I'm not going to sit here and tell you that i wanna watch more playoff games featuring jake bauers... YOUR 2026 WORLD SERIES THREAD ft. BREWERS vs DEVIL RAYS

...before being carted off with a ruptured hammy

WAHHHH

Wmc did you delete my other thread? Tysm if so I was going to go to the mod request thread to do so

For me, I would prefer the Rays win HOWEVER I would also really like a Brewers win, so I’m happy with either outcome. This is like the inverse of the argument I had with clemenza three years ago when he didn’t really like the 83 win Dbacks going so far, both teams have dominated over 162 and in the postseason. I love that one of them is going to be a first time winner! I love that both rosters have so much young talent and various old hands with experience and bit part guys and that they’re both difficult to beat with everything working!

This feels like Milwaukee's year, although TB looked really good against Cleveland, especially on defense. Still, I went with Brewers in 5.

Pulling for my entire Wisconsin family - wish my uncle was still alive because he had every Brewers game playing on his AM radio.

It’s always hard to compare from year to year, but I genuinely felt watching Brewers-Dodgers that this might be the best team I’ve ever seen.

Brewers in 5 or 6--I'll vote six.

Adrian Chiles needs to be on a commentary team yesterday

Post by And the former was the Brew Crew, while the latter was the Rays; (gyac) from Most pooterish Adrian Chiles column on ILX - Most pooterish Adrian Chiles column

Does this long layoff affect a hot team like the Brewers? I don't buy into it much myself, but 7 days is pretty significant.

I voted for Brewers in 7 (NL plus max drama) before I realized that a Rays win will cause max pain to Yankees fans.

I mentioned in the NFL season thread that watching nfl games with German commentary is amazing

Then my friend sent me a video of German mlb commentary (David Hamilton hitting one off Edwin Diaz)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dej7HS1iaDD/

ist der NEUN hitter, Freunde!

https://streamable.com/590g8y Freddy Peralta (singing) and Junior Caminero and Jorge Mateo (dancing) outside the Trop before game 6 of the ALCS

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Go Brewers!

Voting Milwaukee in 6, but don't think I will actually take that many.

Timeless Ticket are wild

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Does this long layoff affect a hot team like the Brewers? I don't buy into it much myself, but 7 days is pretty significant.

someone (joe sheehan?) noted that playoff teams are like 5-10 coming off a long break, but i don't think that's predictive

I voted for Brewers in 7 (NL plus max drama) before I realized that a Rays win will cause max pain to Yankees fans.

i don't really think this is true? the sox or mets, sure, but i think yankee fans largely think of tampa as the home of steinbrenner field

I mean the Rays eliminated the Yankees handily this year, won the division and are division rivals? Like if you’re a Yankees fan you probably would prefer the NL team to win over the team that swept you?

Quite fitting that if this WS goes to a game 7 it’ll be Halloween 👻

The Rays checked into The Pfister, the more famous of the two paranormal landmarks, on Wednesday. When the series shifts to Florida next week, the Brewers will be staying at The Vinoy.

“It’s the battle of the haunted hotels,” Rays outfielder Ryan Vilade said.

“It is a fair fight,” Brewers reliever Aaron Ashby said.

“If you want to talk about similarities for this whole series,” Rays pitcher Tyler Wells said, “you can add the hotels to the list.”

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7715640/2026/10/23/world-series-milwaukee-brewers-tampa-bay-rays-haunted-hotels/?unlocked_article_code=1.K1E.vb9a.ZeVfG3J2m6gn&source=user_shared_article&smid=ta-ios-share

The Pfister’s legend dates back to the death of Guido Pfister, the founder who passed away three months before the hotel opened in 1893. His son, Charles Pfister, is also believed to be a friendly ghost, moving within the walls. Some believe he’s acting on behalf of his Brewers fandom in tormenting the opposition that stays at the hotel, said Debbie Cobb, a sociologist at UNLV with an expertise in paranormal experiences and, specifically, The Pfister Hotel. She believes that the stories build on each other.

If I'm the Brewers organization, I'm bringing back a bunch of guys from the '82 team to simultaneously throw out the first pitch tonight.

Partly right: Yount (yay) and--why, why?--Selig.

true story I stayed at that Pfister once and the TV turned on in the middle of the night. was too hungover to think much about it, it was only the next day I realized it was the haunted hotel

Partly right: Yount (yay) and--why, why?--Selig.

Isn’t Selig a local (and indeed wasn’t the Pfister owned by him at some point?)

I don't think we'd have baseball in Milwaukee without Selig, whatever you think of the guy otherwise he's a pretty important figure here

I lay 99% of the blame on him for the PED debacle. I turned my head too and pretended not to notice. But I wasn't the commissioner.

I totally get his importance to Milwaukee, he just did massive damage to the game. Ditch him for Molitor, Cecil Cooper, or Stormin' Gorman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiBSiYoO_cw

get Ben Oglivie out there

Rollie!

voted Rays in 6

I'd love to hear from 1988 uber-prospects Joey Meyer and LaVel Freeman!

cannot believe joe davis is that young

They showed a close-up of Martinez's changeup grip; isn't that what used to be called a forkball?

Here we go

the movement on miz's fastball when seen on the umpcam O_O

chandler simpson :)))

That pre-game graphic of pitchers with more strikeouts that opponent's SA (well...SA x 1,000) immediately struck me as the ultimate Rube Goldberg garbage stat, but when you look at the four pitchers--Mis, then peak Kershaw/Johnson/Pedro--maybe there's something there.

"than"

He got out of there without a run, but the Rays hardly seemed overwhelmed by Mis.

Two runners on is almost unheard of

Already a run, good job brew crew

2 runs :)

Only 22 pitches so far--could get six or seven innings out of Mis.

dayo did you get my second webmail

Stats that make you sit up and take notice: lowest opposition OPS since Gibson in '68.

ah yeah i see it! it went to spam, along with somebody looking for a karagarga invite xp

Only 22 pitches so far--could get six or seven innings out of Mis.

The second I saw this I shook my head (while half asleep no less) and whispered “commentator jinx” they shook 14 pitches out of him in two ABs just now and will likely to do the same to force him into a mistake or tire

His control looks better tonight

I'm so use to the enhanced strke zone that this one is a let down.

The famous clemenza curse.

I need a longread on how All Saints went from being an upmarket high street brand that did leather goods for mainly women to a weird hypebeast brand mlb players wear
https://i.postimg.cc/xjH6ryGz/IMG-3370.jpg

xps to clemenza, lifetime of being a fan of Irish sports and athletes speaking, I’m still not over that last minute Macedonian goal in 1999 that put us out of the Euro qualifiers

One thing that might lead to a quick hook is how awesome the Brewers' middle relief was against the Dodgers.

