After 86 years of waiting, Red Sox fans know what this moment means. A new song celebrates Milwaukee's championship, Bob Uecker, and the generations who never stopped believing.
From Boston to Milwaukee: A World Series Song for the Brew Crew
GET UP! GET UP! GET OUTTA HERE! GONE!!!
Congratulations, Milwaukee Brewers! World Series Champions!
On October 28, 2026, the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 4–1, to win the World Series in five games. Their first championship in franchise history, after 57 seasons in Milwaukee.
And wouldn't you know it? They didn't even need Game Seven.
As a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan, I know something about waiting.
Eighty-six years, to be exact.
From 1918 to 2004, generations of Red Sox fans lived and died without seeing another World Series championship. Every spring brought renewed hope. Every October brought the possibility that maybe, just maybe, this would finally be our year.
Then came 2004.
I remember what that victory meant. The disbelief. The sheer joy. The realization that something we'd spent our entire lives waiting for had actually happened.
And then Boston did something remarkable. We won three more championships, in 2007, 2013, and 2018.
So Milwaukee, hold on to that magic. You never know where it might take you.
The People Who Aren't Here to Celebrate
A championship belongs to the players on the field, but it also belongs to the people who carried that team through decades of summers.
The fathers who taught their children to love baseball. The grandparents who listened to games on the radio. The friends who watched season after season together, arguing over the lineup, celebrating the victories, and promising one another that next year would be different.
Some of those people aren't here anymore.
Somewhere in Wisconsin, somebody is looking at an empty chair tonight, wishing like hell Dad were sitting there.
And somewhere else, a little kid is swinging at a baseball sitting on a tee, already imagining he's playing Game Seven of the World Series.
He hasn't learned which way to run the bases yet. In his imagination, he's already sliding into home with the winning run.
That's the wonderful thing about being a little kid. Nobody has convinced you that your dreams are impossible.
Six Words That Became a Song
When Brewers pitcher Trevor Megill recorded the final out of the World Series, he had just lived a moment millions of little kids imagine in their backyards.
Afterward, he said something that stayed with me:
“Ten-year-old me would be so proud.”
I immediately thought about my five-year-old grandson, who plays entire baseball games in his imagination. We've even written a song about it, Playing Little League in My Head.
And I thought about the grown men and women celebrating across Wisconsin, remembering the children they once were and the people who taught them to love the game.
Those six words became the inspiration for my new song, My Ten-Year-Old Self Would Be So Proud.
It's a song for Trevor, the Brew Crew, the generations who waited, and the children who are only beginning to dream.
Listen: My Ten-Year-Old Self Would Be So Proud
Lyrics by Joyce Strong | Firelight Records
Listen to the full song above, and read the complete lyrics on Joyce Strong Substack
And Then There's Bob Uecker
There may never have been a baseball broadcaster quite like Bob Uecker.
A lifetime .200 hitter who built an extraordinary career laughing about his own shortcomings as a player, Uecker became one of the most beloved voices in baseball.
For 54 seasons, he called Milwaukee Brewers games.
He made the losses bearable, the victories unforgettable, and the long summers feel like time spent with an old friend.
He was funny, irreverent, loyal, and unmistakably himself.
You didn't need to know his batting average to understand why Milwaukee loved him.
And when Ueck died in January 2025, the Brewers lost the voice that had accompanied generations of fans through nearly every chapter of their history.
He missed the championship he'd waited so long to call.
And isn't that just the kind of cosmic joke Uecker himself would have found a way to make funny?
Maybe that's what it took, old friend.
Taking one for the team again.
From Fenway Park to Milwaukee
There's a bond between baseball cities that have waited generations for their moment.
In Boston, Fenway Park has witnessed more than a century of baseball history. The victories matter, but so do the relationships, rituals, memories, and traditions that grow around the game.
The same is true in Milwaukee.
It's never just about nine innings.
It's about the people who brought you to your first game, the voices you grew up listening to, and the memories that come rushing back when the final out is recorded.
And now there's a new generation of Milwaukee children who will grow up knowing their Brewers are World Series champions.
I wonder how many of them will someday remember October 28, 2026, the way Red Sox fans remember 2004.
Hey, Brew Crew — How 'Bout a Couple, Two, Tree More?
Congratulations to Trevor Megill, the entire Milwaukee Brewers organization, and every fan who kept believing.
This championship belongs to the families celebrating together and to the memories of the people who couldn't be there.
And Bob Uecker?
Somewhere, I can almost hear him laughing.
Keep that Milwaukee magic alive.
Because Ueck is still calling it ...
Juuuuust a little outside!
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Some victories belong to a team. Others belong to generations.