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-: I tell my students this story,

'cause it's a great story.

We're playing Baltimore, sold out, Friday night game.

And I'm sitting in my office, my phone rings,

it's Harry, who was down the clubhouse with Harvey,

and Dr. Jacobs, Paul Jacobs, our doctor.

He said, "Your kid," they referred to Yount

as my kid all the time, "Is acting up."

You better get down here."

So, I walk into the manager's office.

Dr. Jacobs says,

"Your kid has a bad shoulder and a bad knee.

They're both swollen."

"Really?

Well, I'm shocked."

And Harvey honestly looked like he was gonna cry.

I get up and walk out, and there's Rob sitting over there

with Molitor and Simmons.

Rob's in his uniform.

I said to him, "I'll see you when you get back,

from the hospital."

He says, "Hospital?"

He said, "I'm not going.

We gotta play tonight. We're playing Baltimore."

He says, "Boss, I'm a ball player.

That's what I'm here for."

And when he said that, I said to him,

"Go ahead and play. I'll take the responsibility."

Rob never missed an inning the whole rest of the way.

Through the playoffs, through the World Series.

It's a wonderful line.

"That's what I'm here for. I'm a ball player.

And that'll tell you a lot about the '82 Brewers.

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-: Everybody loves their hometown team,

but there is something different in Milwaukee.

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-: You know, Don Sutton said it best.

He said, "Every player should have the privilege

of playing in Milwaukee."

And he was right.

-: Milwaukee is the best kept secret in the world.

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-: It's a blue collar town,

and we were a blue collar ball club.

-: Every single guy had his own way of being different.

There was not a normal person on the roster.

-: Everybody thought that we were this band of crazy guys.

Party all night, and then go out and just bash 'em to death.

-: My goal in Milwaukee was to drink in every bar

before my career was over.

You know? They had 2,000 and something bars, you know?

-: That '82 season...

It was chaotic, man. It was fun.

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-: We had flavor, man.

And it ran up and down the roster.

Speaker: We had a bunch of characters in the clubhouse.

-: They were all good guys.

That was the closest knit team I had been on.

-: And the best part about it is we had no one

who thought they were better than anybody else.

It's all for one, one for all.

-: You win as a team, and you lose as a team.

♪ So young, insane ♪

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Reporter: Milwaukee is a city known for beer,

blue collars, and a Braves baseball championship

back in 1957.

Commentator: And the Milwaukee Braves

are the new world champions!

-: I was the first native Milwaukeean to play for the Braves.

I was also the first native Milwaukeean

to be sent to the minor leagues by the Braves,

so that was always big for me.

(Bob chuckles)

-: I'm from a small town, about an hour north of Milwaukee.

I was always a National League fan

because of the Braves being in Milwaukee.

So when they left, you know, it really broke my heart.

-: Gonna open in Atlanta on the 14th of April,

I believe the date is next year, and that's it.

-: The Braves owners handled this entire matter

in a very disgraceful manner.

The only way that baseball can rectify the situation

is to return baseball to Milwaukee,

where it once gave baseball a tremendous shot in the arm.

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-: This is Milwaukee County Stadium.

And since 1965, more birds have been here than people.

That's not the case anymore,

because Milwaukee now has a baseball team.

-: Mr. Selig put the work to get a baseball team here

after the Braves left.

Reporter: Seattle Pilots now, of course,

the Milwaukee Brewers.

-: Mr. Selig brought the team back from Seattle,

and I mean, it was like a new start.

-: We came in 1970, and there was a lot of bitterness

over what the Braves had done,

and I sort of miscalculated that a little bit.

-: I think there's a lot of hard feelings in Milwaukee

of moving the team out,

so I think it'll be quite a while before

they'll get back up to the standards of the Braves.

-: Do you think you will come out to a game or two?

-: I doubt it.

-: I was here from the start.

-: When the Milwaukee Brewers take the field on opening day,

this is the uniform they'll be wearing.

-: And back in those days,

Brewers were in the American League at that time.

-: If the American League is coming here,

I'm looking forward to it.

I like baseball.

-: I think it's great for Milwaukee.

-: We got off to a rocky start.

-: Early on when I started, we were not very good.

-: Does Milwaukee deserve Major League Baseball team,

or are they really bush league?

-: In the early '70s, the Milwaukee Brewers,

realistically had no chance to compete

for pennants or championships,

and so I guess they felt like they could throw

a 18-year-old shortstop out there and see what happens.

I was not Major League ready,

but I was Milwaukee Brewer ready.

-: For seven or eight years,

we had not yet been a .500 team,

and I began to hear that a lot.

We clearly and certainly need help.

I really don't need anybody to remind me of that.

-: The club just wasn't a very, very good club

and competitive at the time,

but we started to learn how to do it..

-: And all of a sudden, '78 kind of clicked for everybody.

I think that would've been Paul Molitor's rookie year.

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-: Robin, who was only about a year older than me,

had already played in the big leagues for four years,

but they were four really tough years,

and I think everyone felt that we were headed

in the right direction as far as some of the talent

that had been assembled.

-: We had a group of guys I think that wanted to win,

wanted to turn losing around into winning.

-: When a World Series flag is waving in left center field

on the flag pole,

then all the heartache and all the travail

and all the things that one goes through

will be well worth it.

-: Programs!

Programs here!

-: Fans were 100% percent behind us.

Probably the best fans you ever wanna play in front of,

is Milwaukee, Wisconsin fans.

They're awesome.

-: It's a loyal fan base, is what it is.

-: You drive into the ballpark on a Saturday morning,

and there's 15,000 people in the parking lot.

-: I liken it to a small town.

Everybody knows everybody.

-: People come out to the ballpark

a couple of hours before the game, they set up barbecues,

and the tailgate party begins.

-: I don't think there's a better park

or parking area in baseball

than we have here for tailgating.

It's huge.

-: To party!

Why does anybody come out to a baseball game, right?

Drink, party, oh, and see baseball.

-: Once the weather got decent,

and even when it wasn't decent,

they were out there tailgating.

Reporter: You folks are allowed to drink beer out here?

-: In Milwaukee?

They invented beer!

All: Let's play ball!

-: There's a beer bust in Milwaukee, and it's no party.

Milwaukee has been famous for beer

since long before the Civil War,

and now the most famous of its old breweries

is shutting down.

-: This is where they used to brew Schlitz beer.

We say "used to" because after the Joseph Schlitz

brewery was absorbed by Stroh's back in June,

thousands of jobs were lost here.

This place, literally shut down.

-: It's tough for the town, there's no doubt about that.

Reporter: And talk about adding insult to injury,

the biggest sign in downtown Milwaukee now advertises a beer

made in a foreign land called St. Louis.

Reporter: 1,200 people have lost

their jobs at Harnischfeger.

Allis-Chalmers, 3,200 jobs gone in the last three years.

Triple that in the last five years.

These names may not mean much to you,

but in Milwaukee they are as big as GM, Ford and Chrysler.

-: '81-82, there was a recession going on,

and the people were really hurting in Milwaukee.

Baseball players, I think we get in our own little bubble,

but we could really feel it.

We knew that the people were hurting.

We were trying to give them something

that they could hang on to,

and for the two or three hours of the game,

they can get their mind off of their problems.

Just watch us play.

-: It gets people closer together, Black, white, you know,

nobody look at what color they are and things like that.

We all come together and cheer for our team,

and we're going to keep cheering, you know?

And I just hope we can stick together,

and things get better, like I say, you know?

-: After we went through what we did in '81...

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Announcer: The arm is back, here he comes, one, two!

Swing and a miss!

Goodbye, Detroit! Hello, New York!

And Milwaukee will face New York

for the American League Eastern Division Championship.

-: This was our first taste of playoff baseball.

It was a five game playoff,

and we took the Yankees to the fifth game in Yankee Stadium.

Commentator: We're getting set for game number five

between the Milwaukee Brewers and the New York Yankees.

-: It takes a little luck here or there to win short series,

and we were within a foot or so of the home run

that wasn't quite meant to be.

Commentator: Going toward the corner,

going toward the corner, to the wall...

Oh, oh!

Commentator: The New York Yankees have defeated

the Milwaukee Brewers by a score of 7 to 3.

-: Now we're going into '82 with expectations that,

hey, we got the horses.

-: We knew we had the talent to do it.

-: That group of guys collectively said,

"You know what?

We are a championship caliber baseball team,

and we can do this."

-: When we started spring training, we said,

"Oh, this is the year."

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Speaker: There's obvious talent on this club.

Reporter: The multi-talented Milwaukee Brewers

are finally fulfilling the promises

of the past few years.

-: You can go down the lineup,

and you could see the potential on this team.

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-: Robin's at short, Hall of Famer.

Molitor is at third, Hall of Famer.

Cooper's at first, Hall of Famer to me.

Rollie Fingers is a Hall of Famer.

Ted Simmons is a Hall of Famer.

And I'm playing on the same infield as these guys.

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-: Our goal was to win the World Series.

-: We know we can win.

It's just a matter of us getting off to a good start

and doing it.

-: Everyone was anticipating what was going to take place,

knowing that they were gonna win a World Series.

Presenter: April 6th, Opening Day.

Old Man Winter was shutting them out with snowballs.

Reporter: As you can see throughout the stadium here,

we've got snow and ice everywhere.

The conditions would've been so bad,

we just thought it would be better for everybody involved

to postpone it.

Presenter: With two postponed games behind them,

the Brewers flew to the warmer climbs of Toronto.

Bob: Hello again, everyone!

Bob Uecker along with Dwayne Mosely,

set to bring you tonight's contest.

-: In simple terms, I know we didn't get off

to as good a start as we were expected to.

Commentator: Here's the pitch.

Deep left, it's outta here!

Commentator: Runner going, swing and a miss,

the throw by Perry, he is out at second base!

Commentator: One-two pitch.

Ripped high.

Commentator: Swing and a miss,

and this ball game is over.

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Commentator: Hit hard, and Harrah is upward.

And they'll get two.

Commentator: Throw to third base,

they've got him a rundown.

Foote tags him out.

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Commentator: All Kansas City,

as they scuttled the Brewers, 17 to 3.

-: Winning, like losing, is contagious.

You start putting four game losing streaks,

and five losing streaks together.

You go, "Well, what's going on?"

Commentator: Struck him out!

Swing and a miss. Struck him out.

Got him with a breaking ball.

-: It was rough. It just wasn't clicking.

-: Just weren't finding ways to win games.

-: I was getting worried, because I knew how good we were.

Commentator: Hit for extra bases.

Oglivie has trouble playing the carom.

-: We were mediocre.

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-: Sometimes, you know, when you have expectations,

there's pressure on people as well.

