It really did happen.
It wasn’t a dream. You didn’t wake up in an alternate universe. We were actually here, all of us, together, as a city and state and fanbase to witness the Milwaukee Brewers win their first World Series championship.
The ball that became the final out started in Trevor Megill’s right hand, bounced to Brice Turang and ended in Jake Bauers’ mitt, and we lost our collective minds. We screamed and cried and jumped and laughed and hugged – all at the same time. We thought of everyone who shared this journey, especially those who didn’t make it to the end, like friends and family and, yes, Bob Uecker.
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We’re sore from pinching ourselves in disbelief, but the belief was always there. This time matched by an unrelenting performance by an unparallelled baseball team. A team led by manager Pat Murphy and captain Christian Yelich and clutch performances by player after player, be they household names or role players, all of them knowing there was no such thing as a role or task too small for a cause so big.
William Contreras was named the series MVP, and he deflected the credit to Murphy and his teammates, exactly as we would expect from this team that put their collective ahead of themselves time after time.
They won it by flying in the face of national predictions and systematic headwinds. They didn’t care who picked them to finish behind the Chicago Cubs and even the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Central. They didn’t care that they had to go through the most expensive team ever assembled in the Los Angeles Dodgers and in the end the Tampa Bay Rays, the best team in the American League.
They looked at every bit of adversity thrown at them and didn’t flinch, but decided it would make them better.
They knew they were playing for much more than themselves. They were playing for a city and a state and a fan base that has suffered so much for so, so long.
And when the cameras found them on the field afterward, they looked into them and thanked us for being right alongside them, every step of the way.
Jacob Misiorowski gets emotional in his postgame interview after the Brewers win their first-ever World Series!🥹🏆 https://t.co/LdllOgJd5Y
— J💥S Sports (@JordanOnSports1) October 29, 2026
As ace hurler Jacob Misiorowski, Game 5’s winning pitcher, was interviewed after the game, the interviewer asked him what he had to say to the fans. After his incredible season, his eyes welled with tears as he said to a fan base to which he has given so much: “Thank you. That’s it. They’ve been nothing but supportive this whole year and years prior, and it’s been amazing.”
After that final out, Yelich was the first to join Megill and Contreras celebrating in the middle of the Tropicana Field diamond. “I know the city’s waited a long, long time for this, and we’re so happy to bring it home to them,” he said moments later. “Can’t wait to get back there and celebrate. But man, I wish everybody could experience what this feels like.”
We can, Christian. And thanks to you and every single Brewer, we are.
“I don’t even know how to describe this, it’s the best feeling ever!” @Brewers captain Christian Yelich talks with @Ken_Rosenthal after winning the 2026 World Series @MLBONFOX https://t.co/Hfs07kJ986
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) October 29, 2026
