World Series Game 5: Brewers (Misiorowski) vs Rays (Rasmussen): 10/28/26, 7:00pm

[OldSchoolSnapper]

You can trade anyone but it will certainly come at a cost if it's Frelick. I think inside, they know if it's worth it or not. The team will be different and some of that will hurt. People kind of felt like that about Durbin, he embodied Brewer mentality. 

I have seen a lot of "sign William!" sentiment as well. I don't think there's a world where the Brewers can do that though. I think you sit on him for another year, but you have to let him go beyond that. Someone's going to pay him a ton for a lot of years and it shouldn't be us.

But all this stuff can wait a week.

[adambr2]

3 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

You can trade anyone but it will certainly come at a cost if it's Frelick. I think inside, they know if it's worth it or not. The team will be different and some of that will hurt. People kind of felt like that about Durbin, he embodied Brewer mentality. 

I have seen a lot of "sign William!" sentiment as well. I don't think there's a world where the Brewers can do that though. I think you sit on him for another year, but you have to let him go beyond that. Someone's going to pay him a ton for a lot of years and it shouldn't be us.

But all this stuff can wait a week.

I think they actually could afford William. The catcher market isn’t crazy relative to other positions. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

I think they actually could afford William. The catcher market isn’t crazy relative to other positions. 

It's not that I don't think they can afford him, it's that I think they'll be paying him a lot to decline.

[BCF]

 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

IMO the parade version of the merch is substantially better than the on-field stuff from last night. I won't shame anyone for wanting that shirt but it is ugly, lol.

[BCF]

Bauers said to Murphy after that comment: “You’re not getting rid of me that easy” 

[MrTPlush]

4 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

IMO the parade version of the merch is substantially better than the on-field stuff from last night. I won't shame anyone for wanting that shirt but it is ugly, lol.

Once I saw it was a double sided shirt with massive graphics I was like “Yikes”

Hard pass for me lol

[liveforoctober]

I remember Bill Simmons writing in his book "Now I can die happy" something about how mentally and physically exhausting being a fan was during that title run and it never made sense to me. Why winning would be tiring.

I get it now. 

I'm tired. Thrilled. Nostalgic. A hint of sadness that it's all over. I'm going to miss this team. But that playoff run more or less had my stomach in knots for 3 straight weeks. At some point during the Dodgers series everything went from "we could do this" to "we HAVE to do this" and my stomach clenched. It finally eased last night.

Proud of them. Proud of us. Proud of you. Wish Bob was here. Congrats friends.

[willie key]

The baseball hall of fame just announced the items that are going to be displayed for the 2026 World Series championship.
 

one of the items is Ashby’s glasses.    Hahahaha 

[HarryDoyle]

Fun fact: David Hamilton has two more postseason home runs than PCA.

[RobertCrawley]

12 minutes ago, BCF said:

Bauers said to Murphy after that comment: “You’re not getting rid of me that easy” 

I hope he stays with the team.

[RobertCrawley]

8 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

I remember Bill Simmons writing in his book "Now I can die happy" something about how mentally and physically exhausting being a fan was during that title run and it never made sense to me. Why winning would be tiring.

I get it now. 

I'm tired. Thrilled. Nostalgic. A hint of sadness that it's all over. I'm going to miss this team. But that playoff run more or less had my stomach in knots for 3 straight weeks. At some point during the Dodgers series everything went from "we could do this" to "we HAVE to do this" and my stomach clenched. It finally eased last night.

Proud of them. Proud of us. Proud of you. Wish Bob was here. Congrats friends.

Yes. It's a strange feeling that there's no more baseball for a while. Spring training in about three months, though!

[adambr2]

2 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

I hope he stays with the team.

Me too, but real talk, he should take the money if someone gives it to him. 

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, adambr2 said:

Me too, but real talk, he should take the money if someone gives it to him. 

He's earned it. He seems like a really good dude.

[FidoMcCokefiend]

[HarryDoyle]

Just now, adambr2 said:

Me too, but real talk, he should take the money if someone gives it to him. 

Correct. It's not like Bauers and Vaughn are irreplaceable. It will be interesting to see how Arnold addresses first base for next season.

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, FidoMcCokefiend said:

Love this picture!

[RobertCrawley]

This one will stay with me.

(Sit down, Manny.)

[Jopal78]

That Matt Arnold, wily like a fox: trading for Dustin may knowing that having that guy pretty much guarantees you win the World Series as evidenced by May’s now fourth World Series ring this decade.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

17 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

I remember Bill Simmons writing in his book "Now I can die happy" something about how mentally and physically exhausting being a fan was during that title run and it never made sense to me. Why winning would be tiring.

I get it now. 

I'm tired. Thrilled. Nostalgic. A hint of sadness that it's all over. I'm going to miss this team. But that playoff run more or less had my stomach in knots for 3 straight weeks. At some point during the Dodgers series everything went from "we could do this" to "we HAVE to do this" and my stomach clenched. It finally eased last night.

Proud of them. Proud of us. Proud of you. Wish Bob was here. Congrats friends.

I always envisioned it being that way, but to me this wasn't. They made it look mostly easy. I had the doom feeling a couple times in the NLDS but after that they didn't make me sweat much. So this was not the way I envisioned it going down. 

In hindsight, I'm glad they lost Game 4. It gave me the anxiety I needed to experience, put the fear back in my heart that they could still lose. 

[willie key]

Also i wanted to say something snarky about the rays but i just can’t.   They’ve been gracious in defeat.   The players and manager.   I will keep it to myself 

[craigharmann]

28 minutes ago, BCF said:

 

If you somehow still need a reason to love Murph........here it is. Not that anyone needs it. 

[willie key]

6 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Correct. It's not like Bauers and Vaughn are irreplaceable. It will be interesting to see how Arnold addresses first base for next season.

How they work in Fischer and made in the near future is going to be interesting 

[BruisedCrew]

This will be my greatest memory of the 2026 playoff run  

I was at game two against the Padres with our youngest daughter who was in town from Florida to run the lakefront half marathon.

She pulled out her phone and took this quick video moments after the winning run crossed the plate. This and the look on her face and the reactions of the people around us are priceless  

 

 

[HarryDoyle]

26 minutes ago, willie key said:

The baseball hall of fame just announced the items that are going to be displayed for the 2026 World Series championship.
 

one of the items is Ashby’s glasses.    Hahahaha