Commentator: The White Sox kept the Brewers reeling

by a 13 to 2 count.

-: I think it was kind of a disgrace last night.

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Reporter: The Milwaukee Brewers seem to be going nowhere.

They're in sixth place, six games out.

-: Buck Rodgers wanted to establish

some kind of identity to that team.

-: The group of guys that we had,

they just kind of wanted to go out and play.

-: We kind of needed a free reign.

And Buck just was the opposite a little bit.

-: He was an old-schooler, and Buck had his way.

-: He really wanted to put a stamp on that team.

And I don't think that team needed Buck's stamp.

(crowd booing)

-: Ah...

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Commentator: And there's Gorman Thomas in the bench.

A little frustrated.

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-: If expectations are high,

and you don't meet those expectations right away,

now people start asking questions.

Reporter: The Brewers have lost

14 of their last 21 games,

and have played without any spirit.

Reporter: The Brewers are a game under .500,

seven games out of first place in the American League East.

-: Do better.

Do better.

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-: I didn't talk a whole lot to Buck,

and I think there was a little more tension in the clubhouse

with the lineup and the changes that he made.

-: Buck Rodgers was trying to tell me how to throw my slider.

I told him, "Hey, Skip, forget it, man.

I'm not going to listen to you."

-: A lot of the veterans were getting upset with him.

-: It's tough to fire 25 ball players,

and it's a lot easier to fire one manager,

as that's the way it's always been.

-: It doesn't mean Buck was bad, it's just time for a change.

-: Harry felt that a change at this time was needed.

We have a club that we feel is much better than it's played.

-: Once I made the decision that I felt

a change had to be made,

I didn't see any sense to wait.

-: The Milwaukee Brewers today fired manager Buck Rodgers,

replaced him on an interim basis with coach Harvey Kuenn.

Now it's up to Harvey Kuenn to try to turn things around.

Reporter: You think you can turn this thing around?

-: I certainly hope so.

I'm gonna give it my best.

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-: Harvey, you know, he'd been in the organization

since day one of my career,

and everybody knew who Harvey Kuenn was.

Pre-Milwaukee Brewer times,

Harvey Kuenn was a really, really good player.

Bob: Harvey was one of the best hitters

that I've ever seen.

Outstanding shortstop too, in his years with Detroit.

-: Harvey Kuenn won a batting title,

so he could obviously hit,

and he was a local guy, you know?

He's from Milwaukee himself.

-: He was the kind of guy, he's always dressed to the nines.

I mean, just a class guy.

Audrey, his wife, she was just unbelievable.

And they had Caesar's, a place over by the ballpark.

Reporter: The Kuenns home in Milwaukee is three rooms

in the back of this motel and bar.

Harvey married into the place nine years ago.

His wife, Audrey, runs it.

Mike: There's a couple of pool tables there.

They lived upstairs.

When you went over there, it was like being in their home.

It was like being with your whole family.

-: How many managers and their wives

invite their players into their home after games,

and cook you either a late dinner or an early breakfast?

-: Harvey was our hitting coach.

We all talked to him about hitting or whatever.

So, we've got a relationship already.

-: Harvey had a way about him.

He was more like dad.

-: If I had to have had a father,

he would've been a great one to have.

-: We all know and remember that due to his diabetes,

he had one of his legs amputated.

And he didn't wear a prosthesis, he wore a peg.

You know? A wood peg.

And so he was back in his office, in the clubhouse,

and we're all sitting down in front of our locker,

and all of a sudden we hear this.

(foot stomps) (soft drum music)

He's up, and he's coming into the clubhouse room,

and he's clomping his way, just like I'm doing now.

And he finally gets in the center of the room, and he stops.

And he turns to each and every one of us,

and he says, "Boys, I just have two things to say.

Number one, I hate meetings.

Number two, this meeting's over."

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And off he goes, peg legging his way

back to his office, man.

And we all looked at each other, and we said...

All right, man! (laughs)

He's got the most veteran team that ever existed

since the '27 Yankees, right?

And that's how he addressed it.

The best meeting speech from any manager

I ever heard in my entire life.

And that's what he said.

-: He says, "Hey, look.

You guys know how to play.

Just relax.

There's no pressure. Go play."

-: It was easy to hear something like that.

And that's from a player who was a good player.

-: He was the right guy at the right time.

And that's a fact.

-: And boom, here we go. Off and running.

Reporter: After a month long slump,

the Milwaukee Brewers were moving in a different direction.

(bats cracking)

Leading the way was new manager, Harvey Kuenn.

And from there...

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Brewer cup kept running over and over.

-: When Harvey came in, something happened.

-: Harvey was perfect for that club.

It was like a new lease on life.

-: I think the fellas have to go out and have some fun.

Reporter: On June 5th, Yount, Cooper and Oglivie,

hit consecutive home runs against Oakland,

and Harvey's Wallbangers were born.

♪ Let me go on ♪

-: Harvey taking over was what propelled us forward.

-: Once he stepped in, boom,

Reporter: Milwaukee, behind Ben Oglivie's

three homers and five RBIs

hands Detroit their seventh loss in a row.

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-: Everybody at once caught fire.

Reporter: Milwaukee won't stop.

Robin: There was something different about us.

Reporter: The Orioles beat by Milwaukee.

-: We all clicked.

Reporter: Under the watchful eye of Harvey Kuenn,

this team has been, in fact, banging down the walls.

-: All these guys can hit home runs.

Balls were flying all over the place.

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-: We start winning two outta three, three outta four,

and you just get on an incredible roll.

-: It became fun, because losing's not fun.

Commentator: Don't forget ace Pete Vuckovich,

who completed the sweep with Win number six on the road.

-: The more you win, the more fun you have,

the more fun you have, the more you win.

-: Wow, they're having a good time in there!

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Commentator: Double number 18 for Yount.

Reporter: Can they go all the way?

-: I think they can.

-: Since you took over, they've just been going nuts.

-: I put my name on the scorecard, and they do the rest.

Commentator: The mustachioed master,

Rollie Fingers, held off.

Milwaukee's ninth win in 10 games.

Reporter: They've won 19 and lost just 8

since Harvey Kuenn took over as manager.

Reporter: And in Milwaukee, the heavy hitting crew

run by easygoing Harvey Kuenn

swept the five game series with the Sox.

The Brewers lead the Red Sox by a game and a half.

Reporter: As of today,

the Brewers are tops in the major leagues.

Reporter: Gorman Thomas has been hitting shots

up and over everybody's fences.

He's the league leader, and teammates Ben Oglivie,

Cecil Cooper, and Robin Yount are not far behind.

♪ Let me go on ♪

♪ Like I blister in the sun ♪

♪ Let me go on ♪

♪ Big hands, I know you're the one ♪

(bats cracking)

(register cha-chings)

Reporter: Ben Oglivie, on a ferocious tear,

slammed his sixth home run in six games.

-: Benji was a philosopher.

"Benji, what are you eating today?"

"You know, steak!

Lions don't eat vegetables!"

-: The lions do not eat vegetables.

It was kind of a no-no.

(lion roars) (bat cracks)

Reporter: Simmons in the ninth

with another two out single.

The Brewers solidify their hold on first place.

-: Ted Simmons was one of the smartest guys

I've ever been around.

-: He was kind of like the general.

-: Robin was quoted having said,

"Ted Simmons taught us how to win."

-: What a winning team has to learn,

it's, you know, Three Musketeers here.

All for one, one for all.

Shoot, fire, rock.

Commentator: A two run homer from Molly,

and the 7 to 6 victory for the first place Brewers.

Cecil: It was just an incredible energy in the city.

Robin: The tailgates got bigger and bigger,

and you could feel the atmosphere growing.

(crowd cheers)

-: I remember looking in the stands,

and the stands would be stuffed with people.

-: The fans were excited, we were excited.

-: I couldn't wait to get to the ballpark.

-: Everyone's going crazy.

I mean, the fans are going nuts.

-: There's nothing better than a whole city cheering for you.

-: Old County Stadium was rocking.

(crowd cheers)

-: They were all just excited as we were.

-: The fans were fired up.

Oh, it was really fun.

-: You're in the wrong seat, buddy. Come on.

-: Oh. I must be in the front row.

♪ Let me go on ♪

♪ Like I blister in the sun ♪

♪ Let me go on ♪

♪ Big hands, I know you're the one ♪

Reporter: On June 2nd of this year,

the Milwaukee Brewers were struggling.

Now that same ball club is 20 games above .500,

and is showing the best offense in the major leagues.

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♪ Come see what's brewing ♪

♪ Come see what the good times are ♪

-: No one ever said their real name in the clubhouse.

Everybody had a nickname.

-: All right, I'll go from the start.

Cecil...

Speaker: We called him Coop.

Speaker: Coop.

Speaker: Coop.

(bat cracks)

-: I called him "Monseigneur No Fro".

Because he was kind of bald-ish, he had no fro.

Then you got Simba.

Speaker: Ted Simmons was Simba.

-: Like a cat, he was always alert,

and he could throw the baseball.

Commentator: In time!

(crowd cheers)

-: Then you got Robin, you know.

He was more the the clean-cut kid.

-: If I had a son, I would like to have him been Robin Yount.

Molitor: Peter Dennis Vuckovich.

Slaton: We just called him Vuke.

Yount: Vuke.

Gorman: Vuke.

(crowd chants)

-: You got Spike in centerfield. Gorman.

Rollie: Gorman was Spike.

Mike: Spike is the perfect name for Gorman Thomas.

The bulldog.

Looks like one, plays like one, acts like one.

-: Paulie was Paul Molitor.

Gorman: Upstairs, they call him "The Ignitor".

-: I never really liked "The Ignitor" for myself,

but Pete Vuckovich called me "Doc".

-: He asked me, "Why'd you call me Doc?"

I said, "Because doctors get paid to take care of business.

And you take care of business."

(bat cracks) (upbeat music)

Gorman: Then you got Moose.

Slaton: "Cato", because he was in martial arts.

-: Boom-schwip-wah!

(bat cracks)

-: Ben Oglivie, his nickname was "Spiderman".

-: He could have worn that Spiderman suit.

He had the body type for it,

and he backed it up with what he would do on the field.

Mike: I know Rollie was "Fat Waldo".

(Rollie laughs)

-: Kinda like Fat Albert, well, we called him Fat Waldo.

-: Yeah, I usually got on the clubhouse guy

if we didn't have donuts.

-: Well, obviously Pops, right?

Gorman: Pops we called him.

Slaton: And then it went to "Geeze".

-: It's still Geeze today, as a matter of fact.

Mike: Gumby got his name

because just different idiotic things that he would say.

Molitor: We call 'em Gumby-isms.

-: One day we're in Kansas City, look across the field.