That Caminero ball was smoked

Miz gettin a little wild now

i like how the brewers media quotes are all “miz looked great!” when he clearly does not

Martinez' rocking motion reminds me of Gausman.

starting martinez against miz instead of rasmussen is kinda ancient chinese secret

In 340 BC Sun Bin, highly talented in military strategy, came as a refuge from the state of Qi from the state of Wei. Tian Ji was a military general in the state of Qi and one of his favorite pastimes was racing horses with the King, but Tian Ji lost every time. The rules were that they each got three races and three horses and that a new horse needed to be used in every race pitted against a new horse from an opponent. There were 3 classes of horses: slow, medium and fast. Being powerful as he is, King’s horses in each class were a bit better than Tian Ji’s. Sun bin observed this and advised Tian Ji on how to win: “Pit your slow horse against the King’s fast horse, your fast horse against the King’s medium horse, and your medium horse against the King’s slow horse.” In the first round Tian Ji lost, sacrificing his slow horse to eliminate the King’s fastest horse out of the race, since the King can’t use him twice. But Tians fast horse beat the King’s medium one and his medium horse beat the King’s slow horse and it was the first time he’d won this “battle”.

"...when he clearly does not"

Think I'd get him out of there very soon--a lot of hard hit balls.

He is off

beautiful 5-3 by the brewcrew

woooooow 2-5 caught stealing

this is insanely good baseball being played rn idc what j0rd thinks

Just to reiterate what the announcers are saying, that is exceptionally dumb baserunning. Diaz up, Mis on the ropes a bit, two outs.

I think it's kind of hilarious that Mis' first pitch tonight was the fastest in WS history.

Yeah, I didn’t get it either

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Damn it Hamilton

wooow some great defense on both sides

I've always loved the idea that, 150 years ago, the bases were almost pretenaturally set apart at exactly--exactly--the right distance of 90 ft. More proof: a minor stumble gets a fast runner thrown out at third on a sure-fire triple.

He should have pulled up when he stumbled but still thought he was going to be safe

Victor Mesa Jr’s arm is crazy, Hamilton is speedy enough to make that a stand up triple 999/1000

Uribe in. Getting 5 from Nick Martinez and the game being close is huge

man these defensive bang bang plays have been so good, this is the shit i like to see

Good game

this is insanely good baseball being played rn idc what j0rd thinks

https://i.postimg.cc/Vsrn2f8V/IMG-3398.gif

haha

just noticed contreras has earplugs in, does he always do that? he is locked in

According to BRef, Uribe doesn't have a nickname. Putting forth "The Blade" (nickname of Tom Hall back in the '70s).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hall_(baseball)

Pitch Com?

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lolomg gyac

Aranda has the lowest baserunning value among regulars, like he’s actually worse than Yandy and Junior what are you doing

Yeah, I think it comes down to nerves and being in the World Series

him up in front of Simpson is kinda weird to me

Hit and run with a great contact hitter up

0 regular season SB for Aranda lol what a time to freelance bro

I think the nerves excuse is fine for younger/less experienced guys like Victor Mesa Jr and Cooper Pratt who both just finished their first seasons! Aranda has been around a few years though, cmon man

yeah it was a failed hit and run

Steven Matz!

I'm watching a different feed than Fox. The announcers pointed out that PitchCom delays were not a problem when the World Series began in 1903...I think the big issue then was cows wandering onto the field.

lol

The Boston ballpark in that series had “patches of sand in the outfield where grass would not grow, and a tool shed in deep center field that was in play.”

bring back the tool shed

How is he still on first?

Babe Ruth and Reggie had chocolate bars named after them; Chourio's going to have a cereal named after him, just can't figure out what it'll be called.

gotta be honey nut chourios right?

Is it fair,

I definitely had the Chourios part in mind...great shot of the ump staring down the foul line there.

that was so close as to make you question what it means to touch the line

Turned out brilliat there...but wow, so risky with Caminero up.

He went!!

double steal hell yeah

megill's command has been bad the whole post season it feels like

wow what a double play

bro his foot left the bag

Jesus, was Hicks walking there?

oh shit

I think his foot's off.

Give us the makeup call come on

wow!

the field is all hazy now... did they prematurely set off fireworks??

Brewers were verrrry fortunate there; bloop and they're down 4-3.

i think so. hopefully they saved some for the second time they won the game!
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That was incredible

i was wondering if Megill was going to blow it after the disappointment of having the W pulled back

Thought it was a pretty good G1 most of the way, but that finish definitely elevated it.

Never a doubt

pray we get more games like this for the rest of the series

Yes three more exactly like that is fine with me

Some phenomenal quotes from the Athletics survey of baseball fans re this series:

“Finally, fun baseball again that isn’t the ‘three true outcomes.'” — Tigers fan

&

“Can’t complain the biggest market teams are on TV all the time and take all the sports talk oxygen, and then say a Brewers-Rays World Series sucks.” — Braves fan

“I cannot root for Milwaukee. Part of me thinks their fans deserve it, but then I remember they are most likely Packer fans, too.” — Cubs fan

“This is the first time in my life that I have seen the Brewers advance this far. I sat through a lot of really bad baseball in the late ’90s, 2000s, and 2010s with my dad. He took me to games because he probably didn’t know what else to do with this little wild child and now we are going to Game 2 together. Incredible how life works.”

🥺🥺🥺

“For just the third time in our nearly 30-year existence, the Rays are in the World Series. The first one was a total shocker; the second one has been asterisked to oblivion. This time, the vibes are through the (repaired) roof. Smoked the Yankees, took a punch and recovered against Cleveland. Legit young stars, new stadium on the horizon (knocks on every piece of wood within a 20-mile radius) and management who listens to the fans. This local stingray is in a great mood.”

They also polled over 7000 fans for a sample on their level of excitement for the series
https://i.postimg.cc/x83t0CM8/IMG-3420.jpg

I tend to miss stuff like this (Posnanski):

But in these playoffs — and already in this World Series — we are seeing another game.

And I think about these two facts.

Tampa Bay’s Chandler Simpson is hitting third in the World Series.

Tampa Bay’s Chandler Simpson has never hit a big-league home run.

This combination — a player with zero career home runs hitting third in the World Series — has happened before. Sure. You only have to go back to Chick Shorten...in 1916.

He’ll almost certainly never hit a big league home run. He managed one at spring training at Steinbrenner Field, MAYBE if he got very lucky at Yankee stadium. It’s funny as well cos it’s not like he’s a high on base merchant (.330 for his career) but their gamble is obviously if he gets on 1/3 of the time, he’ll cause havoc enough of the time that that’s why he hits that high in the order. I definitely blinked seeing him hit in front of Caminero though. I wonder if the idea is that he’ll upset the pitchers enough when he’s on base to cause a mistake to be thrown to one of the guys who can actually hit it out.

Looking at his splits, the sample size for him hitting third is too small to mean anything. He does hit very well out of the 5th (242 PA, .319) and 6th (161 PA, .333) spots; not nearly as well leading off (465 PA, .266). Seems pointless to talk about his OBA or SA.

