Polzin: From heartbreak to glory, Brewers finally reach baseball's summit

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The biggest star on the Milwaukee Brewers 1982 World Series team stood in the outfield at Tropicana Field on Wednesday night, a party going on around him. Robin Yount wasn t crying — at least not at that moment — but a lot of people around him were. These were tears of joy running down their faces, some of which had a shocked expression plastered on them. For everyone clinging to hope that a proud organization would ever reach this nirvana, well, it finally had. The 2026 Milwaukee Brewers finally were World Series champions after a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5. It had been a long wait since Yount and Co. came so close 44 years ago, losing in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals. There have been plenty of happy times in those 4½ decades, and plenty of hard knocks on the door in recent years, but there had been some miserable seasons to sit through as well. It s been a long time of wondering if it would ever happen, Yount s