George Brett is playing catch left-handed.

Well, anybody that knows George Brett

knows he hit left-handed,

but he was a right-handed fielder thrower.

Gumby says, "I didn't know that George was amphibious!"

And he's dead serious.

-: Charlie Moore?

Oh my god.

"Little Midget", you know. (laughs)

-: And then Caldwell...

There was too many of 'em.

Mike: He was the "Sea Pig".

Simmons used to call him "The Dark Cloud", I think.

John: Storm Damage.

Slaton: Garbage Disposal, Ball Bearing.

-: I affectionately to him as "Battery Acid".

(Simmons laughs)

(Mike laughs)

-: He deserved every one of them.

(Moose laughs)

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Gorman: One night we were in Boston,

and the place was called Daisy Buchanan's.

-: We closed the place down, and Uecker was with us.

-: No matter where it was, I was with 'em all the time.

-: It's about two, maybe three o'clock in the morning.

Uecker looks at his watch, he says, "We gotta get back,

I want everybody on the side street,

we're gonna walk back together."

And you had a partner.

I don't think anybody knew who their partner was either.

(Gorman chuckles)

-: And Uecker led the parade down the middle of town.

Ueck's in the front.

(whistles) Here we go.

He starts walking like the majorette, right?

-: Be hollering out, "Stay in your own groups!

Stay in your own groups!"

And just single file, right down the middle of the road,

back to the hotel.

-: And we would march home.

-: And all of a sudden, woo!

Out of the alley, here comes a cop on a horse.

"Who in the hell?

Hey, Bob, what's up!"

-: Are you Bob Uecker?

-: Yeah, how you doin'?

-: "Gee, I'm just going back to the hotel with the boys.

Wanna make sure they get there, you know, safely."

The cop says, "Got it better.

Follow behind me."

So now we got the cop going down the middle of the road.

-: It's a miracle we didn't all go to jail. (laughs)

(upbeat marching music)

(people clapping)

Bud: In August, Harry traded for Don Sutton.

-: I do think we've traded ourselves

into a stronger ball club than we had yesterday.

He's won 250 some games in the majors.

He knows how to pitch.

He keeps himself in top physical condition.

-: I hope that I can justify the faith

that Mr. Dalton's placed in me,

and hopefully I can fit in here and do a good job for him.

That's all I wanna do.

-: Don was a good guy to have on the team.

Every time I looked at him, it was like,

"Well, the Brewers really trying to win this damn thing,

so let's go get 'em."

-: Another one of those intelligent guys

that had a game plan.

Always had a game plan.

-: He had been there.

-: He'd been there before.

-: And he brought in tons of experience,

and we loved the trade.

-: How could you not like it, man?

Dino could pitch.

He could make the baseball do things that

they weren't meant to do.

-: Don Sutton had a big time curveball.

Man, he had a great curveball.

And he had Ted Simmons catching.

-: Sutton was on his way to the Hall of Fame, clearly.

He was approaching 300 wins while he was with us.

-: Well, he was a superstar.

-: This time of the year is what you work all year for.

It's what you work your whole career for.

Maybe since you start having the dreams as a kid

to play in the major leagues.

I think I'm at a stage in my career

where I don't have that many more years to play,

and I think to be able to go to a ball club

that is a pennant race,

one of my lifelong ambitions

is to be on a World Series winner.

-: He was definitely different.

You know, he wasn't the beer guzzling, you know,

sloppy looking player that most of our guys were.

Mike: I think Don came in,

and showed everybody what a real professional

ball player from a solid organization was like.

He came in dressed in a three-piece suit every day.

-: When it was his turn to pitch,

you knew that we were gonna have a chance.

(mellow drum music)

-: I was okay up until right around the 1st of September,

and we were playing Cleveland, and I had threw a pitch,

and kind of a burning sensation in my elbow.

And I didn't know what it was,

so I let up on my next two or three pitches that I threw

to see if it'd go away,

and the pain was just getting worse.

The next day, I had like a bruise mark

right below my elbow here, like I'd ruptured something.

-: We didn't realize that it was gonna be that bad.

We thought maybe it's just tired, sore, something like that.

-: Well, I mean, you're always down a little bit

when one of your key guys goes out like that.

But you're always hoping that he could come back.

-: The longer we went in September, the more reality set in.

-: I would just get up in the morning and I'd go like this,

and pull my arm forward,

and it was just like a knife stuck right in here.

And it just wouldn't go away.

-: So we knew, unless he had, you know,

a miraculous kind of recovery,

that he's just not gonna be there.

-: You can never replace a Rollie Fingers.

You know, he's one of the greatest relievers of all time.

-: That was tough.

(tense music)

-: Heading down the stretch, we were a confident team,

but when you're getting down to the last handful of games,

and you haven't clinched it yet, you can feel it.

I wouldn't say that we were lacking confidence

that it was gonna happen,

but everyone gets a little anxious to clinch.

And you know, Baltimore wasn't making it easy.

Reporter: If the Orioles sweep the Brewers

in their four game series this weekend,

they will win the American League East.

-: You know what this is right here?

-: A cord.

-: No, that is the wire that we are down to.

-: Then we come down to the last series against Baltimore.

We're three up with four to play.

All we had to do was win one game.

-: So we're figuring, "Oh, we can win one game outta four."

We hope.

-: You know, we knew it was gonna be difficult.

You know, we were on somewhat of a slide,

and I'm sure that gave them even more confidence.

-: It was a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, but four games.

Friday night was a double header.

I don't wanna sound arrogant about it,

but we knew we were a pretty good team.

I don't think anybody thought

they could beat us four straight.

(tense music)

-: That series in Baltimore.

It's for all the marbles, right?

And Baltimore was good.

They had a good club.

-: When we went to the ballpark,

the stadium was already filled up with people

during batting practice.

I mean, getting on us, yelling.

I mean, it was just electric.

-: Earl Weaver, the manager of the Orioles,

has announced his retirement at the end of the season.

So, you know, this is starting to get pretty dramatic,

you know, and "Oh, wouldn't this be a great way

for Earl to go out and watch..."

Well, we didn't think it would be that great a way

for Earl to go out.

(static hisses)

Reporter: Baltimore kept their hopes alive

by winning the first game, the final 8 to 3.

Baltimore now two games behind Milwaukee.

Reporter: Now to the second game.

Boom, that's Eddie Murray!

In the first, 2 to 0, Orioles.

Then in the second, Lenn Sakata, home run to left,

4 to 0, Orioles.

-: Vuckovich and I both got beat in a double header.

-: Yeah, I got my butt kicked.

-: Ah, big deal. We're still up a game.

We'll win tomorrow.

(standings board clicks)

(tense music)

-: Saturday, not much different than Friday.

Reporter: The birds of Baltimore routed the Brewers

as Milwaukee self-destructed.

This error by Paul Molitor helped Baltimore

tie the Brew Boys for first place.

-: I made a couple of errors, and it didn't feel good.

-: We went into Baltimore, all we had to do was win one game.

Boom, boom, boom.

We lose the first three.

What the hell happened?

(tense music continues)

(standings board clicks)

-: Went in there with a three game lead,

and blew a double header on Friday night,

and another game on Saturday,

and I was ready to jump off a bridge Saturday night.

-: It ain't looking good, after the first three games.

-: The guys come in after dropping that game,

and some guys are screaming.

-: When I got back to the hotel,

I had calls from friends and family.

"What are you guys doing?"

-: I think the problem was is that

we came out of our routine.

After the game, you know, ah, we have a beer.

So I said, "Boys, this ain't been working.

Let's go have a cold one."

-: We finished off a fifth of Jack Daniels.

(Charlie laughs)

-: We made it a little more difficult on ourselves

than we would've liked.

-: And everybody's saying, "Oh god, they're gonna blow it.

Oh god, they're gonna blow it.

Oh, geez."

Now, we're saying, "Well, Jesus Christ,

we're gonna blow it!"

Reporter: The Brewers, who have been flat lately,

will send Don Sutton out against Jim Palmer

for the American League East pennant tomorrow.

-: When we went into Baltimore win in one game,

I bet you the odds makers said it was pretty good.

Come Sunday...

I don't think the odds would've been good at all.

(soft music)

-: I had never spoken to the team as a team before.

And it was a very brief speech.

I just told 'em all I had lived with them, loved them,

grown up with 'em, wished them well,

and just do the best you can today.

I'm with you, no matter what.

-: The Sunday morning, everyone's out on the field.

Sutton comes in, I just look at him,

I said, "Hey, man...

Go get 'em."

And he looks back at me and he goes,

"I'm gonna pitch the game of my life out there."

(soft music fades)

(catchy theme music)

-: ABC Sports presents...

"Sunday Afternoon Baseball."

All the drama you could ask for!

And good afternoon, everybody. I'm Keith Jackson.

When the Milwaukee Brewers came to Baltimore

to play the final four games of the 1982 season,

they had only to win one to clinch the American League East.

They have not been able to do it.

-: There was just so much around that.

Brewers trying to, you know, win outright.

Earl Weaver announcing his retirement.

So, it was gonna be his last season,

whether it ended that Sunday or into the postseason.

-: That's a baseball storybook finish for some people.

Keith: And thus you have this afternoon,

quite a remarkable circumstance

with World Series or playoff flare.

It is a wall to wall sell out.

-: It's hard to imagine 162 games coming down to one game,

but we'll give it our best shot,

and have to deal with the results, whatever they may be.

-: We had to find a way to win, or we were going home.

-: I would say that what surprised me a lot was the broom.

You know, letting us know,

this was gonna be a sweep.

It's the last game.

-: Everybody had a broom sign,

and there was brooms in the stands, you know.

(crowd chants)

They figured they're gonna beat us.

-: They had a guy, what's his name?

The mascot, Wild Bill, or something.

And he's got brooms everywhere.

On the dugouts and, you know.

So, yeah, we definitely felt the broom thing going on.

-: And let me just say this,

and there's no need to build up the superb nature

of this pitching matchup either.

It speaks for itself.

Don Sutton, 257 career victories.

The opponent, Jim Palmer, 263 career victories.

Both pitchers clearly destined

for the Baseball Hall of Fame.

(intense music)

-: You know, this game is made for the ages, right?

You know?

Final game of the season,

Sutton versus Palmer for all the marbles.

(intense music continues)

-: Palmer versus Sutton. Think about that.

You're down to the last game of the year.

Speaker: Palmer and Sutton were identical,

both Hall of Fame pitchers.

-: As personalities, the two men do have a similarity.

They're about as cool as any pitcher could be

to meet this kind of crisis game.

-: Palmer and Sutton both had four pitches for strike,

and two strikes.

It didn't matter who you were,

you were now vulnerable to the strikeout.

