Someplace in heaven, Bob Uecker opens a chilly Miller Lite.
The now-deceased Uecker, extra well-known for his beer commercials than his modest profession as an MLB catcher, was the radio announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers till 2024. And tonight, because the crew received its first-ever World Collection, his 54 years within the sales space weren’t forgotten.
In his postgame locker room speech tonight, Brewers supervisor Pat Murphy continued his technique of delivering Uecker’s “messages” to the crew from past.
Right here is the message, by Athletics:
“So, Ueck texted me in the present day. He mentioned, ‘Pay attention, I helped you towards the Padres. And I performed a bit bit with the Dodgers. And then you definitely got here right here, and also you had been alone, as a result of we had a doubleheader they usually really let me catch the final three innings of the sport. However you probably did it for town, you probably did it for the state, and try to be awfully proud to know that you are the first ever Milwaukee Brewers crew to be world champions.’
Not that the Brewers wanted assist. They had been clearly the perfect crew in Main League Baseball all season. That they had the higher report and cruised by way of the postseason, sweeping the two-time defending champion LA Dodgers to win the NLCS and defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in a gentleman’s sweep, 4 video games to at least one, within the World Collection. It is fairly an achievement for the crew from the league’s smallest market, particularly since, in its 57 years of existence, the membership had by no means received the final recreation of the season.
After successful every of the primary two video games of this yr’s World Collection by one run, the Brewers destroyed the Rays 10-0 in Recreation 3. Tampa Bay regained some dignity final evening with a 4-3 victory earlier than being dominated once more tonight.
Milwaukee led from the second inning. They took a 4–0 lead within the sixth when Brewers catcher William Contreras (later named Collection MVP) drove in Christian Yelich to attain the crew’s closing run. Tampa Bay had some comfort within the backside of the ninth when Chandler Simpson doubled to deep proper discipline and introduced in Liam Hicks to attain. However it was Milwaukee’s evening – and yr.