The Milwaukee Brewers are headed to the 2026 MLB World Series, absolutely sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers in their NLCS! Their opponent? The Tampa Bay Rays, who battled through six intense games to beat the Cleveland Guardians for the ALCS title. Get this: we are guaranteed a first-time World Series champion this season. Neither of these teams has ever won it all before, making this a truly wild and historic matchup.
This isn’t just a cool story for neutral fans. ESPN’s David Schoenfield dropped the bomb: this World Series clash is making MLB history we haven’t seen in 46 years! Seriously. The last time two teams faced off without either having won a title before was way back in 1980. Think about that!
A 46-Year Wait For New Blood
Schoenfield spells it out for us, “The Brewers are in their 57th season in Milwaukee. The Rays are in their 29th season in Tampa Bay. Neither franchise has won a World Series.” That’s a long time for those fanbases, right? Back in 1980, it was the Philadelphia Phillies taking on the Kansas City Royals. They were in the same boat, both looking for their first-ever championship, and the Phillies ultimately won that one. This isn’t like 2016, when the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland faced off. The Cubs already had titles then. This 2026 series is setting up something genuinely unique, a guaranteed new champion.
The Drought Is OVER For Someone
We’ve seen some epic droughts in MLB history, no doubt. The Cubs and Cleveland Guardians, for example, once had a ridiculous 174 combined seasons without a title. This year’s matchup between the Brewers and Rays? It ranks as the “seventh-longest combined drought World Series,” according to Schoenfield, with their 85 combined seasons without a title. That’s only two seasons behind what the Phillies and Royals brought to the table in 1980! Both these teams came into the postseason as No. 1 seeds in their respective leagues, which tells you everything you need to know about the quality of baseball we’re about to see.
So, yeah, these might be newer franchises compared to some old-school titans, but they are both hungry for that first ring. That alone is enough reason to tune in. One fanbase is going to explode with joy for the very first time since their team was born! This could honestly be an all-time incredible World Series. It all kicks off on Friday. You know you don’t want to miss a single pitch of this one!
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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