(intense music)

Howard: This is a dynamite batting order.

Perhaps the most dangerous in either major league.

-: The emotion that Sunday was unbelievable.

Boy, you talk about pressure. That was pressure.

(intense music) (crowd cheers)

-: Palmer's always been, you know,

extremely difficult for me, I know.

I haven't had a lot of success, you know, against him.

Howard: And this crowd is going crazy,

as you can hear in the background!

-: That place was rocking.

I mean, that's the loudest I've ever played in.

Keith: Paul Molitor, the third baseman will lead it off,

and two of the most men in the Milwaukee lineup

are hitting one and two.

Molitor and Yount.

Keep 'em off base, you can control the Brewers.

(intense music) (crowd cheers)

-: We're facing a Hall of Fame pitcher.

A guy who I maybe had one hit out for my career.

Howard: Molitor, a notoriously first ball,

fastball hitter.

Keith: The first pitch is lifted to right, for Jim Dwyer.

He looks up into the high, bright sky,

and makes the catch for out number one.

-: You got your best guys out there,

and they got their best guys out there, right?

Now, Jim Palmer, Robin Yount.

Keith: Now the man that most people figure

the front runner for the MVP award in the American League,

Robin Yount, who has had a remarkable year,

Ted: Palmer was their guy, and Robin, our guy.

(tense music)

-: I hit a lot of balls to right field,

let's put it that way.

I swung late a lot.

Keith: The first two pitches to Yount, fastball,

the last two pitches have been breaking pitches.

(bat cracks)

Keith: In the air to right.

Dwyer, to the corner, to the wall...

Home run for Robin Yount, lifted to the off field!

And the Brewers break on top.

-: Palmer threw me a high fast ball out over the plate,

and I hit it hard, but back here,

but I hit it right in the right spot.

-: Robin got the homer right off.

Bang, right center.

We're up.

Bob: Gone for Robin! The Brewers lead one, nothing.

-: So that was...

That fell pretty good

(bat cracks) (uptempo rock music)

Keith: On the mound, Don Sutton,

and Sutton misses outside.

A dandy by...

Molitor's throw throws it away!

Gulliver turns and goes to second.

A shot to right! Base hit!

Here's the throw...

He's a dead duck!

Howard: Another sterling throwing effort

by the developing right fielder Charlie Moore.

Keith: Baltimore, wasting an opportunity.

Run comes to the plate and scores.

And we played two.

Milwaukee on top by a score of two to nothing,

as we go to the top of the third inning.

And Jim Palmer now, second time around

against the Milwaukee hitting order.

Palmer started Yount with a curveball,

two and one the count.

(bat cracks)

That ball is well hit!

Deep left field...

It's gone!

and Robin Yount has hit successive home runs off Jim Palmer,

and Milwaukee leads three to nothing.

Howard: Extraordinary power for a shortstop.

-: Robin hits two home runs in his first two at bats.

-: But this one I hit a little better.

This one I hit to left center,

and Palmer will probably say the wind was blowing out,

but that's okay.

I'll let him.

Let's face it, those were the two biggest hits

of my lifetime, under the circumstances.

So, it felt good.

But you know, there's still a lot of game left.

-: Robin gets us off to a great start.

-: And you give a picture like Sutton the early lead,

he's gonna try to shut 'em down.

Keith: Don Sutton at 37 years of age,

coming over to the Milwaukee Brewers from Houston,

and a lot of people were surprised

they could get Don Sutton.

(intense music)

Cooper to Sutton, and Bumbry is out.

(bat cracks)

A single, and he hits it deep to center field.

Gorman Thomas, going back, jumps!

Howard: What a play!

Keith: Makes the catch as he bangs into the wall.

Howard: Look at Gorman, sensing where the fence is,

would've gone in, in my opinion.

Look at that! Marvelous play.

(intense music)

-: Don, he pitched probably one of his

better games that year.

Keith: It's getting late for the Orioles.

Bottom of the seventh inning.

-: The score is 5 to 2.

He had a couple guys on base.

Bob: Sutton, trying to get out of it.

Two balls, two strikes, the pitch!

(bat cracks)

Behind third base, some foul ball room,

but the farther you went down towards the corner,

that little fence there was maybe three feet

off the foul line.

-: It's only like, oh hell, what's that? Two feet?

Bob: It's hit in the air to left field,

long run, Ben Oglivie, can he get there?

Yes! With a sliding catch, he's got it!

-: The ball was slicing down the left field line,

and Benji runs across,

and makes one of the best catches you could ever expect.

Bob: Oh, what a play by Ben Oglivie,

in the left field corner!

Ben: Instinctively, I went after that ball.

I think that's the only way I could have caught that ball.

-: That ball gets by Benji in that corner.

It would've cleared the bases for sure,

and possibly could have been an inside the park home run.

-: When he made that catch, saved us all.

-: He looked like he just put his web out,

and sucked it in.

-: He made it. Hence the Spiderman.

-: He came up with the play of his life

when we needed it the most.

Bob: A sliding grab to retire Nolan,

and the Orioles here in the eighth!

-: That kind of took some air out of their team.

Keith: And then Ted Simmons rips the home run,

his 23rd of the year, to make it a 10 to 2 ball game.

Milwaukee has blown it wide open.

Bud: When Simba hit the three run home run,

I knew then that we were gonna go to the playoffs.

Bob: And the two strike pitch

is hit in the air to left,

Ben Oglivie coming on, he's waiting, he's waiting,

he's caught it, and the Brewers win

the Eastern Division Championship,

and California, here they come!

Yes, sir! (upbeat rock music)

Trailing three games to nothing in this series,

and the Brewers have come back to win game four!

The final, Milwaukee 10, Baltimore 2,

and a very, very happy Brewer club.

-: All right, Brewers!

(person cheers)

-: You know, it's what we play for as athletes,

to get into that position and then pull it off.

-: They've bounced back before,

and I knew they'd bounce back again today.

-: Just shows that the Brewer house is made of stone.

I said it before.

And they huffed and they puffed,

and they just couldn't blow us down.

-: The clubhouse celebration, it was historic.

-: Sheer pandemonium.

(players cheering)

-: I don't know how the hell I ended up

with a bottle of damn mustard,

but I was spraying that on everybody's eyes.

-: They wouldn't let me not celebrate with them.

They threatened to come up in the booth,

and dump all the champagne and stuff on me up there.

I didn't wanna mess the booth up.

-: Things were flying through the air, you know?

It was crazy.

It was crazy.

-: I saw stuff in there, man...

(Ted laughs)

I hadn't seen before!

And I thought I'd seen everything.

-: I was so emotionally drained with the emotions

that I was going through...

That was so special.

-: One thing I do remember,

I poured a beer on our owner, Mr. Bud Selig.

I poured a beer over the top of his head,

and it was like, "Uh oh, maybe I shouldn't...

I just poured a beer on the owner's head."

-: It was okay.

At that point, he could do anything he wanted.

I didn't care, we had won.

-: (laughs) He was all in!

-: There are 475 other ball players

who'd love to be where I am.

I'm here with the best collection of talent

I've ever played with,

so I have a lot to be grateful for.

-: This one was just outstanding.

It's the greatest thing that ever happened to me

in my baseball career.

And there are a lot, a lot of things

that have been great for me,

but this is the ultimate,

-: That culmination, Sunday, in Baltimore,

that was a seventh game celebration, right there.

It was incredible.

(players cheering) (upbeat rock music)

-: After the game, I got the broom,

and I actually broke the broomstick in half.

(players cheering) (upbeat rock music)

And I really just got into it, because it was over.

You know? There's no sweep here.

Bob: Oh, what a play by Ben Oglivie!

(fans cheering)

(upbeat rock music)

♪ Get up and have some fun ♪

(cars honking)

-: At that time, it was the greatest celebration

the Brewers had ever had,

but we still have a long way to go at this point.

-: We didn't get to go back to Milwaukee.

We had to fly right in to Anaheim and start that series.

Bob: Brewers win the Eastern Division Championship,

and California, here they come!

Reporter: Eastern Division champs!

Reporter: This dream of dreams has no ending!

It continues Tuesday, the playoffs, in the City of Angels.

-: I know that anytime Reggie's got a presence in a playoff,

it makes it a little bit more exciting,

but we're looking forward to giving the Angels a battle.

-: Oh god, I remember leaving from Baltimore

to go to California.

We showered, we got on a plane, and we flew out there.

-: Obviously, we were extremely excited,

still celebrating from that game.

-: And all the way over, there was champagne.

(Gorman laughs)

And I had the air horn.

Oh, I drove people crazy.

(Gorman mocks air horn)

-: We were all excited and pumped and you know, no sleep.

And before you know it, you blink.

You know, you're gonna be on the field again.

Reporter: Baseball's division winners,

the St. Louis Cardinals, the Atlanta Braves

in the National League.

California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers in the American.

-: Well, they have an outstanding ball club.

They're an offensive minded ball club.

I mean, other than that, it's just cliches.

-: A short time from now,

the two most powerful teams in baseball

will bring the Big A to its feet.

Even the experts are expecting

a lot of fireworks in Anaheim.

-: The Milwaukee Brewers have named 17-game winner,

Mike Caldwell, to start game one tonight

in the American League Championship Playoffs.

The California Angels will counter with Tommy John.

-: Go Brewers, go!

We know you'll do it!

-: 6 to 3, Brewers.

-: Oh, they're gonna wall bang it today.

(upbeat music) (bats cracking)

-: There was one hurdle to get to the World Series,

and ours was the California Angels.

I don't think they had the personality that we had,

but they certainly had the core of veteran players.

-: They had a good pitching staff and good team all around.

You know, they had some great hitters on that team.

-: They had three or four former MVPs on their team.

-: Well, I think it was the first year

that they signed Reggie Jackson, if I'm not mistaken.

Mike: They had Bobby Grich, they had Rod Carew.

Cecil: Brian Downing, Doug DeCinces, Bob Boone.

-: Fred Lynn, Don Baylor.

They were loaded.

-: That's a pretty awesome lineup, you know?

And then you go on the mound,

and they had Tommy John, Bruce Kison, I believe.

So they kinda had a all-star kind of team.

-: They had more superstars than they needed.

-: You had your hands full.

I mean, they had a lot of talent over there, man.

But, well, I didn't think we'd play second fiddle to 'em.

-: They're not any better than us!

-: You know what I remember about that?

Angels were taking batting practice.

(bat cracks)

And I was standing behind the batting cage.

Reggie came up to me and he said,

"Ueck, your boys don't want it.

They don't want it bad enough.

That's why you ain't gonna win."

I said, "Really?"

He said, "That's what I'm telling you."