Conclusion: everything I know is wrong, so I don't know anymore.

Here’s a video of him moonwalking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fnYV96Iqw0

I’m always undecided as to whether I like leadoff Yandy or not. He’s not fast and really needs Aranda or Caminero behind him driving him in…but he’s a reliable obp guy, if Walls or whoever is hitting 9th bunts his way on he can drive them in, obviously doesn’t strike out much and hit for high average…to my mind he’s more a 2 hitter though

I ended up going out last night to watch a shoegaze band so I missed the ending. Might go out again tonight, we'll see.

Not a good start

contreras had no chance

:)

TB is doing well

Wow

is it good when your SP threw 34 pitches in the first inning

Bring on Kyle Harrison

He dropped it

some great baseball being played

Brewers are really impressive

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I can't actually do what I want

Lol at that auto correct

Could you at least google the names of some of the players if you’re going to pollute the thread with these ai google summary posts?

I have never used AI on ILX and with all my mistakes that is obvious

is it good when your SP threw 34 pitches in the first inning

It’s going to down to position players pitching in game 4 after all these looooong innings. Everyone’s elbows will be pulled pork. Noodle bats vs noodle arms. That’s what happens when you’re not playing the Yankees or the Dodgers, no 3 pitch ks for quick innings. Everyone’s bunting, even the big slow guys.

find davis/smoltz v annoying but was even more annoyed at them saying these games were gonna be tense, low scoring affairs; brewers scored 2nd most runs in all of baseball and tampa bay was 12th

Understand that POV but not sure I agree, I like Davis more than Smoltz.

Tense

the point is both these teams are capable of scoring a lot of runs, as we're seeing. these games are not all gonna be 1-0 affairs

They are, but against other teams that don’t usually grind out ABs like they do. Rays outfield has the best jumps in the league, Brewers generally solid defensively and then have that bullpen. I can understand that POV.

I know Murphy already made the lol Contreras pitbull analogy but honestly the whole Brewers lineup is like that scene in White Fang where he fights the bulldog, just relentlessly patient and grinding towards a slow death

Out

horrible send there

Tie

He dropped that?

The ground caused the fumble

Walks are always bad but to the ninth hitter to open a inning is just the worst

Joe Davis talking about illegal immigration on a platform like the World Series but just stating what happened, John Smoltz was quiet. But it is an election year and is a choice, tip my hat.

i have a different broadcast up here. whats the context? UGH almost out!!!

Joe Davis said that Yandy Díaz tried to enter the US four times but didn't succeed in his first three attempts and was even jailed. But his love and desire to play in the Major Leagues won out on his fourth attempt.

All the way back

+1

Another one almost out

bad baserunning by Pratt on that near HR. could've been on third and put a little more pressure on the infield for that next at bat.

I don't know

He was out, close play

I see, this was recently published and is what Joe Davis was referring to:

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/yandy-d-az-family-incredible-014501092.html

what a great game. nail biter at the end. lol at Diaz standing there shaking his head

He actually didn't go around?

i felt like he did.

I think that would have been called no swing more often than not in the reg. season.

Halloween party, so unfortunately had to miss the whole game. Did get early notice of the Rays being up 4-0, so amazed/impressed the Brewers came back.

even if they end up sweeping, already an amazing series.

Great comeback by the Brewers, but that checked swing call to end the game was ... let's call it questionable.

I do think the lack of playoff experience is a real thing that’s showing now. Rays looking a bit shell shocked. I’ve seen them play dumb before but this is not how they usually go.

Both teams starters haven’t looked great, but the Brewers pen clearly benefited from that time off. Let the rust not rest whining finally die a death!

the call to keep Ashby in for the ninth is the kind of classic gutsy postseason managerial decision that I love. It’s either a genius or a Matt Harvey self own.

when 4 home runs on the year, -0.5 bwar sal frelick hits it out to dead center to tie the game the brewers def feel like the team of destiny

If Ashby gets in there for any more scoreless work in high-leverage spots, he's my series MVP.

We’re gassing up home runs off Ian Seymour as “team of destiny” stuff now?

from a guy whose average launch angle in 2026 was less than ten degrees and whose prior 4 homers this season were all pull - hell yes

Weird, I would have said that about Turang off Skubal who has single digit home runs left on left to his career, but anyway!

i mean yes! turang off skubal to tie the game is also evidence that the brewers are a team of destiny!

through a stroke of luck I managed to grab a couple of pretty reasonable tickets to this one, man what a game, prob the best one I've seen live even discounting this being the World Series and all

scoring 2 in the bottom of the 1st was obviously huge, crowd was pretty shellshocked after the top of the inning but immediately got right back in it. crowd was on their feet pretty much the whole time, also the loudest I've ever heard the place by a wide margin. was so cool to see a whole bunch of ex-Brewers there, along with our one celebrity fan (Charlie Berens)

from where I was standing I thought Yandy held his swing, suffice to say it was a crazy rush of emotion when the crowd lit up like that. man, every game they seem like they're one swing away from losing it but it just doesn't happen. but even if they'd tied it I would've felt good about their chances. Milwaukee was clogging up the bases all night, they also were often one swing away from pulling away. there really is a team of destiny feeling here, everybody is contributing, even the players who have struggled are finding ways to come through, very much a team that makes you believe anything can happen

just two more to get

That's great...just watched the Diaz K now. Don't know the game situation, but not even close--terrible call.

Friend of mine was at AFF for both games and what made me laugh was the reporting about how nice the local fans were - “they hardly booed us at all!” As someone who has attended exactly 4 MLB games (including a Phillies-Mets one in London), I can’t imagine that at all. You guys love your booing!

Jeff Passan reported the same, albeit via the medium of someone insulting him for his height on Twitter.

frogbs holy shit - once in a lifetime experience. incredible.

that's awesome frogbs! i saw as much playoff baseball as I could last year, but was priced out of the WS games; amazing you were able to go.

frogbs thats incredible,so glad you were able to go! Thanks for sharing and you got this.

It was a terrible call to end the game

Don't think I understand why checked swings fall into the non-reviewable category.

I think he went around: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1802817597719894

It seems like a 50/50 thing:

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/baseball/controversial-call-ended-game-2-world-series-rcna605534

That down the line angle looks like he didn't swing, that overhead view seems like he did. It would have been interesting with the bases loaded to continue that game.

The automated check system on that is coming!

I think that overhead shot in Tim's link is deceiving because it's not actually overhead--it's above and behind. I just don't see any intent to swing there.

ya, that's what i was going off of at first; but being a bit behind makes it look like he went further than he actually did

yea the overhead angle made it look like he crossed the plate, though I agree it didn't look like he ever really intended to swing, the fact that one was called but not Caminero's in the 9th of G1 is bizarre, different umps just view it differently I guess

great article on check swings

https://pebblehunting.substack.com/p/what-if-all-checked-swings-were-just

that sounds so awesome, frogs, glad you were able to attend. once in a lifetime experience

yea I still can't believe it happened, I mean I've probably been to 50 games there which made it all the more surreal ...I've seen a lot of home runs but nothing like Frelick's game tying one, I've never seen a crowd go that bonkers. for sure something I'll remember forever, though obviously pretty important for them to finish the job :)

with the way things have been going that might be the last game they play at AFF this year!

