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If I had seen this post earlier, I wouldn’t have taken the time to write mine. It describes my feelings exactly.

I do not have even the slightest feeling of sadness. For quite a few years I have thought that it was more likely than not that I wouldn’t see a Brewers World Series title in my lifetime. I’ve had a pretty good decade so far with my favorite NBA team (which I honestly don’t follow as closely as I did when they first came into existence in 1968), my favorite college football team, and my second favorite college basketball team winning titles. And the Packers have won enough titles in my lifetime that I never had to imagine what it would be like for them to win one. But, since 1970 my greatest sports wish had been a Brewers World Series win. And now that it’s happened, it has been every bit as enjoyable as I thought it would be. And it will be a wonderful memory for as long as I have a memory. I realize that if the Brewers win another World Series it won’t have the same feeling for me and the rest of fan base as this one. But instead of sadness about that, I m happy that I will never again see the Brewers on the list of teams that have never won a World Series, or a list of the franchises that have gone the longest without one. Just as good, Cubs fans can no longer say “so what if the Brewers have won 6 division titles since the Cubs have won one in a real season. We have the ring. “ Good times.

I can wait for the hysteria to die down to get merchandise. I definitely don’t want a black T-shirt because I want things to wear when I go to Florida in January and black isn’t always that comfortable in the hot sun.

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 IMG_5038.mov

Indescribable feeling. I’m probably going to spend the whole day surfing for reaction and highlight videos while I try to decide how early I have to leave tomorrow morning to get to the parade. I’ll also be falling asleep a few times to make up for what I’ve lost the last few nights. No concerns about next year. After several decades of waiting THIS IS NEXT YEAR.

If the tying run comes to the plate, I might have a heart attack.

After what I spent for those tickets for game six I will be going. Maybe being there in person instead of watching on TV will be the charm.

Tonight will be the fourth time in my life that I have tuned into a Brewers game in which they had a chance to win the World Series. Until they actually win one I am going to question whether it is ever going to happen.

With all of the legitimate discussion about how the Brewers are going to cover nine innings tonight, my focus is on the offense. I don’t think the Brewers will win tonight unless they score at least five runs. Out of context it sounds great to have a presumptive Cy Young award winner on the mound. But the version of Miz that regularly threw six or seven innings with one run or less and double digit strikeouts is gone for this season. Based on his recent outings, I think the best we can hope for is five innings with no more than a run or two allowed. For all the angst about how the bullpen was handled last night, the Brewers really lost last night because they only managed two runs in 11 innings against a parade of decent, but not outstanding, pitchers. . If they can’t do any better today, they are going to lose again. Hopefully more of the hard hit balls from last night can find grass or holes. If the Brewers can put that five or six runs on the board, that might be good enough to win. Maybe they could even win 6 to 2 because the larger cushion would take some of the pressure off the Brewer relievers and put it onto the Rays offense. I don’t think the Brewers can win 2 to 1 or 3 to 2 like they have in some other playoff games without full availability from the A bullpen and I don’t think they have that tonight.

I wanted Patrick over Woodruff to have somebody who is physically capable of going multiple innings.

I wonder what the pitching plan is for tomorrow. Do they start Misiorowski with only four days rest when he has been getting five or six for the last several weeks and has not been terribly effective even then. The offense was pretty anemic tonight.

Tonight‘s game is an example of why I wasn’t thrilled to see Woodruff on the roster.

I walk off come from behind win. Just how the Red Sox started their comeback against the Yankees.

We all know that no team has ever won the World Series after being down three games to none. We also all know that the Red Sox did come back to win the 2004 ALCS over the Yankees after being down three games to none. I’m kind of glad that example is out there to serve as a reminder that strange things can and do happen once a seemingly beaten opponent gains some momentum. My general recollection though is that, during my lifetime, teams that have gone ahead three games to none have generally ended up winning the fourth game. So, I scanned back through the World Series results going back to 1950 and found that there have been 15 years in which a team has gone ahead three games to none. 13 times the team has completed the sweep. In the other two years the opponent won the fourth game and lost the fifth. it might be that a team that goes ahead three games to none is a clearly superior teamand/or has established a momentum that has demoralized the opposition. That’s what I am hoping to see tonight, especially after last night’s rout. If I do end up using the game 6 tickets that I bought before the series started, I will be going with some trepidation that we might be witnessing some history that we’d rather not be part of. I’m hoping to witness and be a part of a celebration at the Am Famwatch party tonight

The 1976 50th Anniversary Big Red Machine swept the NLCS and World Series, though the LCS was 3 wins, not 4.