(catchy theme music)

-: And now, ABC Sports presents,

the 1982 American League Championship Series.

This is the first time the Milwaukee Brewers

have been in the American League Championship Series.

It's the second time for the California Angels.

It is a best of five series.

We'll play two games here at Anaheim,

then move back to Milwaukee.

DeCinces on third, right on the line.

Throws out Molitor.

Tommy John gets Milwaukee Brewers in order,

in the top of the first inning.

Flagged down by the pitcher.

Caldwell throws wildly at second base,

and Gantner can't hang on.

-: When we came out for the first game

against the Angels in Anaheim, we were flat.

Keith: Throws him out.

Pops it up, off his glove, into left field.

-: We didn't have that spark that the Brewers

were so used to playing with.

Keith: Shot up the middle, base hit.

Into left field, base hit!

Commentator: It's not exactly the greatest one-two pitch

you'd wanna make.

-: Between the game on Sunday, the celebration afterwards,

the cross-country trip, one day off,

it put a lot of stress on us.

Keith: Top of the 9th inning and two out,

and Gantner lifts a fly ball

to left field for Juan Beniquez, and the Angels win it,

as California beats Milwaukee, 8 to 3,

with Tommy John getting the win,

Mike Caldwell taking the loss,

and Don Baylor, the offensive star of the game.

-: We just come off such a high,

then all of a sudden, you know,

you're thrust right into a pressure packed game,

and I just don't think we were ready.

Keith: The one-two pitch from Kison to Cooper

Swings and misses.

On the outside corner looking.

Struck him out.

That's a swing. He's gone.

Here comes Reggie Jackson.

He hits that one high and deep, way back, it's gone!

(uptempo music)

Oh boy, look out.

It's a one-two pitch to Thomas,

sidearms him, and strikes him out.

Strikes out.

Boy...

Kison needs one out.

To Bobby Grich.

(uptempo music continues)

The California Angels have defeated the Milwaukee Brewers.

-: The Milwaukee Club has now lost six

out of their last seven games.

-: For the first two games in Anaheim against the Angels,

we were not the Milwaukee Brewers.

And we lost both games.

We just didn't show up.

-: It was pretty rough.

We lost the first two games, pretty rough.

-: We were flat.

And I never saw that team be flat, ever.

These were the biggest games of our lives.

And everybody wanted to win so bad,

and we were flat for the biggest games

that we had ever played in,

which makes no sense.

-: I don't know if there was a literal or physical hangover

to what happened in Baltimore, but...

Yeah, it was a blink of an eye.

From the celebration in Baltimore to being down 0-2,

just seemed like it happened so fast.

-: Well, the Brewers backed up to the wall

on Sunday and won it,

they're backed up to an even bigger wall

going into Friday's game.

-: Oh my god, we got this far, and we're gonna lose it here?

Come on. We gotta do better than this.

-: The California Angels,

they are now just one victory away from the World Series,

as the American League Championship Series

heads for Milwaukee.

-: Well, I'm a bit surprised.

I'm a little disappointed too.

You know, I really would never have guessed

that after two ball games,

we'd have only scored five runs.

-: Now you're heading back home to win a game,

first and foremost,

and then somehow see if we could roll it into three.

Which was tough.

-: So we're down 0-2, and we look bad,

and I'm sort of shocked.

Fly back to Milwaukee, I don't know what to expect.

-: The Milwaukee Brewers are in a very deep,

very dark hole right now.

No club, in fact, has ever come back

to win a five game League Championship

after losing the first two games.

-: Did it not look good? Of course not.

Nobody wants to have to win three straight to move on.

-: But if it's going to be a team

that can take care of business,

this is the one that can do it.

-: I can assure everyone, certainly the people in Milwaukee,

that when we get there, we're gonna be ready to play.

And we hope the fans will be there, you know,

to help carry us along,

and we win that first game Friday night,

we'll see what happens Saturday.

-: California had a very veteran ball club,

a lot of older guys.

Let's get 'em back into the cold weather in Milwaukee.

(Charlie laughs)

Crowd: We're number one! We're number one!

We're number one!

-: The city was all about it.

They were all in.

And the guys could feel it.

They fed off that.

Reporter: Was there a Brewers sign on your...

Oh, this one.

-: It goes together. It goes together.

Reporter: Oh!

-: You know, you're home.

And you got your people.

-: We all know that nobody makes noise like Milwaukee fans,

so I think like Harvey said last night,

that it's really gonna get the team fired up.

-: Now that we've got the the home fans behind us,

we're gonna pull those three games right off.

-: Since I think the Brewers have had

six game winning streaks before,

so I think they can just win three pretty easily.

-: I guarantee you, throughout the course of that season,

there were lots of times we won three games in a row.

Not under those same circumstances obviously,

but we had won three games in a row before.

So you go in with the attitude, "Well, why not us?"

Really.

Keith: The beautiful colors of autumn

through the city of Milwaukee,

and the parking lot filled to the brim,

and this stadium should be filled

to the brim this afternoon.

-: We took batting practice in the infield.

I mean, the whole stadium was full of people.

Even though we're behind 0 and 2,

they were there 100% to support us, and you know,

they were starving for a playoff game too.

-: Got back in front of our home crowd to give us a boost,

which we really needed.

(crowd cheers)

-: We would be with, you know, our crowd,

they'd pump us up, and we'd be okay.

And then here he is again,

our version of the big game pitcher.

That's why we traded for him.

Keith: The veteran right-hander, Don Sutton,

will be pitching the must game again

for the Milwaukee Brewers.

-: I tell you, these fans are incredible.

They'll cheer for anything.

The introduction of the players, the national anthem,

every time the beer man comes by.

(crowd cheers)

-: It was loud from the get go.

-: The fans were going crazy.

Keith: The Brewers take the field here at County Stadium,

and very, very shortly we will be underway.

-: Yeah!

Yeah, Brewers!

-: County Stadium was special, man.

I mean, and it was packed.

Sometimes I felt like the stadium was moving.

You know, it was just incredible.

You know, you get a charge from that.

(crowd cheers)

Bob: Sutton, from the stretch.

The pitch to Jackson.

(uptempo music)

Struck him out swinging!

Sutton threw a change-up and got Jackson!

The three-two pitch, a swing and a miss.

Left-handed batter, Reggie Jackson waiting.

Sutton rocks the two-two.

Strike three called, outside corner,

and Jackson knew it!

No argument for Mr. October.

Brewers could use a couple of runs.

The three-two, Yount goes, Coop drills to right,

it's a fair ball!

To the corner!

Yount may score around third!

Jackson's throw to Grich, he'll throw to home,

1-0 Milwaukee!

All set to go.

Cooper the lead at second...

Base hit center, lined by Simmons!

Cooper around third, is held by Harry Warner.

Runners at the corners, and nobody out!

(crowd cheers)

Zahn with the pitch,

Benji drills between Grich and Carew to right, a base hit!

Simmons around second, trying for third,

the throw by Jackson, he slides, he's safe!

The Brewer bats have come alive.

Monitor trying to get Marshall Edwards home.

Here's the two-two, drilled to deep left!

There it goes, gone!

A home run!

It's now 5 to nothing!

(crowd cheers) (upbeat music)

-: I was able to hit a homer,

and County Stadium was electric.

And I'm going, "Wow, this is crazy."

Bob: Two outs, here in the 9th!

They are one out away from playing tomorrow.

(crowd cheers) (upbeat music)

Two strikes, two outs, the two strike pitch.

A swing and a miss!

He strikes out Boone!

And the Brewers have taken their first victory

behind a brilliant performance by right-hander Pete Ladd.

(static hisses)

-: It's amazing how your attitude can change over one win.

You know?

Okay, we won a game, so we get another chance tomorrow.

-: Now the Saturday game, it's raining.

I'm driving to the ballpark, and we get there,

and Bowie Kuhn's here with Lee MacPhail,

president of the American League,

and the Commissioner of Baseball.

And there's a big debate whether we should play.

And I am all for not playing.

Don't ask me why.

I just maybe didn't want to go through this again that day.

And the debate goes on,

but Lee is the president of the American League,

and he says, "We're gonna play."

I'm unhappy.

-: I don't remember the sellout house.

You know it's not really conscious but, "Hey, this is cool."

You throw the first pitch, game on.

(uptempo guitar music)

Keith: Cooper. Cooper tags him, and he's out.

Bob: The Angels are finished in the first inning.

Keith: Two-two pitch, broken up.

Bob: Here comes Mark Brouhard,

playing in place of the injured Ben Oglivie.

Bro hits one back up the middle, into center, a base hit!

Simmons around third! He'll score!

Molly to third, sliding, the ball got by DeCinces!

Molly's gonna try to score!

The throw high from DeCinces!

Here comes Brouhard!

3-0, Brewers.

Gantner loops it in the air, a liner to left, a base hit!

Brouhard scores, Charlie Moore to third,

Gantner is on, 5-0 Milwaukee over the Angels!

Haas delivers, Jackson takes,

strike three called on the outside corner.

Reggie didn't like it.

Haas was right there, and he strikes him out.

The fans appreciate a strike out to Jackson

more than any other player in this league.

The pitch.

Bro hits to deep left!

It's got a chance, it's gonna go!

Yes, it's gone!

A home run for Brouhard!

And the Brewers lead now 9 to 5!

And the Brewers have come back to take two in a row!

(crowd cheers)

-: I can still remember leaving my box, walking down,

and there was Lee.

And the only thing Lee says is,

"Still don't wanna play today, huh?"

-: And then all of a sudden, hey, one game to go.

-: We gonna be number one!

All the way!

We're taking it tomorrow too!

Reporter: What's gonna happen tomorrow?

-: The Brewers are gonna send the Angels home.

(Reporters laughing)

-: Now it sets up Sunday, 3:05.

Crowd: Sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep!

-: This is their day.

They've had their back to the wall all year long,

they're gonna do it today, believe me.

-: It was just another game,

but this one here had a lot of hair on it.

-: There is a question for the Milwaukee Brewers,

because the man who shared the home run championship

with Reggie Jackson, 39, Gorman Thomas, is hurt.

Gorman, how bad is the knee?

-: Uh, I got about 20 minutes sleep last night.

It really locked up on me pretty good.

And I was a one-legged man

coming to the ballpark this morning.

I was gonna play.

I don't quit.

-: Gorman is apologizing to me.

He wanted to play so badly.

-: Gorman was all banged up.

A lot of us were all banged up.

But especially Vuke, you know, having to pitch.

Vuke was pitching at, you know,

probably the last month of the season,

I think with a torn rotator cuff.

He was in a lot of pain.

-: His arm was shot.

He was going out there pitching on guts.

-: Most guys, there's no way

they could have pitched with that.