Key paragraph from Posnanski's post today (about the evolution of the "checked swing" concept):

Yandy Diaz did not strike at the ball. I have watched the pitch 100 times at full speed, and all 100 times I came to that exact same conclusion. If you just watch the swing in real time, at full speed, I simply don’t get how anyone could see it differently. He did not swing.

can't read the full thing, does he weigh in on Caminero's check swing in G1 in the 9th that could've been a strikeout but was ruled a walk? because that looked like more of a swing than Yandy's did. maybe they both should've been walks.

Doesn't mention it, no. For what it's worth, I'm just interested in this as an isolated event that just happened to end the game; it still would have been one run down, two out, man on first (I think--I didn't see it). I doubt it's something that's going to be remembered beyond this series.

I'm wrong--tying run was on third, right? Anyway, it's not exactly Don Denkinger-level.

anybody have a good overview of the evolution of the check swing from the old days (where anything was a check) to now? the substack or w/e linked above is paid

i mean, why umpires began calling it more stringently. was there an explicit rule change?

Let me email his post to gyac, and she can email it to you.

It was man on first and third, so the walk would have been bases loaded. Though the batter would not have been Yandy.

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That is a lot different then, yes.

I thought in real time that the furthest point of the bat was a swing. He definitely jerked it back quickly!

this is going to be an unpopular opinion but i think if you put your bat out there such that it can make contact with the ball and it does not make contact with the ball then it's a strike. otherwise every single missed bunt attempt should be called a ball

furthermore the fact that the pitcher got you so crossed up that you tried to swing but then decided not to at the last second is an accomplishment by the pitcher and should be recorded as such

gasser glancing over at simpson /after/ he throws the pitch, simpson is totally in his head

He would have been safe but slips off the base

What a catch

i hope he's ok after slamming into that wall </3

These Brewers are unstoppable

welp

wow. getting some wild luck with balls getting out

Haven't seen a playoff team this dominant in a very long time. potential undefeated champs? gg tbdr

oh dear

the soft white underbelly of the rays bullpen

Haven't seen a playoff team this dominant in a very long time. potential undefeated champs? gg tbdr

― imperial frfr (Steve Shasta), Monday, October 26, 2026 9:38 PM (one minute ago)

they lost one to the dads

just relentless.

dayyyum

they lost one to the dads

― 龜, Monday, October 26, 2026 6:39 PM (forty-six seconds ago)

yowch, feels like a month ago... which it probably was!

i wonder what the record is for runs without a hr in a WS game

I AM ENJOYING THIS INNING VERY MUCH

sal frelich hit a hr in the last game! xp

It's not fair

The Brew Crew are just so much better

freddie peralta, sleeper agent

It’s one hundred percent fair, bee ok

is this the biggest 2-out rally in the 2026 season?

Didn't the Cubs push them to game 5 in the Division Series?

has there ever been a position player pitching in the world series?

no one will remember him but Gasser has a one-hitter going. might be the best SP showing of the WS.

I'm being fictitious, in case you thought I was serious.

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Booser kept serving them up

i’m watching a diff game but, damn, 8 runs this inning!

These Brewers are incredible

8 game win streak in the post season is really something

Rays legend Ben Williamson batting 5th behind Caminero.

that is going to be a rough line on cam booser's b-ref page

Contreras is science fictional with those challenges

contreras more locked in than JBS realmuto

now the question is how far can Bobby Diesel go, if they can save all their arms for tomorrow while the Rays burn most of theirs, man talk about a best case scenario

Contreras is science fictional with those challenges

― be dang if it aint (WmC), Monday, October 26, 2026 6:52 PM (three minutes ago)

nice .415/.487/.688 slash as well

Sarah Langs
8 2-out runs are most in an inning in World Series history and 2nd-most in any postseason inning

here we go again...

the crowd sounds here (among other things) are really something

https://bsky.app/profile/brewersbot.bsky.social/post/3myt4othhql2j

Let’s see a position player pitch later in the game!

earlier this year the mets played the brewers and literally knocked out dustin may in the 1st inning when may got hit by a comebacker. brewers put in robert gasser who pitched through like the 6th inning and the mets lost 8-1. today robert gasser has faced the minimum through 7. anyway

i forgot that sal frelick has been playing through a torn labrum, which makes his 408 foot dead center home run even more impressive imo

The Brewers are the first team to face the minimum through seven innings of a World Series game since Don Larsen's perfect game in 1956, per Elias Sports Bureau.

Awww they put Woody up there

more langs:

No team has swept both the LCS and World Series since the LCS became best-of-7 in 1985

Yet

gotta say it was nice to actually feel RELAXED in the late innings for once! cmon Brewers lets get it done tomorrow!!

Missed the game (again), but Bee's "I'm being fictitious" is a malapropism worthy of my dad.

The Brewers are reminding me of the 2015 Royals -- uncanny comeback ability, can put the ball in play against anybody, shutdown bullpen, not a lot of power but always seem to homer in big moments.

How many teams have gone 11-1 in the playoffs? '98 Yankees, '05 White Sox, and that's it I think?

I'm sure the MLB is loving a WS sweep between two smaller market teams.

hey! not yet! we still got one to go!!!

but yeah I like their chances tonight, TB's pen is banged up and Milwaukee's big arms didn't have to pitch at all, also I suspect the stadium is going to be like 50/50 Brewers fans. if they get a lead at any point it's gonna feel like a home game.

just checked and resale tickets are actually going UP, might be more than 50/50 lmao

how about plane prices from milwaukee/chicago to tampa bay?

heh

https://i.postimg.cc/MHFThM00/Screenshot-2026-10-27-at-11-17-44-AM.png

If the Brewers do manage to sweep, I think you may have to start looking at them historically: 103 wins in a very tough league, blows away everyone (including the defending WS winners). And clearly, based on the past few years, it's not a fluke.

(insert "in the postseason" after those parentheses...)

They were never a fluke. They were just a team that couldn’t get over the hump. The reasons that they’re winning now are the reasons they’ve been good for years: pitching, tough ABs, resilience, Not Trying To Do Too Much. The postseason exposes and their tactic is pressure pressure pressure and it’s been hugely successful this year. It’s the strategy, it’s the execution and it’s the personnel too.

In retrospect, I think a Dodgers/Rays WS would have been a more competitive series and you'd get to see a lot of gimpy/past-their-prime stars for those who are into that (not kink-shaming). Probably would have gone to 7 games too (also good for those who love ads!)

i'm waiting for this series to end before noting that this world series has paled in comparison to last year's, but maybe the rays will make me look bad

Think you’ve already made yourself look pretty bad pal

at some point people are going to have to shift off of their "little engine that could" narrative around the brewers. this is a team that's 113-59. the best ERA in the NL. the most hits in baseball. the best OBP.

