A large group of Brewers fans gathered in a parking lot outside Tropicana Field more than four hours before the first pitch of Game 4 of the World Series, sipping on Wisconsin beers and preparing for a potentially historic night.
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group → gather → night
The Brewers needed one more win to celebrate the first World Series title in franchise history.
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Brewers → need → history
“We’re ready to party,” a man wearing a pinstriped, white William Contreras No. 24 jersey said.
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man → ’re → jersey
Of the 43 previous major league teams to fall behind 3-0 in any best-of-seven postseason series, only the 2004 Boston Red Sox rallied to win four straight games when they beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
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they → fall → Series
Brewers fans have been waiting for this moment since 1970 — the franchise began as the Seattle Pilots in 1969 and moved to Milwaukee a year later.
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franchise → wait → Milwaukee
Thousands of fans made the trip from Wisconsin to Florida and sat among the cowbell-ringing Rays crowd on Monday night.
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Thousands → make → night
Most were sitting behind the visitors’ dugout and along the third-base line, and they had plenty to cheer in a 10-1 victory.
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they → sit → victory
“The atmosphere here with the amount of Brewers fans, you can feel it, and it started in batting practice yesterday,” Milwaukee’s Garrett Mitchell said Tuesday.
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Mitchell → feel → practice
“Just like when we were stretching, you could hear it.
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you → stretch → it
It was lots of ‘Let’s go Brewers’ chants.
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’s → let → chants
Even more Brewers fans were expected for Game 4 because their team is on the verge of a championship, and the Rays need to defy historical trends just to shift the series back to Milwaukee.
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Rays → expect → Milwaukee
There have been 25 teams that took a 3-0 lead in the World Series.
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that → take → Series
Of those, 21 finished the sweep in Game 4, and the remaining four won the series in Game 5.
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four → finish → Game
The cheapest ticket available for Game 4 was $900, according to ticket marketplace TickPick.
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ticket → accord → TickPick
A total of 41.3% of all purchases for Game 4 have come from Wisconsin, compared to 30.5% from Florida and 3.4% from Illinois, according to TickPick.
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total → come → TickPick
A fan wearing a powder blue, No. 19 Robin Yount jersey held a broomstick in the parking lot, anticipating a sweep.
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fan → wear → sweep
Once the gates opened, there was a loud “Let’s go Brewers” chant when players began stretching in left field.
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players → open → field
As the stadium began to fill about an hour before the first pitch, it appeared there were more Brewers fans than Rays fans in the stands.
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it → begin → stands
They filled the area behind Milwaukee’s dugout and screamed when the players walked back to the clubhouse.
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players → fill → clubhouse
“It was awesome,” Brewers captain Christian Yelich said after Game 3.
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Yelich → say → 3
I said it a bunch, but they brought it this year in Milwaukee and on the road.
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they → say → road
We understand how much this team and our performance affects people’s happiness in Milwaukee and how many memories have been made over the years watching Brewer baseball, watching us play, whether that’s among family, the friends, parents, grandparents, whatever it may be.
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it → understand → family
So, I know this team doesn’t take that lightly and I understand that our team means a lot to people and it’s a big reason why we press so hard about that.”
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we → know → that
Milwaukee’s only previous trip to the World Series in 1982 ended in heartbreak when the Brewers blew a 3-1 lead in the sixth inning of Game 7 and lost 6-3 to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Pat Murphy’s team is trying to finish what Harvey Kuenn’s star-studded crew couldn’t accomplish.
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crew → end → what
Harvey’s Wallbangers had five Hall of Famers: Yount, Paul Molitor, Ted Simmons, Don Sutton and Rollie Fingers.
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Wallbangers → have → Famers
But Fingers missed the postseason with a forearm injury.
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Fingers → miss → injury
They also had Hall of Famer Bob Uecker in the broadcast booth.
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They → have → booth
“I think it’s just about the Brewers, it’s about the city of Milwaukee, it’s about the state of Wisconsin all coming together,” Murphy said.
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Murphy → think → Wisconsin
“We all play a role.
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We → play → role
It’s wonderful to all be together.
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It → ’ → ?
Hopefully we continue to play well enough to win.”
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we → continue → ?
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