-: His pain threshold was above and beyond anybody else,

I think.

-: He pitched more games at a small percent of total health

than any guy I had ever been around.

-: I knew he was hurting.

You could almost tell when he pitched that it was hurting.

But on the mound, he didn't show that he was hurting.

-: I was masking the pain,

but structurally my arm wouldn't let me do

what I wanted to do mentally.

There's a lot of damage in there, you know?

-: That's the type of competitor he is.

You're not gonna stop him.

-: You're gonna have to kill him to drag him off.

You gotta shoot him.

And in his case, you gotta shoot him twice.

(Gorman laughs)

-: I was probably, at best, probably 70%.

-: We're talking about half a man.

You're talking about half a man.

-: I felt I could still be good enough

knowing what I knew about pitching,

to get out hitters.

And that's why I didn't say shit,

I just kept going about my business.

Now, guys knew.

I know Robin knew.

-: He didn't have a fastball.

He was basically just going out there

and doing the best he could to trick major league hitters,

because he didn't have the velocity that he was used to.

But he knew how to get people out.

-: He could still throw it where he wanted to.

And that's all you need, is the visual.

-: He could make the ball go anywhere.

I mean, sail this way, sail this way, doot-doot-doot.

-: He was pitching.

-: Not throwing, he pitched.

-: But boy, he was really giving up his tomorrows for today.

-: The genius...

Who was it, Gene Mauch?

Gene Mauch might have gave it away.

You know, I pitched that fifth game,

and he said, "There's no way Vuckovich can beat us."

Of course, he knew I was hurt.

He knew.

(Pete laughs)

(crowd cheers) (upbeat music)

-: From a jampacked County Stadium,

with the American League Championship on the line,

it is the Brewers against the California Angels

in game five.

(upbeat music continues)

I remember the crowd noise that day was unbelievable.

(crowd cheers)

It isn't too hard to figure out where you are,

listening to that crowd, is it?

They're up in Milwaukee for game five.

-: It's rocking, it's weaving, it's moving.

All the fans in the stands out there in the bleachers,

and they're stomping, and it's electric.

(crowd cheers)

-: None of the games were as pressure packed as this game.

Commentator: Well, Pete,

this is his second start this season

with only three days rest.

In his other start , went 7 innings, gave up 10 hits,

and ended up losing 3 to 2.

Bob: The first pitch of game five...

Delivers to Lynn who bangs to left field a base hit,

and California strikes first.

Oglivie bobbled the ball, Lynn's gonna go to second,

the throw coming on, he is in,

and California leads 1-0.

The pitch to Simmons is lined to right center,

Jackson coming on!

He's got it!

The throw to the plate!

Molitor coming on, sliding, the game is tied!

(crowd cheers)

The 0-2 pitch, takes a little off, grounder to the hole,

past the diving Molitor, and he'll have a hit.

Oglivie can't grab the ball, Boone around third,

scores easily,

Lynn goes to second, he's in safely.

Carew to third, and the Angels lead to 2 to 1.

The 1-0 pitch, Boone bunts, a beauty.

Cooper near the mound, Fields goes to second,

3-1 California.

Oglivie today, 0 for 1, then in the series, 1 for 12.

The 0-1 pitch.

Drilled! Deep to right!

Go, ball, go!

Gone!

A home run for Ben Oglivie!

and the Brewers are back to within a run,

it's 3 to 2.

(upbeat funky music) (crowd cheers)

Now Fred Lynn, who is 2 for 2, and has driven in two.

-: I remember a big play in the game.

Bob: Jackson leads the pitch,

is hit over Cooper's head to right, a base hit.

Here is Reggie, turning second, trying for third.

Moore's gonna have a play on him, the throw...

-: I know that I got a good chance

to get a good throw from him.

Commentator: Jackson around second, going to third.

The throw by Moore...

Bob: In time! They get Jackson!

Oh, what a throw by Moore!

-: Reggie was trying to go from first to third,

and Charlie Moore threw him out at third base

with no problem.

-: I don't think I've really even had to move my glove.

-: (laughs) That one sticks in my mind, you know?

With Reggie.

(crowd cheers)

-: It was a bang-bang play, he was clearly out.

Huge momentum play in the game.

Bob: And with the heat on in game five,

he throws out Jackson.

-: I'm still reminded of that throw today.

I know that's probably the best throw I ever made.

I saw Reggie pop up, and kinda tip his hat.

Bob: Oh, what a throw!

California 3, Milwaukee 2, in the middle of the fifth.

-: I realized what it took to be successful as a pitcher.

On my turn to pitch, I got locked in.

I'm on that rubber, and all I see is the glove.

All I try to do is bang the glove and that's it.

I kept it as simple as possible.

-: You're playing a finesse game from square one

in that game five with Peter.

You know his fastball is light,

and if you throw too much of that,

they're going to be lighting him up.

You still have to show it.

Just make sure it's no place where they can hit it.

Try and get ahead, one strike fastball.

Now throw maybe one high and inside to back 'em off.

One and one.

Throw another one at this far outside.

He might swing at it.

Now you've thrown three fastballs,

no place where they can really hit it, they're one and two.

Make 'em think you'll throw another fastball,

and bang 'em with that slider, and we're done.

Bob: A swing and a miss!

He threw the bat at the ball, he was really fooled.

-: That's the subtlety. That's the beauty of our game.

They are gonna die right here in our lap.

Okay? So... (laughs)

You play those games,

and that's what Game five with Peter was.

He won't put us in any danger.

He's not some big dumb thug, beer drinking stupido.

He is a man.

The kind of makeup that says, "I defy you."

The best teammate I ever had,

and probably the best friend I'll ever have.

-: Teddy taught me this.

There is no correlation between how you feel

and what you accomplish out there.

Period.

Bob: Here in the seventh, the 0-2 back,

Downing check swing, bouncer back to the mound.

On the hill, Vuke fields, throws, in time.

-: And I felt that way.

If I was hurt, it didn't exist.

It just didn't exist.

Go.

Go get 'em.

Bob: So, here in the seventh inning.

With the Angels with a runner on and one out,

leading 3-2, Vuckovich leaves to a big round from the crowd.

-: And we're facing a deficit late.

But the crowd didn't lose hope.

Bob: Here's the pitch, Jackson ground ball,

quickly to Gantner at second, Yount for one,

the relay is hot!

Double play!

After six and a half, California 3, Milwaukee 2.

-: It was a close game, period.

Somebody's gonna make a mistake.

Bob: Once again, the Brewers have a scoring opportunity.

It is getting late.

They have to start to take advantage of them.

-: I had a chance myself, and I popped up.

Ball three, strike two now,

to the Brewers shortstop.

How about one here for Robin?

The runners go...

Inside and high, ball four, the bases are loaded!

Here comes Cooper.

Time called.

-: Robin gets a walk to load the bases.

There's a left-handed pitcher warming up.

And I'm on the on deck circle,

and I'm looking just knowing that Gene Mauch

is gonna bring a lefty in to face me in that situation,

and he didn't do it.

Bob: The Brewers have the bases loaded.

There are two out,

and Cecil Cooper can help the Brewer cause here.

-: Me on third base, I'm going on contact.

I know Cecil's gonna put it in play somewhere.

-: Because I'd had a couple of other chances,

and I didn't come through.

And you know, I always prided myself

on being a a clutch RBI guys.

And I'd had two chances and failed, miserably.

So...

The pressure's mounting.

So he throws, I think, ball one,

up out of the strike zone.

So in my mind I'm thinking, he's gonna come in.

That's where he's gotta get me out.

Inside.

But instead of coming in, he throws fastball away.

And for me, fastball away is like, you're doing me a favor.

That's gravy for me.

Bob: The bases are loaded.

The pitch to Cooper...

-: I hit a soft liner to left,

and all I could think about while I was running was

for the ball to get down, get down.

And I'm pumping my hands to get down, get down, get down.

And then, it got down.

(dramatic music) (bat cracks)

Bob: Base hit, left field, a liner!

One run home!

-: I'm on second base.

I was gonna score no matter what, or get thrown out.

Bob: Downing's throw coming on!

Gantner slides, he's safe!

The Brewers lead 4 to 3!

Cooper delivers!

(crowd cheers)

4-3, Milwaukee!

-: I've never seen Gumby run so fast in my life.

-: When I came home and slid at home,

and then Charlie jumped all over me.

-: The celebration was on.

-: I said, "Hey, Charlie,

we gotta play two more innings yet, you know?"

So, he let me up.

-: And they're jumping up and down,

and the crowd has gone crazy.

(crowd cheers) (inspiring music)

-: Wow! What a big two-out hit by Cecil!

Listen to this crowd at County Stadium!

(crowd cheers)

Paul: I don't think you can see the place shaking,

but people say they actually felt the vibration

of the upper deck and the lows.

-: I really think I was numb.

I was at first base,

and I kinda just started looking around,

and I was just numb.

Because I mean, this is the moment

that everybody dreams of.

And you finally get one of those, you know?

And it was just incredible.

(crowd cheers) (inspiring music)

-: That's a crowd that I don't know

that I've ever heard a louder more, it was un...

And it never stopped.

It never stopped.

And I'm thinking as they're jumping up and down,

"Hey, fellas, it's only the seventh inning.

We're only ahead, for God's sakes, 4 to 3.

We don't have Rollie,

we have Pete Ladd, who's given us everything he's got.

Bob: The Angels have the tying run at second.

The top of the ninth inning.

One out, and Milwaukee, leads California, 4-3.

He looks into Simmons!

A look at Wilfong at second.

The one-two, ground ball to third,

Molitor, tough hop, fields...

Throws to first to get Downing!

Two out!

(crowd cheers)

Crowd: One more to go! One more to go!

-: I still have in my mind, two out in the ninth inning,

Pete Ladd pitching,

something you dream about all your life.

We got a chance to go the World Series.

And Rod Carew is up.

(tense music)

Now I'm talking to myself,

because nobody else would come within 10 feet of me.

Why does it have to be Carew?

Why can't it be some stiff who can't hit?

It's gotta be the best hitter in baseball.

Bob: The Brewers are just one out away.

-: As a team...

-: Let's go guys, come on!

Crowd: Here we go Brewers, here we go!

-: As a city...

(tense music)

(crowd cheers)

As a state...

We were so ready.

Bob: What you hear in the background are 54,968 fans.

Nobody has left.

-: The stadium was so loud.

As players, you can hear things.

Even when it's loud.

Even when...

You still hear the ball hit the bat.

And you kind of get a sense of how the ball was hit,

by the sound.

But I never remember not being able

to hear the ball hit the bat.

Except this time.

(crowd cheers)

Bob: Ladd ready.

The one-two pitch!