Yeah but they don’t pay tons of money employing Giancarlo Stanton

xp also might need a numbers check on that chief

Think you’ve already made yourself look pretty bad pal

― And the former was the Brew Crew, while the latter was the Rays; (gyac), Tuesday, October 27, 2026 12:59 PM (two minutes ago)

i rest peacefully at night knowing i have never defended a team that batted jonny deluca clean up in an ALCS

If the Brewers do manage to sweep, I think you may have to start looking at them historically: 103 wins in a very tough league, blows away everyone (including the defending WS winners). And clearly, based on the past few years, it's not a fluke.

― clemenza, Tuesday, October 27, 2026 11:45 AM (one hour ago)

i think the brewers basically solved this era of major league baseball. the dodgers' money was able to obscure that for a few years, but MLB insider types have been saying for years that the brewers are the most admired organization in baseball, and that prophecy has proved thunderously true this year. to clemenza's point teams in any sport that sweep a conference championship series and then sweep or come close to sweeping the title series are usually some of the best teams a sport has ever seen. i don't think these brewers will be seen that way in baseball history but i do think that for this like driveline computer aided pitching & hitting laboratory, young controllable depth version of MLB this brewers team is the juggernaut and is proving it

i rest peacefully at night knowing i have never defended a team that batted jonny deluca clean up in an ALCS

Just the teams who weren’t good enough to overcome a team that batted Jonny DeLuca cleanup in the ALCS.

Also your insistence on constantly comparing the 25th or 26th man on the Rays roster to other team’s stars is actually quite obviously weird by now, sorry. An odd clown to show up in a thread explicitly designed for his clowning and insist everyone else that should be in the circus Z

Also, I’ve been unable to find a game where DeLuca batted higher than fifth for the Rays in the CS and the game that he batted fifth, he had two hits.

this team had ryan vilade, chandler simpson, ben williamson, jonny deluca, victor mesa jr, nick fortes, and taylor walls as 7 of their 9 starting hitters in a WORLD SERIES game they lost 10-1. all i can do is laugh

if that's your guys' shit i'm not kink shaming either baseball is a wonderful game, but....

from watching stearns try to replicate (and maybe succeed? jury's still out) this with the mets, here's how i break down the brewers approach:

-number one, the trait the brewers build around is athleticism, particularly speed
-on defense, a speedy and rangy outfield will take away extra base hits, reduce slug, reduce BABIP. brewers don't hide slow sluggers away in the outfield like the yankees or mets do... aka "run prevention"
-speedy and good defense also goes a long way towards masking an average pitcher (not saying the brewers pitchers are average, but you see how it helps)
-on offense, speed puts pressure on the pitchers/catchers to prevent steals, speed reduces double plays, increases chances of scoring on shallow outfield hits, etc.

-number two, brewers prioritize contact over lifting/pulling the ball (which every other club does to slug)
-this increases the chances of getting on base (whereby speed leads to more steals/pressuring the defense etc. as noted above)
-this can also wear out pitchers, as seen in the NLCS, 10 pitch at bats and so forth

-number three, brewers have jacbo misiorowski
-kind of a fluke that he fell into their lap, but hey all things are coming up brewers

I mean you must be into humiliation the way you’re carrying on here
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-number one, the trait the brewers build around is athleticism, particularly speed

also shorter players. eno sarris put a graph up about this on twitter recently. chourio, turang, frelick, mitchell, joey ortiz, luis lara... he's not on the team this year obv but caleb durbin also. the fact that jett williams was the main return for peralta. baseball in general has shifted towards the idea that shorter, more compact players can provide contact, defensive versatility *and* enough power to be really potent (i.e. kevin mcgonigle) and the brewers really lean heavily into that style of player

-number two, brewers prioritize contact over lifting/pulling the ball (which every other club does to slug)

citing eno sarris again here but something that's interesting about the brewers is that they let the ball travel further towards the hitter than any team in baseball. like you say they go more for line drives & hitting the ball the other way over lifting/pulling and that shows up statistically in a number of ways, but they also have guys like mitchell and frelick who are serious athletes and can access their power enough

-number three, brewers have jacbo misiorowski

certainly somewhat of a fluke but miz was a pretty controversial prospect bcuz the stuff & results were always there in short stints but all the prospect rankers underrated him because of what was perceived to be extreme reliever risk. so you do have to give the brewers credit for their development w/ him to get him to the point where the stuff plays extremely consistently across full outings. people simply didn't think that was going to happen. and when you see what they do w/ pitchers like kyle harrison who aren't good for multiple orgs & then the brewers immediately shift the pitch mix and the guy is all of a sudden great it's clear that their pitching development is at the top of the game

A Rays offense that swept the Yankees, who started Cole, Schlittler, and Fried.

well, i guess we'll always have that

And the American League pennant. Probably would help your “lol look at these bozos” case more if the Dodgers or Yankees had beaten either team.

freddy peralta really provides a clear example of the difference between the brewers, rays and the well moneyed but less successful franchises insofar as he has been amazing for both of those franchises and completely awful for the mets. the rays changed his pitch mix and w/in two starts he was back to pitching like a borderline cy young candidate

re: brewers pitching, i think they have great development but i don't want to underestimate how good their defense makes their pitchers look. peralta came over to the mets and immediately started nosediving when the defense behind him stunk it up. move him to the rays and he's good again. giving the opposition extra outs and hits will expose pitchers esp those who pitch to contact

xp!

and when you see what they do w/ pitchers like kyle harrison who aren't good for multiple orgs & then the brewers immediately shift the pitch mix and the guy is all of a sudden great it's clear that their pitching development is at the top of the game

KH is 25 and still has time to develop especially for an org where they can afford him that time but he’s pretty…far from a solved game.
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He hasn’t pitched a single postseason inning.

DL Hall would have been a better example. The Orioles couldn’t do a thing with Hall and he was a throw-in for the Corbin Burnes rental. That would require less known players to be something other than an inaccurate punchline to you, though.

It’s definitely cool that they won the pennant. I think they are a fun team and quite good. It was admittedly a weird year where the AL seemed to not be that great on the whole. There are probably a number of NL teams that could have had a competitive series against them.

In retrospect, I think a Dodgers/Rays WS would have been a more competitive series and you'd get to see a lot of gimpy/past-their-prime stars for those who are into that (not kink-shaming). Probably would have gone to 7 games too (also good for those who love ads!)

