T. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The champagne was ready, and the beer, too. Of course, the beer, perfect to end one of baseball’s biggest droughts. A celebration with suds is the only way to go for the small-market Milwaukee Brewers, who won their first World Series championship Wednesday night in their 57th year in existence.
The party was on following the Brewers’ title-clinching 4-1 victory, and few teams deserved it more. The Brewers, from MLB’s tiniest market, went practically wire-to-wire, logging 114 victories en route to a championship hardly anyone predicted, even the friendly folks of Brew City.
Cooper Pratt, the 22-year-old rookie called up in midseason, was a surprise star for the surprise team. Co-starring were William Contreras, the brilliant backstop and ABS savant who took home MVP honors, star left fielder Jackson Chourio, another 22-year-old hit machine, and Aaron Ashby, the bald, bespectacled lefty who kept putting up zeroes.
The Brewers shocked the world. The coming shindig and parade down Wisconsin Avenue will be a blast. The revelry could well match the Knicks, who also were titleless for more than half a century.
