The Milwaukee Brewers’ 57-season wait for a World Series title ended Wednesday as their victory over Tampa Bay completed one of the most dominant postseason runs in MLB history.
\n\nOnce closer Trevor Megill induced a soft ground ball for the last out and their 4-1 win over the Rays in Game 5 was final, the Brewers rushed up the steps of their dugout and onto the playing field at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The celebration had been in the making for more than half a century.
\n\nAfter having relocated from Seattle to Milwaukee and played for the first time as the Brewers in 1970, the team didn’t make the World Series until 1982, when it lost in seven games. It then waited 44 years to make its return to the Fall Classic.
\n\nFor a franchise starved for big moments, this year’s team supplied one after another.
\n\nThe Brewers’ 12-2 postseason record is among the best since the MLB postseason format expanded in 1995 to include wild-card teams. The Brewers’ .857 winning percentage was just off the percentages produced by the 1999 New York Yankees and the 2005 Chicago White Sox, which each went 11-1 en route to their…
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