― imperial frfr (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, October 27, 2026 12:27 PM (one hour ago)

this year's dodgers really remind me of the 2003-2004 lakers - the team with a 40 year old karl malone and 35 year old gary payton. on paper great, still had two stars in their prime, got greedy by adding on malone/payton, seen as very unfair by the rest of the league, then completely outclassed by a young athletic pistons team that was just built different

my pick next year is the cubs. elite offense, elite infield defense and 1/3 of an elite outfield defensively, entire pitching staff will hopefully no longer be on the IL

Cubs having Steele and Horton back should make a big difference, plus Ben Brown. love Shota but he wasn't enough obv and the rest of that staff is just replacement parts.

I suppose so, though the fact that only two teams in the whole game (Brewers and Dodgers) had more wins makes me doubt this. NL’s ceiling might have been higher but there were just as many easy pickings dregs at the bottom of the league (Rockies, Giants, Reds, Mets) to statpad off. You play the games in front of you.

I also think this is a somewhat recency biased narrative given that games 1 & 2 were so close and ruined by Rays self-clownery, it’s not like all the games were blowouts.

Tl;dr in the words of 2023’s WS MVP:
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I’m a Padres fan, so curious how they would have squared up against them

this year's dodgers really remind me of the 2003-2004 lakers

they had me thinking a lot of the final lebron miami heat team that had won back to back titles before getting ran over by the spurs in the finals. the spurs aren't young like the brewers or pistons but they had been gunning for the heat for years and eventually killed an old and very tired team. the dodgers looked tired to me. there's a good reason why basically no team in any american sport can win 3 titles in a row, it's too grueling

The Cubs like the Braves looked SO dominant to me coming into the postseason and both got turned over so fast. It’s fucking brutal. Cubs probably have the best infield in the whole game as well as the league MVP too.

xps to omar: I love JSteele! Unfortunately I was at Stroman’s London series start and not his. 😞

I’m a Padres fan, so curious how they would have squared up against them

Talk about a team I’d love to see get over the hump, truly electric when they’re on. Was nice to see Joe Musgrove make it back right at the end. People always clown them for the Bogaerts contract but Seidler was fucking dying, good for him pushing his chips in.

KH is 25 and still has time to develop especially for an org where they can afford him that time but he’s pretty…far from a solved game.
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He hasn’t pitched a single postseason inning.

DL Hall would have been a better example. The Orioles couldn’t do a thing with Hall and he was a throw-in for the Corbin Burnes rental. That would require less known players to be something other than an inaccurate punchline to you, though.

― And the former was the Brew Crew, while the latter was the Rays; (gyac), Tuesday, October 27, 2026 1:41 PM (fifteen minutes ago)

i mean, kyle harrison put up more WAR this year than DL hall has in his career & was one of the best pitchers in the NL before he hurt his arm. the brewers targeted him in a trade & instantly turned his career around, he's a perfectly representative example of the quality of their front office pitching laboratory. a SP pitching prospect like hall who falters and becomes a serviceable middle reliever is far more ordinary, that kinda thing happens across baseball. how impressed are you that the astros and royals were able to get 0.2 WAR out of nate pearson this season? what happened w/ kyle harrison is actually far more rare. you're obsessed w/ me which is fine but at least come correct <3

two things that stuck out last night. first of all Yelich taking 2nd during the top of the 5th. it was close, obviously it had to be reviewed and overturned for him to be safe, but I remember hearing this is something Milwaukee practices constantly...getting the right lead, timing the jump perfectly...if Yeli hadn't gotten it exactly right none of those 2 out hits would've happened. it would have stayed 2-0, they would've put different relievers in, then who knows??

secondly, how quick and decisive Contreras was challenging pitches. he used ABS the most of any catcher in the league by far, and though he didn't have a particularly good success rate (58%) I think you'd rather have that then something in the 70%+ range, because it's still better to challenge one that's a longshot than it is to end the game with a challenge in your pocket. but I think there are other benefits as well, I think it's good for the pitcher's mental state to know your catcher is willing to stick his neck out for you like that, plus I think it hones a new skill for the catcher, since in the past it didn't matter if they thought it was a ball or strike. Contreras has actually gotten really good at it in the playoffs, could be luck or maybe it's something he's worked on all year. but its just another one of those small things that they do well.

Me: Yeah I don’t think you can call Kyle Harrison the finished article given he had an ERA over 7 after the All Star Break
You: 😌😌😌😌😌 you’re so obsessed with me, here’s me comparing a reliever’s WAR to a starter’s for some reason😌😌😌😌😌 (always good to be reminded that the Orioles can’t draft pitching at all though)

KH had an ERA of 4.62 in June over 5 starts before he went on the IL in mid July btw.

KH had an ERA of 4.62 in June over 5 starts before he went on the IL in mid July btw.

― And the former was the Brew Crew, while the latter was the Rays; (gyac), Tuesday, October 27, 2026 2:17 PM (one minute ago)

yeah because he had a start in sacramento where he gave up 8 ER in 2 IP in a 15-14 game, go look at his starts the rest of that month

if we're talking pitching staff gotta mention how they turned Aaron Ashby from a bottom of the rotation starter into a dominant reliever, cutting his ERA in half and having him pitch like Mariano Rivera in the playoffs. if you'd told me in 2022 that *that* guy would be key to a WS run...

I also think this is a somewhat recency biased narrative given that games 1 & 2 were so close and ruined by Rays self-clownery, it’s not like all the games were blowouts.

ya I mean if the Brewers finish it off they'll deserve the praise but the reality is every single game outside of last night was extremely close. Padres lost one game where a would-be HR (maybe) hit a support beam, one where Miller uncharacteristically blew a save w/ 2 outs, and one where Machado came within a few inches of a game-tying homer. Dodgers were ahead in every game until they weren't, and had the tying run in scoring position so many times to no avail. Rays were a hit away from taking the lead in the 9th in game 1 and had the tying run at 3rd in game 2 only to lose on that checked swing. this is not to say everything has gone the Brewers way, they've had to battle through a lot as well and have had moments of sloppy infield defense, but they've bounced back (nearly) every time. but they've gotten more breaks for them than against them which sometimes is the main things that matters. they sure has hell have gotten eliminated a lot in years past when that goes the other way.

It’s unreal that they went from being swept by the Dodgers to sweeping them right back the following year in such a demonstrative fashion especially with all the comebacks from being down and the Dodgers adding Skubal and Tucker. The mental side of this cannot be understated. Cf that article about Yelich I linked either here or the CS thread and all that postseason disappointment he’s endured plus having a bad season this year. Lot of ingredients that make up this team’s greatness.

if we're talking pitching staff gotta mention how they turned Aaron Ashby from a bottom of the rotation starter into a dominant reliever, cutting his ERA in half and having him pitch like Mariano Rivera in the playoffs. if you'd told me in 2022 that *that* guy would be key to a WS run...

