blossoming simultaneously into true difference makers (Chourio, Mis, Henderson, Pratt, Lara), older but still cheap players emerging or rounding out into their full potential (Turang, Mitchell, Megill, Ashby), and a still affordable, anchor vet taking it up another notch (Contreras),  affordable trade pickups making an impact (Hamilton, JoJo, Harrison, Drohan).   Overall decent health, starting pitching aside was a factor too. By and large that it what has happened this year.

[HarryDoyle]

It's great that we're back in the World Series but it's not enough for me. I've been through this rodeo before as a 12-year-old kid. Losing that Game 7 in St. Louis hurt, but that team was so great that I thought we'd be back the next year with another shot but it didn't happen. In 84, Yount got hurt and we finished with the worst record in baseball. Unthinkable to go from one game from the championship to the worst team in baseball in two years time and over the next 40 or so years since, the good times were few and far between. 2008 was great but we still weren't serious contenders to win it all. 2011 the Cardinals broke my heart again. 2018 I never believed we would win that Game 7 against the Dodgers with Chacin as our supposed ace taking the mound. The playing field between the small market teams like us and large market teams like the Dodgers and Yankees had never been more uneven.  For a long time, I've been jaded about my chances of ever seeing a World Series championship and resigned myself to the idea that I would never live to see it happen. (Which probably explains the pessimism I've expressed on this site over the years LOL.)  

Now, beyond my expectations, we are back in the World Series and will be a prohibited favorite to win it no matter who we play. Please don't blow it, guys. You never know if/when you will get another opportunity again. It may be another 44 years.

[nate82]

4 hours ago, MrTPlush said:

There is an unopened Yuni B somewhere.

NO WAY!!!! I want it!!!!!!!!!

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

4 hours ago, MrTPlush said:

There is an unopened Yuni B somewhere.

Someone probably bobbled and dropped it.

[Jim French Stepstool]

For me it's just a culmination of so many things, just as it was in '82 except there are obviously a lot more memories to savor after 44 additional years. Focusing on the childhood stuff before it's forever forgotten:

Thinking about my older sister, who ignited the passion in me by taking me to many of the White Sox games in Milwaukee in '68-'69. Saw the '68 Yankees, a mediocre team that had Bobby Cox at 3B & Mickey Mantle with his ailing knees at 1B. Watching the Angels' 1B (Don Mincher?) throwing between innings & not getting the ball to the other INFs on a fly, not realizing he was tossing warmup grounders & thinking the guy has a really weak arm (what a dumb kid😛).

Thinking about my parents who are no longer with us but were big baseball fans. I remember my dad talking about cutting through alleys on the way to/from Borchert field & helping himself to whatever goodies were available on neighborhood fruit trees. In 1970 he took me along on a fishing trip to the Stevens Point area. We stayed at the home of one of his friends, and while they played cards I watched the Brewers/Indians game on TV--a treat since only a percentage of the games were televised. Russ Snyder hit a grand slam. Why in the world do we remember stuff like this?

A few years later, I talked him into taking a drive to the stadium to welcome the team bus that just arrived from the airport after winning 11 of 12 games on a road trip. Scott, Briggs, Money, Porter---those are the REAL stars. Who's that? Oh, that kid OF with all the power who can't break .200. Thomas. The guy has no chance, he strikes out too much.

We skipped & went to opening day often. After the snowstorm in April of '73, when the game finally was played & the snow banks pushed to wherever there was room, Bernie Brewer was introduced & demonstrated how he would slide down after a Brewer HR. As he slid for the first time, snowballs flew at him from the Orioles' bullpen.

1974 was a fun one. Robin Younts' debut. A rally by the home team put runners on base, and after getting maybe a couple ABs Yount was due up again. Too big a moment for an eighteen-year-old; Felipe Alou was sent up to pinch hit. He struck out, had maybe a couple more ABs & called it a career. That was the same day the stadium was graced by a streaker. I knew the guy; we went to the same HS. An interesting cat who was a pretty good youth basketball coach.

On a pleasant Saturday in 1975 we sat in the LF bleachers & Henry Aaron got ahold of one; the ball soaring over our heads. My dad enjoyed baseball but never showed a lot of emotion, but I remember him thrusting his fist out triumphantly as if to say 'score one for the old guard'.

None of this has anything to do with the '26 WS except that, like I said, it's a culmination. In many ways we're all the sum of our memories. Can't wait for the memory storehouse to be re-stocked over the next couple of weeks.

[craigharmann]

2 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

 

None of this has anything to do with the '26 WS except that, like I said, it's a culmination. In many ways we're all the sum of our memories. Can't wait for the memory storehouse to be re-stocked over the next couple of weeks.