-: I didn't hear the sound of the bat

that I was so used to hearing.

And it was kind of...

Eerie. It was odd.

I questioned on how hard he hit it.

-: It was a one hopper.

Good thing, 'cause he smoked the ball.

-: It came right up to me, a perfect one hop.

I go to throw it to first base, and I let it go.

-: I'm like, "Oh my god, this is it.

This is it."

All I could think about was just catching the ball

and jumping.

-: And I'm watching this ball go across the diamond to Coop.

And I swear to you, they've turned the dial back,

and it's in slow motion.

I'm not sure it's ever gonna get there.

-: The ball looked like it was just a slow motion.

Coming across, coming across, coming across.

Hurry, get here.

-: It was the craziest thing.

Bob: Ball lined to Yount at short!

He throws...

It's over! (upbeat music)

(crowd cheers)

The Brewers have won the American League pennant!

Commentator: Milwaukee has won it!

Bob: Milwaukee, you have a World Series!

(crowd cheers) (upbeat music continues)

-: And so the Milwaukee Brewers

who one week ago in Baltimore dodged a bullet,

have done it again!

A dramatic bases loaded two out single by Cecil Cooper,

and the Milwaukee Brewers are into the World Series!

Bob: Thousands of people streaming onto the field

at County Stadium!

♪ Let the music do ya ♪

♪ Call my body familiar ♪

(crowd cheers)

♪ Rockin' all night away ♪

♪ Rockin' the night away ♪

-: It was tough to get off the field,

but we didn't care, we're so pumped up.

One kid tried to take my glove, and I pulled that back.

I said, "You can have everything I got, but not my glove."

-: We did what we're supposed to, and we got there.

It doesn't matter how.

They lost it in Baltimore.

And you wanna know something else?

They lost it in California too.

But it was relief.

Relief.

Bob: It is absolute pandemonium!

They have defeated the California Angels!

-: This is what we've all wanted and dreamed about.

We made it!

We're in the World Series!

Bob: This is the greatest thing

I've ever seen in my life!

It's absolutely outstanding!

(upbeat rock music)

-: That night I got home hours after the game,

and I have a little radio that I still use

that I had on and...

Bob: The Brewers have done it!

They're gonna the World Series!

And this voice says,

"It's the 79th World Series,

between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers."

And I'm not embarrassed to tell you, I started to cry.

(upbeat rock music continues)

-: I love the Brewers!

(crowd screams)

(phone rings)

-: Good morning, American League champion Brewers.

Reporter: The first seat and standing room tickets

went on sale for all three World Series games

scheduled here next weekend.

-: One, two, three, four.

-: I got 'em, I got 'em, for tomorrow's game!

Reporter: The fans are appreciating what's happening

at County Stadium, Milwaukee.

Crowd: Here we go, Brewers, here we go!

-: This has been a hard year economically for our town.

This is a bit of a diversion.

Reporter: 10,000 visitors are expected

for each of the three games.

$2 million in additional revenue to the city.

Speaker: The restaurants are all pretty booked,

the bars are packed.

(fans screaming)

Reporter: Shoppers are going bananas over the Brewers.

Anything that's blue and gold and Brewer is selling,

all in honor of the new American League champs.

-: Milwaukee has not had a flag winner

since back in the days of the old Milwaukee Braves.

Now, the Milwaukee Brewers has become a huge source of pride

in dairy land.

-: We're number one!

(fans cheering) (fists banging)

-: We're taking it.

We're gonna take it! They're gonna do it!

Yeah!

Brewers! (fans screaming)

-: It's going to be the Milwaukee Brewers power

against the St. Louis Cardinals speed,

when baseball's 77th World Series gets started

tomorrow night in St. Louis.

-: It's the city on the river versus the city on the lake.

Only 400 miles separate the two cities.

-: St. Louis and Milwaukee are two very similar cities,

both wonderful baseball towns.

Reporter: The town with the best selling beer

against the home of the second best seller.

That's why sportswriters call this the "Suds Series".

Reporter: With the Brewers battling St. Louis

for the World Championship,

Bud drinkers are staying out of sight.

-: Because Bud gives me a headache.

(people laughing)

-: Getting to the World Series was the ultimate goal.

We're gonna try to bring the World Series

back again to Milwaukee.

There was a lot of joy.

A lot of joy.

-: You know, you dream as a kid getting the World Series,

and the dream finally comes true,

and I remember getting to the ball park,

and getting on the field for batting practice.

I mean, there was so much media on in the field, you know.

It was tough taking batting practice.

We always said once the game started, we were at peace.

-: I looked out on the field during batting practice,

and the first thing that came to my mind is,

"Boy, does that ball club, St. Louis, look fresh."

And I looked at our guys, and I'm just like,

they've been through hell.

Ever since the last week of the season,

they have been fighting, clawing,

scrapping just to get here,

and now it's as though you've run a marathon,

and now someone moved the finish line an extra mile.

And you're like, "Ugh!"

-: I think the biggest satisfaction

is just about playing for 10 or 11 years,

and finally getting into my first World Series.

I'm just looking very forward to it,

and I'm very happy to be here.

Announcer: The starting pitcher, number 48,

Mike Caldwell!

-: Once you start warming up, it all becomes routine.

(uptempo music)

I was ready to go.

The people around you are ready to go.

Commentator: Left-hander Mike Caldwell,

completing his warmup pitches now.

-: I knew if I could keep the other team

from putting up a lot of crooked numbers,

I had a chance to win,

because I had a good defense, good offense.

Bob: The wind up by Caldwell and the pitch to Herr,

tapped on the ground toward short.

Robin, an easy play.

The throw, yes, one down.

(uptempo music) (umpire shouting)

Iron Mike Caldwell has now retired

the last five he has faced.

Caldwell delivers...

Throws in time!

The pitch by Caldwell, this pitch hit off the fist,

a little looper the air.

Three up, three down.

Keith: There's a base hit to left field.

Here's Paul Molitor.

Hits the first pitch in the hole, watch Ozzie Smith!

Safe!

Yount, there's a base hit,

and Molitor will stop at second base.

-: Yeah, Paulie and I had a pretty good game one.

-: If your first two hitters get nine hits,

you probably got a pretty good chance to win.

Commentator: Another base hit.

Paul Molitor, he is 3 for 4.

-: Yeah, they took all my heat when they got all those hits.

(Mike laughs)

Keith: Bloop to right, that could be trouble.

Fair ball.

And it's 6 to 0, Milwaukee,

on a bloop double by Robin Yount.

The fans here at Busch Stadium are becoming restless.

-: I just remember we scored a lot of runs.

Keith: This one's fair, and he will touch 'em all!

Commentator: This Milwaukee club, I tell ya,

they come out swinging.

-: Mike was his usual dominant self.

Bob: Swing, and a foul tip!

Simmons hangs on, strike three!

-: Oh, Mikey was...

Oh, Mikey was Mikey.

-: It was vintage Caldwell.

-: I threw a lot of ground balls.

I didn't walk too many guys.

Didn't strike many people out.

Bob: Drills one hooper to first, Cooper fields,

throws to Caldwell.

-: Simba, he goes, "I just put my glove,

and he hit it, all night long.

Masterful.

Bob: Swing and a miss, and Lonnie Smith is gone!

Caldwell has never been better than he has been tonight.

-: First game couldn't have gone better.

Commentator: Knocks it down, he's up, here's the throw...

It is not in time!

That's a fifth base hit.

Commentator: That's a World Series record.

Commentator: Harvey's Wallbangers are banging it

all over the place.

Bob: Caldwell has been brilliant.

The two-two pitch is hit in the air,

playable on the infield.

The Brewers own the series one game to nothing!

Mike: It's easy to throw a three hit shutout,

especially when you have 10 runs.

-: We were the absolute opposite

of what we were opening Game against the Angels.

-: It was a thrill being in the World Series.

But now you gotta get over the thrill,

and you gotta win the World Series.

(tense piano music) (fans cheering)

Keith: So, it's Peter Ladd.

Bottom of the eighth, all tied at four apiece.

-: It was game two in St. Louis.

And all I know is we had a chance to win the ball game.

Keith: One man out, three and two the count,

Hendrick is on at second base,

Porter is on at first base,

and Lonnie Smith is the batter.

(crowd cheers)

-: Then Pete threw a pitch that I thought

was right down the middle.

Keith: Ball four! Bases are loaded!

Commentator: Wow, I cannot believe it,

neither can Peter Ladd.

Keith: Look at Harvey Kuenn, he can't believe it either.

Commentator: I'd like to see that one again.

That looked like a good pitch.

-: I thought it was strike.

Commentator: Simmons turned

on home plate umpire, Bill Haller.

He is still talking to Bill Haller!

Ted: Pete Ladd thought it was a strike.

-: I thought it was over the plate,

and a lot of other people thought it was.

And Lonnie Smith said it was.

Reporter: How surprised were you by that call?

-: I was pretty surprised.

-: Bong!

Everybody was there, everything was there,

it was right like it was supposed to be,

and the one guy who wasn't there

was the guy who had to make the call.

He wasn't there.

Commentator: Teddy is having an extended conversation

with Bill Haller.

They're now loaded up.

Mike: I think Pete got hosed a little bit on that call.

-: That was strike three.

-: I've seen when situations like that occur,

and then eventually cost you four, five runs,

when it might've been the third out.

And you want to just turn and punch a hole in that mask.

'Cause now he's not only blowing the pitch,

but now he's blown everything.

-: Unfortunately, I got rattled from that.

(crowd cheers)

Keith: Ball one.

Ball two.

Ball three.

Cardinals take the lead 5-4,

as Ladd walked in the tiebreaking run.

And this crowd is all on its feet.

(crowd roars)

Bob: And the Cardinals take game two!

-: We could have gone into the ninth inning

with the game still tied.

When you lose 'em that way, it it's very tough.

-: That one pitch beat us.

That ball, he was out.

That's strike three.

They don't score.

They don't score.

-: You just know how, oh, how untimely.

Bob: So, the World Series here is tied at one game each,

game three coming up Friday night back at County Stadium.

-: The third game will be played in Milwaukee tomorrow.

-: Well, we're feeling good now.

You know, we're not down 2-0 this time.

We're coming back to Milwaukee and we're even.

This is pretty good.

(upbeat rock music) (people screaming)

-: You get back to Milwaukee.

Now, the town is alive.

It's the World Series.

-: Folks up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

are seeing their first home World Series game

in 24 years tonight.

Reporter: 15,000 strong polka and chant

and share the joy that's been 25 years and coming.

-: Its something people can relate to. It lifts their spirit.

-: Charlie Moore is such a fox!

(girls yelling)

-: Makes 'em feel a part of something,

and it feels like they've got somebody out there

going for them too.

