ST. PETERSBURG -- The team from MLB’s smallest market. The team so often good enough to get beat by someone bigger. The team that has cycled through swaps of stars, always refining and refurbishing and refilling their roster with keenly acquired talent. The team that gave a shot to a

ST. PETERSBURG -- He stood there at the center of the podium, arms aloft, holding the Willie Mays World Series MVP trophy high as pyrotechnics sparked behind him. It was a wonderful image and an appropriate one. Because William Contreras was at the center of everything in the Milwaukee Brewers’

ST. PETERSBURG -- In their 57th season in Milwaukee, the Brewers won the city’s first World Series title since 1957. In the 44th year since they last appeared in a World Series, they won for Henry Aaron, whose No. 44 hangs, retired, atop American Family Field. And they didn’t just

ST. PETERSBURG -- Jacob Misiorowski was still marveling at the cheers late on Wednesday evening, even after three games’ worth of roars cascading from Tropicana Field’s third-base seats: encouragement from thousands of ticket-holders with Wisconsin addresses and championship dreams. “I’m just so overjoyed,” Misiorowski said, standing in left field, his

ST. PETERSBURG -- About 23 hours before the Brewers won the World Series, Cooper Pratt stood conflicted at his locker. Pratt had just contributed the hit of his life in Game 4 against the Rays, but the celebration did not last. That moment was over, Pratt stressed. It was time

ST. PETERSBURG -- What a team. What a season. What a championship run. The Brewers finished off one of the most dominant postseasons we’ve seen in recent memory with a 4-1 victory in front of a boisterous contingent of Milwaukee fans amid the masses at Tropicana Field on Wednesday night.

ST. PETERSBURG -- For seven months, this season felt like a dream come true for the Rays. Despite being widely projected to finish last in their own division, they spent most of the year with the American League’s best record. They clinched a playoff spot for the first time in

ST. PETERSBURG -- The phone didn’t ring for Aaron Ashby in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s Game 5 of the World Series, but the Brewers’ star reliever made sure that he was ready to pitch anyway, cradling a ball in his glove as the last out was recorded. Down in

ST. PETERSBURG -- When they beat the Padres in the NLDS, the Brewers popped bottles bearing the names of every incorporated city in Wisconsin. When they won the NLCS, they popped bottles bearing the names of every player in franchise history who’d appeared in a postseason game. And when they

ST. PETERSBURG -- In March, they celebrated in Florida with beer and champagne, drenching each other in jubilation. In October, they did the exact same thing again.

MILWAUKEE -- The field was empty. The dugouts were deserted. Not a single Brewers player was in sight. But when Trevor Megill recorded the final out of the World Series 1,095 miles away, American Family Field sounded as though the championship had been won right there.

It was a moment 57 years in the making. But on Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, the Brewers won the first World Series title in franchise history, sparking jubilant celebration throughout Milwaukee and the rest of Wisconsin. With a 4-1 victory in Game 5 against the Rays, the Brewers clinched

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Brewers were the last team to spray beer and champagne as Wednesday night turned into Thursday morning, their six-decade quest to win a World Series finally complete. They’d come close 44 years earlier only to lose a Game 7 in St. Louis, and Robin Yount said

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays won 98 games, a division title and an American League pennant this season by simply being better than their opponents in so many facets of the game. They played cleaner baseball. They were better in situational hitting. Their pitchers frustrated opposing lineups. Then they ran

Winning the World Series is hard. But some teams have made it look easier than others. Only one team has run the table in the postseason in the Divisional Era (since 1969): the 1976 Reds (7-0). However, no team has had an undefeated postseason run since the Wild Card Era

At the start of every season, each MLB club begins its climb toward a World Series title. Coming into 2026, the Brewers were one of five teams to never win a World Series title. Milwaukee reached the mountaintop after beating the Rays in five games in the 2026 Fall Classic,

When William Contreras raised the Commissioner's Trophy with his Brewers teammates in 2026, he joined a number of exclusive clubs. But there's one list in particular that he couldn't have joined without the help of his big brother, Willson Contreras.

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays can tell you plenty of stories to show what kind of a teammate Nick Martinez has been inside their clubhouse. The team dinners. The postgame celebrations. The inside jokes and moments of been-there, done-that leadership. If you wanted to see it for yourself, you could

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays went out of their way this season, right up through the beginning of the World Series, to make sure that Drew Rasmussen made as many starts as possible with extra rest. But Wednesday night was Game 5 of the World Series, and Tampa Bay’s season

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When it comes to the pressure-packed environment of the MLB postseason, there’s no substitute for experience. But experience isn’t everything. We’ve seen plenty of rookies grab the spotlight in their first taste of playoff baseball, with Brewers shortstop Cooper Pratt the latest to make a name for himself on the

Whether by dominating on the mound or catching fire at the plate, many players cemented their names in baseball lore with outstanding Octobers. Some were already established stars. Some were virtually unknown to the baseball world before instantly becoming household names. But the common thread connecting them all is that

They say good things come to those who wait. The Brewers and their fans waited 44 years to get back to the World Series. But after losing in seven games to the Cardinals in the 1982 Fall Classic, Milwaukee finally won it all with a 4-1 victory in Game 5