― frogbs, Tuesday, October 27, 2026 2:25 PM (fifteen minutes ago)

for sure! putting up 1.3 WAR w/ as a reliever w/ 13 wins and 4 saves is a really unique statline, i think we may look back at ashby in a few years as a canary in the coal mine of pitcher stats. if you put sandy alcantara's final week of the season aside, antonio senzatela was the only other player this year who had double digit wins on the season and more than one save, but i think we're gonna see more stat lines that look like this moving forward

Are you old enough to have any memory of the '82 team, Frogs? Looking back, one of the funnest good teams of the past 50 years, I think--like the '93 Phillies, but minus the considerable baggage of Dykstra and Schilling--with the greatest nickname of any team ever: Harvey's Wallbangers.

first of all Yelich taking 2nd during the top of the 5th. it was close, obviously it had to be reviewed and overturned for him to be safe, but I remember hearing this is something Milwaukee practices constantly...getting the right lead, timing the jump perfectly...if Yeli hadn't gotten it exactly right none of those 2 out hits would've happened. it would have stayed 2-0, they would've put different relievers in, then who knows??

it was caminero's inexplicable decision to go the short way rather than yelich's baserunning skills that were decisive on this play. i keep watching it and i still don't get it. maybe this is one of those situations where lack of playoff experience really does swing the balance

bomani jones & howard bryant did a podcast recently about the 90s braves and during that discussion bryant mentioned that if you ever talked to hank aaron one thing he would say is that the milwaukee braves of the mid to late 50s would be remembered as one of the great dynasties in MLB history had they been able to beat the yankees in the 1958 world series. in the eight seasons from 1953, when they moved to milwaukee, through 1960 they finished first in the NL twice, 2nd five times, and third once, and won the 57 series over the yankees. but they lost to them in the 58 series after being up 3-1, and, per bryant, aaron believed that blowing that series rendered the braves of the 50s as a footnote in history, rather than being remembered as the franchise that beat the peak mantle era yankees in back to bak world series. not sure if frogs is old enough to remember *that* but maybe i'm hearing clemenza's music...?

those braves teams had aaron and eddie matthews in their early to mid 20s, plus warren spahn not exactly at the peak of his powers but not far off

I cannot see blaming Caminero too harshly on that, TH. Split second decision to go the short way.

I voted Brewers in 7 and boy did I underestimate how big this freight train running on beer, curds and brats truly turned out to be

Are you old enough to have any memory of the '82 team, Frogs? Looking back, one of the funnest good teams of the past 50 years, I think--like the '93 Phillies, but minus the considerable baggage of Dykstra and Schilling--with the greatest nickname of any team ever: Harvey's Wallbangers.

― clemenza, Tuesday, October 27, 2026 2:04 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

born in '86...but they are *the* classic Brewer team, so I know a lot about them. a know a number of people who grew up watching them and it's always fun to hear their stories. funny to think one day I'm gonna be an old guy reminiscing about Sal Frelick. anyway, the team that was most important to me was the Braun/Fielder crew that hit tons of HRs...the year we picked up Grienke and Marcum was the year I thought we were gonna win it all. losing to the Cards in 6 was a real punch in the gut since that was the last year with Fielder, who was a fan favorite here for pretty obvious reasons

also in the late 90s my Mom was dating this guy who would take my brothers and I plus some of his nephews to Brewer games regularly...back in the days of Geoff Jenkins and John Jaha. I think Jeff Cirillo was their best player back then. that was when I really fell in love with baseball, like most weird kids I was obsessed with the stats and the pitch-by-pitch nature of it, plus I was in Little League myself...I wasn't into football or basketball until college really. anyway, I can't believe today could be the day, it still doesn't feel real

surprised simpson didnt go for 3 there

We have a game

I agree but was May backing up?

Xpost

What a catch

jonny deluca having a great game tonight so far... j0rd's been really good at picking the breakouts

speed really is the new slug in baseball

Brewers hitting it hard just a matter of time

Jax is no slouch!

The ball Caminero whacked up the middle must have been like eight inches off the plate

woooow

Hmm

that's not brewers baseball

Is he out of the base path?

He did miss him

Ya, I would have thought running on the grass would be off the basepaths?

joe davis just gave the rule on air - the basepath is established once the tag is attempted, then it's 3 feet. i thought it was pretty close tbh. the grass has nothing to do with it

of course simpson immediately gets called for leaving the basepath hah

Not sure what the Brewers were challenging there, the tag attempt wasn't even close.

It was actually hard to see if the ball touched his foot!

hamilton got his run back hah. team of destiny shit right there

This team

The Brewers are cheating

0-2 pitch

Ahahahaha what!!!

How many times in this series have the Rays made the third out of an inning on the basepaths? Five?

Way too many, deer in headlights

Jax's 0-2 fastball would have been a strike at the top of the zone. I'd imagine he wanted Hamilton to chase one a little higher.

Uribe is sick

Seems a bit early to have him in without a lead but I very much trust they know what they’re doing

i didn't realize the crowd did 'get low' during tyler walls plate appearances hahah

He threw 11 pitches, maybe another inning?

I would think so

Unbelievable

Rays get a man on base but just like that gets wiped out

Wild

I'm convinced, we need check swing challenges

108 on the line drive

we need check swing challenges

no

How many times in this series have the Rays made the third out of an inning on the basepaths? Five?

To be fair, they can also get the second out that way, too

Terrapin Station

I was wondering why so much Grateful Dead on Fox going to commercials and found an article about the guy responsible. Not a bigwig, just some audio guy who likes the Dead.

That political ad was shocking

And disgusting

I had a US feed yesterday and I was really disgusted by whatever that unhinged ad was. Glad to be watching at the local baseball bar (the Doc Ellis)

Today

Cmon man let’s do this today I’m so ready

Agree, timellison the Republicans are desperate

Impossible to get Pratt out.

Wow

Mitchell was so close damn

i think he's out

He's out

Yeah I think it just barely got him

That took a long while. Lousy way to make the last out of their 9th.

man if the rays can walk the brewers off against ashby that'd be such a huge momentum changer for the series

Really weird to only use Megill for one batter.

just came to post that - not even giving him a look for the ninth seems like a misfire

Extra baseball

Wtf

Didn't cost them

John Smoltz said the Rays would get back their challenge and reset to 2. Not sure about that?

Yeah, I think they have to enter the inning with zero remaining to get one added?

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Wow

Yes, John Smoltz was wrong and already came into play

These check swings :/

He finally loses a challenge

Bad omen

Love that little staring contest

More, more, more

Ahhhhhhgghhg

Wow

COOPA TROOPA

Palacios’s throws to first would give me a heart attack if I was a rays fan

moving over to listening to this on the local WI radio station for my late uncle - can't imagine he would've wanted to hear this possibly end any other way.

❤️

Most postseason hits before turning 23:

Jackson Chourio: 31 (24 games)
Andruw Jones: 30 (45 games)

awww shit

not a great throw but man he should've picked that

They didn't pinch-run for Caminero??

True

Xpost

At this point the Brewers are probably regretting that Mcgill threw only five pitches.

Crazy game

nooooo I was so fucking excited

Wow

The Rays were hitless for about seven innings before this ...

