The dream is real: The Brewers are World Series champs for the first time
TODD D. MILEWSKI
Updated
Fans at State Street Brats celebrate the Milwaukee Brewers' World Series victory Wednesday night. The Brewers' beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 to take the series four games to one, capping a dominant postseason and giving Milwaukee its first World Series champion since the Braves in 1957.
Milwaukee has a World Series champion for the first time in 69 years, and it's the Brewers for the first time ever.
A magical journey reached the summit Wednesday night in St. Petersburg, Florida, where the Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 to win the series four games to one.
They rebounded from a heartbreaking 12th-inning defeat Tuesday to finish October 11-2, a postseason run to remember.
A franchise that had been to the World Series only once in its first 56 seasons in Milwaukee finally has the championship, something that was so close for the memorable 1982 Brewers before they lost the final two games. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves were the city's only other Major League Baseball champion until Wednesday.
The 2026 Brewers left no doubt. They were the winningest team in the regular season with a franchise-record 103 victories. They made the best-in-baseball label really mean something in the playoffs.
The only downside for Brewers fans is that this extraordinary October, one in which the team played with joy and verve and poetry — to borrow a line from "Bull Durham" character Annie Savoy — is over.
But what a set of memories an unforgettable cast of players created for Wisconsin. Go ahead and pinch yourself, Brewers fans. Those moments have been real.
Fans at State Street Brats celebrate the Milwaukee Brewers' World Series victory Wednesday night. The Brewers' beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 to take the series four games to one, capping a dominant postseason and giving Milwaukee its first World Series champion since the Braves in 1957.
