The Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions, capping off a historically great season with their first-ever franchise title. This wasn’t just any title run, folks. The Brew Crew absolutely shredded through the competition and, frankly, they did it like nobody else.
Dominance From Start To Finish
Listen, this team was different. They racked up a ridiculous 103 regular season wins, a number that immediately puts them in elite company. But then, somehow, they got *even better* in the playoffs, going a blistering 11-2. Think about that: they never once faced elimination. They never even trailed in a single series. That’s not just winning, that’s owning the competition from start to finish.
You want to talk about rarefied air? This Brewers team tied the 2022 Astros for the best playoff record in the multiple wild card era at 11-2. Only the 2005 White Sox and 1999 Yankees posted better records, both going 11-1. The legendary 1976 Reds, who swept both the LCS and World Series, only got to 7-0 because the LCS was a five-game series back then. These Brewers put on a clinic.
A Killing Machine Down The Stretch
But it gets even crazier. These Brewers didn’t just stumble into the playoffs. They became an absolute “killing machine” down the stretch, and I’m quoting that directly because it’s the only way to describe it. They closed out the regular season winning a staggering 15 of their last 18 games. Do the math: that’s a 26-5 record after September 6th. They walked into the postseason like a freight train, and nobody could stop them.
First up, the Padres, who were red hot themselves with 19 wins in 22 games and a two-game Wild Card sweep. The Brewers dispatched them 3-1 in the NLDS. Then came the Dodgers, the two-time defending champions, who had *swept* the Brewers in the NLCS just last year and won 100 games this season. What did the Brewers do? They *swept* them in four games. Poof, gone. In the World Series, the Rays, a 98-win team themselves and 7-2 in the playoffs heading into the Fall Classic, proved to be no match. The Brewers took them down in five games, with their only loss coming in a grueling 12-inning marathon. Remember Bob Uecker’s famous line from “Major League?” “Nothing left but a vapor trail.” That’s literally how the Brewers left their opponents.
Where Do These Champs Rank All-Time?
Now, where do these Brewers stack up historically? Look, nobody’s saying they touched the 1998 Yankees (114 wins, +309 run differential, 11-2 playoff record) or the 1927 Yankees (110-44, +376 run differential, swept World Series). Those are titans of the game. But in more recent memory, especially in this multiple wild card era we’ve been in since 2012? These guys are way up there. The numbers tell you these Brewers take a backseat to very few, if any, teams in the past couple of decades. They weren’t “loaded with future Hall of Famers” like some past champions, but their performance screams elite.
When you filter for teams with at least 100 regular season wins and a World Series title since 2012, these Brewers sit among truly rarefied air. You can safely say goodbye to the 2021 Giants and 2022 Dodgers from that conversation because a title is the ultimate requirement, right? Their incredible regular season record, their dominance in the playoffs, and how they dismantled every opponent in the World Series, all put them in a class of their own for recent champions.
So, the Brewers are World Series champions. It’s the first in franchise history, and it was a run for the ages. This isn’t just another trophy in the case. This is a statement, a new benchmark for what true dominance looks like in MLB. Baseball history was made, and we all watched it happen.
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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