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

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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.

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

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.