3 minutes ago, fathom said:

Rebounded nicely from being down 1-0 after first batter of the season

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL202603260.shtml

MIZ vs Shane Smith

Meidroth leadoff homer, 14-2 final

Happy for the brewers. They are a class organization and have been disrespected for years becuase they don't come from a major media market. But they have been a juggernaut over the last ten years.

Now that the Brewers have won the World Series, here are the five longest current WS title droughts:

Guardians (1948)
Padres (never, 1969 expansion)
Mariners (never, 1977 expansion)
Pirates (1979)
Orioles (1983)

EDIT: O's drought is 1983, not '82. How can I forget?😠

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by 77 Hitmen

8 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

Hahaha!!!! One more reason to enjoy this Brewers championship. Are you still glad you jumped ship to the Scrubs, Counsell? I'm sure he has 40 million reasons he's still glad, but he and the Cubs can suck it.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/craig-counsell-explains-decision-to-leave-brewers-for-cubs-needed-and-wanted-a-new-professional-challenge/

Edited 17 hours ago17 hr by 77 Hitmen

Pratt's first Game 5 hit was an RBI single to center that scored Brice Turang and gave Milwaukee an early 1-0 lead. That hit was his fifth consecutive, tying him for the previous rookie World Series record with Brian Doyle, who registered five consecutive hits in the 1978 World Series.

Pratt fouled out in his third at-bat of Game 5, which brought his hitting streak to an end. But he still drove in a run, which gave the Brewers a 4-0 lead in the sixth.

Baumann Fgraphs

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The past nine years were the best run in Milwaukee Brewers history: eight postseason appearances, six division titles, 869 regular-season wins, for a 93-win-per-season pace over almost a full decade. An MVP, a Cy Young — probably two, by this time next month — and plenty of turnover: two front office bosses, two field managers, 193 players.

But 11 teams had been to the World Series since 2018; six had won. Not the Brewers. Until this year.

The nervous 12-inning staring contest of Game 4 delayed Milwaukee’s coronation by just one day. Cooper Pratt put the Brewers ahead with an RBI single in the second. Jacob Misiorowski pitched the best game of his postseason career — 5 2/3 scoreless innings with just two singles and a walk allowed — before leaving with a cramp after 86 pitches.

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8 hours ago, 77 Hitmen said:

Now that the Brewers have won the World Series, here are the five longest current WS title droughts:

Guardians (1948)
Padres (never, 1969 expansion)
Mariners (never, 1977 expansion)
Pirates (1979)
Orioles (1982)

Poor Cleveland, Ope.

1) It was really a lousy World Series. I would imagine the TV ratings had to be dismal outside of Wisconsin. 2) I read that half of the stadium at the Trop last night were Milwaukee fans. That doesn't say much for the Rays fanbase. The Rays players could not have been that happy with that situation. It will be curious to see if the Rays draw any better at the new stadium in Tampa.

2 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

Poor Cleveland, Ope.

What's incredible is that they're within sight of the Red Sox infamous 86-year drought and the White Sox infamous 88-year drought. They'll be at 79 years heading into next season.

Awwweee Yeaaaahhhhh

1 hour ago, WBWSF said:

1) It was really a lousy World Series. I would imagine the TV ratings had to be dismal outside of Wisconsin. 2) I read that half of the stadium at the Trop last night were Milwaukee fans. That doesn't say much for the Rays fanbase. The Rays players could not have been that happy with that situation. It will be curious to see if the Rays draw any better at the new stadium in Tampa.

I thought it was an exciting World Series. Any series that doesn't include the Cubs, Red Sox or Yankees is fine by me.

Personally I watched maybe 5-6 innings across a couple games, didn't watch last night had Bulls on. Baseball is just a very regional sport and my fandom certainly isn't high enough after 170 or so Sox games to tune in nightly in late October.

That said, happy for the Brewers, they have a class org and it's nice to see Yelich get a ring.

16 hours ago, fathom said:

Rebounded nicely from being down 1-0 after first batter of the season

Chase homered off some really good pitchers last year. Misiorowski, Chapman, Bednar, Abreu.

3 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

I thought it was an exciting World Series. Any series that doesn't include the Cubs, Red Sox or Yankees is fine by me.

Bingo! KC vs Pittsburgh would be good too

5 hours ago, WBWSF said:

1) It was really a lousy World Series. I would imagine the TV ratings had to be dismal outside of Wisconsin. 2) I read that half of the stadium at the Trop last night were Milwaukee fans. That doesn't say much for the Rays fanbase. The Rays players could not have been that happy with that situation. It will be curious to see if the Rays draw any better at the new stadium in Tampa.

Do you think it was a lousy World Series because of the teams involved, because of the result, or because of the tv ratings?

5 hours ago, WBWSF said:

1) It was really a lousy World Series. I would imagine the TV ratings had to be dismal outside of Wisconsin. 2) I read that half of the stadium at the Trop last night were Milwaukee fans. That doesn't say much for the Rays fanbase. The Rays players could not have been that happy with that situation. It will be curious to see if the Rays draw any better at the new stadium in Tampa.

I thought it was one of the best world series I have ever watched. Great baseball all around. If you like baseball they were great games. I see why Jerry stopped taking your calls.

3 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

I thought it was an exciting World Series. Any series that doesn't include the Cubs, Red Sox or Yankees is fine by me.

The first two games were nailbiters and game 4 went into extra innings after the Rays came back in the bottom of the 9th. The Brewers are also a very exciting team to watch.

MLB needs to get away from the mindset that games are only interesting if one of the big market teams are involved. It's a 30-team league.