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- Christian Yelich celebrated Milwaukee’s 4-1 Game 5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays—the Brewers’ first World Series title—by telling Bob Uecker, “We did it,” and adding, “This one’s still for Bob.”
- Bob Uecker died in January 2025 at age 90; he had called games through the 2023 and 2024 seasons while battling small cell lung cancer and shared the diagnosis only with a select group, including Yelich. His final broadcast was Game 5 of the 2022 NL Wild Card Series, a loss to the Mets, after which he consoled players in the locker room.
- Robin Yount congratulated Yelich on the field after he became Milwaukee’s first captain in franchise history, praising him for helping the Brewers finally win a title; Yount was the 1982 MVP when they made their only previous World Series appearance.
- Brandon Woodruff and Yelich are the only Brewers players to have remained with the team since its run of eight playoff berths in nine seasons began in 2018, sharing the franchise’s sustained success and repeated postseason heartbreaks.
- Christian Yelich rebounded from regular-season career lows of .315 OBP and .692 OPS to drive in two runs in the NLCS-clinching Game 2 against the Dodgers, hit an RBI triple in a 3-2 World Series Game 1 win, go 2-for-3 with a walk and RBI in a 10-1 Game 3 rout, and score in the 4-1 clincher.
- Pat Murphy said Yelich “kept speaking it into existence” by repeatedly telling teammates the Brewers would win the World Series, even when they doubted whether they could achieve it.
Why it matters: For Yelich, Milwaukee’s first championship completes an arc from his 2018 NL MVP season through a kneecap fracture, injuries and the 2022 wild-card heartbreak; his .315 OBP and .692 OPS season gave way to decisive postseason production. The title also crowns the franchise’s first captain as the face of a team that last reached the World Series in 1982.
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