That's really the point, though. When you haven't been to the World Series, or even had the amount of playoff success that other teams have had in recent history....or even been able to celebrate many seasons over .500, the culmination is what's important. That's why I wanted to start the thread. Not just because I had thoughts and experiences that I wanted to share, but because I knew others did as well. And reading through the other comments and experiences has made me smile, has made me choke up, and ultimately, made me appreciate this season. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

35 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

It's great that we're back in the World Series but it's not enough for me. I've been through this rodeo before as a 12-year-old kid. Losing that Game 7 in St. Louis hurt, but that team was so great that I thought we'd be back the next year with another shot but it didn't happen. In 84, Yount got hurt and we finished with the worst record in baseball. Unthinkable to go from one game from the championship to the worst team in baseball in two years time and over the next 40 or so years since, the good times were few and far between. 2008 was great but we still weren't serious contenders to win it all. 2011 the Cardinals broke my heart again. 2018 I never believed we would win that Game 7 against the Dodgers with Chacin as our supposed ace taking the mound. The playing field between the small market teams like us and large market teams like the Dodgers and Yankees had never been more uneven.  For a long time, I've been jaded about my chances of ever seeing a World Series championship and resigned myself to the idea that I would never live to see it happen. (Which probably explains the pessimism I've expressed on this site over the years LOL.)  

Now, beyond my expectations, we are back in the World Series and will be a prohibited favorite to win it no matter who we play. Please don't blow it, guys. You never know if/when you will get another opportunity again. It may be another 44 years.

I guess I just don't look at it like that. I obviously want to see us win, but if we don't this team will always be really special. I guess unless we win next year or something. But just getting to a WS was a huge thing for me.

I do think we're going to win though. I think we are simply the best team.

[Jim French Stepstool]

3 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Somewhat related topic: I was wondering, which Brewers on the current roster will we be celebrating decades from now? Who are the ones who will be throwing out opening day pitches and be part of alumni celebrations for the next generation? Similar to the 1982 players.

Obviously, the work is not done and we need to celebrate more than LCS championships.

Yelich more than likely finishes up here & is probably a no-brainer.

Brandon Woodruff wouldn't surprise me.

[Valentín Viña]

Moved to Wisconsin in the mid-90s, and it didn’t take long before I was hooked on watching baseball on channel 24 every night. I can’t say I truly became a fan of the Crew until 2003. Even though the team was awful, the broadcasts were quite enjoyable.

Daron Sutton and Bill were great together. The roster had a bunch of exciting guys who were easy to root for. Sheets, Ritchie, Geoff, Scotty Po, young Bill Hall, etc. Anyone else remember the Buckethead Brigade?

Then the Prince, Weeks, JJ, and Braun era came along, and it got to the point where I couldn’t miss a single game if I could help it. I even started recognizing the regular season-ticket holders who’d been around since the stadium was nearly empty most nights. Spotted some of them in the playoffs this year, old and gray now, haha, but it was heartwarming to see those true fans enjoying the run.

When they made the playoffs on the back of CC Sabathia, it felt almost like winning the pennant this year. Pure joy. I was so happy for everyone. I’ll never forget Bill Schroeder shouting like a true fan. It was like exorcising demons.

Still haven’t won the big one, but beating the hottest team in the league, then the evil empire Dodgers felt like climbing Everest. Not just winning, but how they did it was incredibly satisfying. These playoffs are already my all-time favorite sports memories, and I can’t even imagine how good it’ll feel if we win the whole F thing.

[craigharmann]

23 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

II guess unless we win next year or something. But just getting to a WS was a huge thing for me.

I do think we're going to win though. I think we are simply the best team.

I thought after the Pack went to the Super Bowl in 97 and lost that they'd be back for multiple Super Bowl runs. I want us to win, and will root like mad for it. But I think it's about enjoying the ride as well. Hopefully there will be multiple WS runs and wins, but you never know. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

2 minutes ago, craigharmann said:

I thought after the Pack went to the Super Bowl in 97 and lost that they'd be back for multiple Super Bowl runs. I want us to win, and will root like mad for it. But I think it's about enjoying the ride as well. Hopefully there will be multiple WS runs and wins, but you never know. 

Thought that more in 2010 actually. There was an even an article on ESPN.com at the time about this, that GB snagged a title before they'd hit the peak. That was mostly right, their offense was far better the following year. But yeah, for many reasons, they still haven't been back.

[craigharmann]

5 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Thought that more in 2010 actually. There was an even an article on ESPN.com at the time about this, that GB snagged a title before they'd hit the peak. That was mostly right, their offense was far better the following year. But yeah, for many reasons, they still haven't been back.

Good point. 

[hawing]

4 hours ago, owbc said:

Been posting here since 2005-ish. I haven't been to any of meetups or met anyone here in person 

I remember meeting you in the terrace level at a game once. Maybe when you were finishing up school? But point taken. 

[owbc]

Just now, hawing said:

I remember meeting you in the terrace level at a game once. Maybe when you were finishing up school? But point taken. 

For some reason I have absolutely no recollection of this. Obviously we're social media buds but I feel like I would remember...maybe my memory is failing me.