I feel like if they’d gotten a full inning from Megill, this inning might be going differently.

suicide squeeze?

See you tomorrow night

god damnit. i'm so sad

none of those balls were hit all that hard. wonder if things change if Ortiz doesn't make the error

Still in the driver's seat but baseball is nuts so I get it.

xp I mean they were playing the infield in iirc so yeah probably

Four tries to get one

oh no now they're 10-2

Credit to TB for not rolling over, but the bottom line is that the Brewers choked there.

OTOH, this means more baseball, which is always a good thing (unless you're a Brewers fan ... sorry, Brewers fans).

retract my complaints about the early Megill pull

NoTimeBeforeTime
Posted: 28 October 2026 at 04:35:53
Credit to TB for not rolling over, but the bottom line is that the Brewers choked there

The number of errors and strikeouts on both sides says a lot. Nervy game!

Also, I hope every single Red Sox fan who made Dham’s life hell chokes every time he does something. 😌

gyac, I was referring only to the bottom of the 12th in yesterday's game. Regardless of the other games, the Brewers were three outs from the championship and blew it.

If we want to talk about other games, then I agree that TB could have, and perhaps should have, won either G1 or G2. If the Rays had won G4 as they did, to tie the series 2-2 rather than being down 3-1, then it would instantly down as one of the biggest, WS-swinging comebacks ever. And it still might! We'll see.

Fair enough, that was a hastily written post while I was barely awake. Gpwm

they're gonna need Miz to go 6 tonight. feel like he can do it, just can't be throwing wild and ratcheting up his pitch count like he did vs SD and LA. not really sure what TB is planning to do tonight. surely they can't throw Rasmussen out there..?

I was in Toronto for Marshall Crenshaw last night, but was able to catch the game on the radio from the 11th on. Conflicting impulses: 1) I kind of wanted the game to keep going for the duration of the two-hour drive home; 2) I mostly wanted the Brewers to win and not let Tampa Bay back into the series. I have this weird way of looking at a 3-1 series as almost tied: the Rays are one win away from maybe winning the game that forces a G7; 3) there was a small part of me, because I've missed almost the entire series, that wanted the Rays to keep things going so I can actually watch some of this. Which is what happened--I'm pretty clear to watch whatever's left now. Still really want the Brewers to win, and I think they will: Mis (tonight and, if it comes to that, maybe available for a couple of innings in a G7), home-field advantage, and, uh, the baseball Gods. Because they never allow an unjust result to happen--well, hold on a minute there.

if you're a Wisconsin sports fan you are used to things slipping away in the playoffs right when you think you have them. the amount of soul-crushing playoff losses we've endured, especially with the Brewers...its hard not to feel the dooming right now. my nerves have been wracked from this entire playoff run, outside of Monday there hasn't been a single easy one...but it's also been awesome, since they've won almost all of them. not sure if I can take this going into the weekend!!!!

everyone calling out Drohan right now, idk....I think it's more on Ortiz for the bad throw and Bauers for not picking it. the very next batter shot one up the middle which would've just been a routine grounder if they weren't at double play depth. so instead of no one on and 2 outs it's runners at the corners, no outs. that's a really tough situation for a rookie pitcher, in a title-clinching game no less...wouldn't really expect him to be sharp there. if Ortiz makes a good throw I think they win it. oh well.

3 outs away from a world series, they should have thrown miz imo

i rest peacefully at night knowing i have never defended a team that batted jonny deluca clean up in an ALCS

― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, October 27, 2026 1:03 PM (yesterday)

jonny deluca, who hit the game tying rbi that saved tampa bay's season? that jonny deluca? :)

i figure the brewers calculus is that they have too much pitching for tampa bay and tampa bay's soft white underbelly of a bullpen will continue to be exposed. also burning nick martinez probably figured into it, the rays now have no good options for game 5

not sure if you can just warm up Miz for emergency relief like that, he's never done it in his career before, but yeah I was thinking the same as soon as Coop hit the HR. go for the kill!!

3 outs away from a world series, they should have thrown miz imo

I disagree, I like the confidence by Murphy that even if G4 gets away, a sweep would have been nice but it's not necessary, they have the tools to take 1 of the last 3.

miz has looked somewhat shaky as a starter, i predict he's gonna get lit up tonight, rays are gonna stitch together a win from their bullpen, rasmussen's gonna be lights out in game 6 and this series is going 7 yeah baby!

up 3-1 with the best pitcher in baseball going in game 5 is a good place to be

not really sure what Tampa Bay's plan is tonight given they used Martinez last night....is he going to be good to go tonight for a few innings? surely they won't throw Rasmussen with his bad elbow out there? what other options do they have?

as crushing as last night was, what I wanted coming into TB is to win at least one and to burn through their pen as much as possible. their pen had to pitch 13 innings in the last 2 games including burning the next game's starter. So I guess if you'd told me where we'd be a couple days ago I'd be feeling pretty good.

There were choices other than Miz to get three outs - Gasser, Henderson, Woodruff?

Henderson and Gasser pitched games 2 and 3. Woody might've been a decent option, but who knows how good he actually feels. Personally I would've just left Senzatela in. I believe in Drohan but he's pitched only one inning in the last month and he wasn't exactly sharp. Again...if Bauers makes the pick I think it's a different story

Mis last night crossed my mind, but only for a few seconds. Put him in and it doesn't work out, then you really might have a problem. Six innings tonight, and then maybe availability for a G7 is much smarter.

I guess my thought is it’s only one inning. Gasser and Henderson probably did throwing yesterday.

Maybe it wasn’t in the cards for any of them, though, and they’ve obviously got a lot of opportunity still to finish it off. In a way, it’s cool to get someone like Drohan involved given he’s part of the team and if he’d finished it off, it would have been incredible.

jonny deluca, who hit the game tying rbi that saved tampa bay's season? that jonny deluca? :)

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his ninth hit in 46 ABs this postsesaon, they should have stopped the game and taken first base off the field for him

ya I mean it wasn't inevitable that Drohan was going to blow it. he got ground balls. his pitching after the first 2 reached wasn't great but all our relievers got away with meatballs here and there. people also talking about how our 1-5 let the team down but all of them save for Contreras was hitting the ball hard all night. Rays made some crazy plays in the outfield. also I think two of those balls would've been HRs in Milwaukee. that's baseball!!

Milwaukee is too good to lose this imo, they're not facing the 2004 BoSox.

it would fun to take it back to WI and have them sweat a little bit though

The real winner? Dr Neal ElAttrache

Rasmussen starting for TB.

yolo

they don't really have another option but Milwaukee has got to be one of the worst teams to do this against, they're taking so many pitches and I don't think any starters have gone deep against them these playoffs. closest was Snell I think.

Yep, Snell six innings. Michael King, Tarik Skubal, and Nick Martinez each went five.

I just got the full extent of the reference to the 2004 Sox--not just 3-0, but began with a 12-inning walkoff.