Article: What If The Brewers Never Win A World Series?

[Sean Franken]

You read that right. Let me be perfectly clear, I’m not here to bring you down. It’s quite the opposite, actually. I’m here to tell you it may not be so bad.

The Brewers are on a streak of sustained success unlike any other time in my life. They nearly reached the World Series in 2018 and have made the playoffs every year since. Can they get to a World Series? Can they win it? Will it happen in our lifetime? I’m here to say even if it doesn’t happen, things are going to be okay. 

It’s time for me to tell you a little story, one that involves another sports team in the State of WI. Perhaps you’ve heard of them, the Green Bay Packers. My Packers fandom started in the 1980s and to be polite during the majority of that decade they were not very good. In 1986, the Packers, an NFL team, had a starting backfield that included Randy Wright and Paul Ott Carruth. I just assumed they’d never make it back to a Super Bowl in my lifetime, much less win one. And then they did.

I was in college when the Packers did what, at one time, I thought to be unthinkable. They beat the Patriots to win the Super Bowl. It was a great day. I ate Gilbert Brown burgers and drank beer with my buddies. We went out to a local tavern (RIP Ella’s In Point) to celebrate.

Then something strange happened: my life didn’t really change. I went to class the next day (Ok, maybe not the next day. I may have had a slight headache). Life went on.

Back to the Brewers. Of course, we, as fans, want them to eventually win the World Series. My first memories were the teams from the early 80s and I almost got that World Series victory out of the way early. Alas, it didn’t happen, but life went on. I thought the 1987 team would go 162-0 and Bill Schroeder would catch ten no-hitters on the way to a World Series victory. Alas, it didn’t happen, but life went on. All of the competitive Brewers teams have come up short and guess what? Life went on.

Fans cheer for teams in good times and bad. Sports make a great distraction from what’s going on in every day life, especially baseball, as during the summer months it’s always there. Fans want their teams to win a championship. In my personal experience, having a team win a championship was exciting but it didn’t change my life.

More often than not, our teams don’t end up winning the big one and life goes on. There’s always next season and hope springs eternal. While sports are great, it’s just a game. I don’t take the outcome of a game too seriously. Do I want the Brewers to win a World Series? Of course, but whether they do or they don’t, life goes on.

If the Brewers never win the World Series, take the advice of the great Bob Marley, whose words ring through Am Fam field after a Brewers loss: “Don’t worry ‘bout a thing. Cause every little thing gonna be alright.”
 

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