Milwaukee Brewers Win First World Series In Franchise History

Somewhere up in heaven, Bob Uecker is cracking open a cold Miller Lite.

The now-departed Uecker, more famous for his beer commercials than he ever was for his modest career as a MLB catcher, was the Milwaukee Brewers’ radio announcer until 2024. And tonight, as the team won its first-ever World Series, his 54 years in the booth were not forgotten.

In his post-game speech to his team tonight, Brewers’ manager Pat Murphy carried on his schtick of delivering “messages” from Uecker from the great beyond.

Here is the mesage, per The Athletic:

“So, Ueck sent me a text today. He said, ‘Look, I helped you against the Padres. And I messed with the Dodgers a little bit. And then you came here, and you were on your own, because we had a doubleheader and they actually let me catch the last three innings of the game. But you did it for the city, you did it for the state, and you boys oughta be awfully proud to know that you’re the first-ever Milwaukee Brewer team to be world champions.'”

Not that the Brewers needed any help. They were clearly the best team in Major League Baseball all season. They had the best record and stormed through the postseason, sweeping the two-time defending champion L.A. Dodgers to win the NLCS and beating the Tampa Bay Rays in a gentleman’s sweep, four games to one, in the World Series. In that’s quite a feat for the team from the league’s smallest market especially since, in its 57 years of existence, the club had never won the final game of the season.

After winning each of the first two games in this year’s World Series by one run, the Brewers destroyed the Rays 10-0 in Game 3. Tampa Bay regained some dignity last night with a 4-3 win before being dominated again tonight.

Milwaukee led from the second inning on. They went up 4-0 in the 6th when Brewers catcher William Contreras (later named series MVP) drove in Christian Yelich to score the team’s final run. Tampa Bay got some consolation in the bottom of the 9th when Chandler Simpson doubled to deep right field and brought Liam Hicks in to score. But it was Milwaukee’s night — and year.