-: The town was painted blue and gold.

Anywhere you went, you could feel World Series.

Reporter: Businesses everywhere

are cashing in on Brewer fever.

-: It's just been crazy.

Busiest I've had in company history.

I've never seen so many Brewer fans in my life,

and I love it.

-: We're delighted when we can contribute

to the resurgence of the economy here in the last month

as a result of all this.

In the last week, I've been able to see

the spirit and the community,

and it's great experience to go through.

(upbeat rock music fades)

-: It's classic, right?

The whole script is written, what a great matchup.

They split the first two games, and here we go, game three.

(crowd cheers) (lighthearted music)

Keith: County Stadium, Milwaukee the scene for game three

of the 1982 World Series-

Reporter: Brewers and Cardinals tied at one game a piece.

Joaquín Andújar goes against Pete Vuckovich.

Keith: We're ready for baseball here at County Stadium,

and here come the Brewers!

(lighthearted music)

-: It doesn't matter who you're playing.

Vuke is gonna give it his best.

-: He would've gone out, and if his right arm didn't work,

he would've put the ball in his left hand,

and thrown it left hand.

He was not gonna not pitch in these games.

Commentator: Vuckovich, very intense.

When he's on the mound, he is a serious young man.

Keith: Game three!

Vuke ready, and the first pitch of tonight's game.

Bob: And here's a chopper back to the mound.

Vuke's got it, and the side retired.

Commentator: Grounded to short, Yount has it.

Off the edge of the grass, throws in time.

Bob: Strike three called.

He got Porter on the inside. Porter.

(crowd cheers) (uptempo music)

-: And then of all things...

Bob: Willie McGee, a switch hitter.

From the stretch, Vuckovich ready.

And the pitch to McGee...

(bat cracks)

Is hit in the air to the right.

Back goes Moore, towards the wall,

this ball is gone for McGee,

and the Cardinals lead 3-0.

Willie McGee with a three run homer,

and St. Louis strikes first tonight.

Keith: Rookie Willie McGee,

and his first world series hit is a three run home run.

-: Holy cow. You kiddin' me?

Bob: Four runs on four hits.

The Cardinals have made them count tonight.

A double and a three run Homer by this man, McGee.

(bat cracks) Commentator: Oh, look out.

Bob: Uh oh, that's two for McGee.

Another homer!

-: Oh!

Commentator: What a day that kid's having.

Bob: Willie McGee.

Four home runs all season, and two home runs tonight.

-: Willie McGee hits a couple of home runs.

What the hell?

I mean, that was shocking.

-: He had the game of his life.

Commentator: Molitor hits in the air to deep center,

back goes McGee!

Still going back, against the wall, he's got it!

-: And he took one away from me, the same damn day.

Bob: So, Oglivie is on, here is Gorman Thomas.

(bat cracks)

Well hit, way back!

Listen to the reaction!

Commentator: Oh boy! Bob: He got it!

What a catch he made, Willie McGee!

Willie McGee.

With the bat and with the glove,

he's been a one man show tonight.

-: Strange things happen.

Bob: This could be the ball game.

McGee, coming in.

He makes the catch.

So, Willie McGee, and it was the Willie McGee night.

The youngster with two home runs, one a three run homer,

a sensational catch to take a home run

away from Gorman Thomas.

-: You lose that game three, then it's like,

all right, we gotta get serious here.

-: And so the Saturday game, we gotta win.

(tense music)

Commentator: Cardinals lead one to nothing, one man out.

Willie McGee is on at third.

Ozzie Smith is on at second.

One of those innings that's lagging on and on.

It's up to Haas to get it up there and get somebody out.

-: Early in the game, Tommy Herr, he hits a fly ball.

Dead center.

Bob: Hit in the air into center, this will score a run.

Thomas drifting back, still going back, still going back...

-: I turn...

Bob: The ball really carrying.

Gorman: Caught it.

Bob: He fell down!

My knee buckled, popped.

Commentator: Gorman Thomas falls!

They're gonna try to score two!

Here comes the relay throw!

It is...

Not in time!

(uptempo music) (crowd boos)

-: Come on!

-: I think that's the first time ever that it happened.

Bob: Hernandez hits on the ground to second,

Gantner right through his legs, an error.

A run will score.

He lines it past Molitor, to the left field corner.

It's going to be an extra base hit.

-: I think I kind of had forgotten how bad

things kinda did look there for a while.

Bob: The Cardinals in the seventh,

leading by a score of 5 to 1.

Here's Ben Oglivie stepping in.

Speaker: I remember LaPoint pitching.

Bob: Oglivie hits on the ground.

Hernandez backs behind first, takes it after a big high hop,

he throws to LaPoint...

-: And he dropped it.

He clanked it.

Bob: Dropped the ball, and Oglivie's on!

-: And that was a big play in the game.

-: It's a momentum changer.

And the game just totally changed direction.

Bob: The pitch to Money,

and he lifts it over the head of Herr,

and to short right, a base hit!

The pitch on the way, Gantner lifts, right center.

A little fly ball is gonna get down!

Hendrick cuts it off, one run home.

Money to third, Oglivie scores, it's a double for Gantner.

5-2 now! Let's keep it going!

(crowd cheers)

-: Here we go, Brewers, here we go!

Bob: Check swing, blooped to the right, a base hit!

Money's home! Gantner scores!

Molitor to third!

A two-run single! 5-4, Brewers down by one!

(crowd cheers)

All right!

-: Come on, Coop!

Bob: The pitch to Cooper, he drills sharply,

Oberkfell dives, but he can't field!

Molitor scores, the game is now tied!

It's 5 to 5.

Yount goes to second, Cooper is on!

Oberkfell dove to his left,

he got a glove on the ball, but it got under him.

Gorman is 0 for 3.

He has a chance to put Milwaukee in front.

-: I was upset, because I was having a bad day.

I was pissed.

All I wanted to do was just hit the damn ball hard.

Bob: The one-one to Gorman,

and he drills to left center in the air...

A base hit! Yount is home!

Cooper scores! Simmons to third!

A double for Thomas? Yes, slide, safe play!

-: When I came in to second base,

I hit the bag, and I popped straight up.

Safe.

Yep, that was exciting.

Bob: Two runs home, 7 to 5 Brewers!

(crowd cheers) (uptempo rock music)

-: Please do not ask me to explain the 1982 World Series.

-: Now we're playing on Sunday.

Commentator: In 30 previous World Series

in which the teams were tied at two games apiece,

the team that won Game five has won the World Series

on 23 of those 30 occasions.

-: Big game five at home in front of our hometown fans,

have already thrown a three hit shutout.

So, I mean, everybody's expecting me to pitch better.

That's kind of the way things work.

Commentator: Game five, here we go.

Caldwell delivers, Lonnie Smith lines it

off Caldwell's glove.

-: The first hitter, hit a line drive,

got a base hit right back up the middle.

And I remember thinking,

"Well, this sure as hell ain't gonna be the same day

I had the other day."

Bob: Oberkfell bangs one to right center.

He has a base hit, number three off Caldwell.

Commentator: That's a half a dozen hits

for the Cardinals.

-: I gave up a lot of hits, but I never gave in.

And I never gave 'em a big inning.

-: When you hang around that long

when you don't pitch that great,

you keep your team in the game.

Those were the kind of games that made me feel better

than the games that are easy.

Bob: Three-two pitch on the way,

grounded to the shortstop,

Yount going to his left, gloves it, throws, in time!

The pitch on the way, and it's hit!

A big at hop, Molitor steps on the bag for one,

the throw to first in time to get Ozzie Smith!

BOb: Sidearm fastball is grounded wide to first.

Falling down is Cooper to make the stop,

the throw to the Caldwell!

Commentator: That was a great play.

-: Cecil made a great play right down the first base line.

Our defense was a lot better than anybody ever talks about.

Bob: The three-two pitch is hit to right center.

Charlie Moore diving...

Commentator: That's another outstanding play, man.

(uptempo bass music)

Bob: Here's Rockin' Robin.

Bob: Line drive, off Forsch's foot.

The pitch to Robin, cracks it to left,

stays fair, it is!

Swung on, a chopper, back-handed,

knocked down by Oberkfell.

Picked it up and throws too late.

And the two-one pitch, Yount swings, drives it to right.

Back goes Hendrick, way back, it's gone!

(uptempo synth music)

And it is aviary that we have here today,

the Robin is killing the Cardinals.

Robin Yount, 4 for 4 today,

five consecutive hits in the series.

And this ball game slowly slipping away now

from the Cardinals.

-: Dave Anderson of the New York Times

comes in into interview me.

One question he asked me then,

"You ever think you'd be sitting here?

World Series, going up 3-2."

Bob: The pitch to Ken is swung on,

a fly ball to left field.

Coming up for it is Oglivie, he's got it!

(crowd cheers) (upbeat rock music)

♪ We're sharing the groove ♪

♪ The way you chip in sure is nice ♪

♪ I could watch you all night ♪

♪ Down, circle, around the best ♪

♪ Coming to town baby, got some rest ♪

♪ Shake, baby, shake ♪

♪ Shake, baby, shake ♪

-: We're up 3-2, but we're going back to St. Louis.

We had Sutton and Vukie ready, no Rollie.

-: We go in there up three games to two,

hoping that we can win one ball game out of two.

-: At least now we knew the ballpark.

Obviously had a much better feel for their players.

(upbeat rock music fades)

-: When we got back to St. Louis leading three games to two,

I was convinced, absolutely positive, we were gonna win,

'cause we're gonna win one of these two games.

(tense synth music)

-: Game six was that huge rain delay.

Bob: The heavy rains have come again.

It is blowing very, very hard.

Speaker: And that idiot commissioner

wouldn't call the game.

Bob: With the Cardinals leading by a score

of 8 to 0 here in the sixth inning,

the rains are very, very heavy.

-: We're sitting and waiting and waiting and waiting.

-: When you go back and look at the history

of the World Series, every game has been played

to a nine inning or more decision.

-: We sat there and played cards.

That's all you could do.

-: It was ridiculous.

-: Will we play ball, if necessary,

at 2:30, 3:30 in the morning?

-: Without any question.

-: And we keep thinking it's gonna get called off.

It's so wet right now that there's no way, I think,

that, you know, we can play this game.

They had AstroTurf there,

and wet AstroTurf is a little challenging.

The ball skids, and it's not any fun to play on.

But that's no excuse.

We got it handed to us.

-: By the time we came back out to finish the game,

it had been decided.

Bob: And St. Louis wins it by a score of 13 to 1.

-: So, why not?

Let's go to a game seven.

-: I'm not really writing a script for it,

but yet it seems like we get in this type of a situation

and we always come out on top,

and I've got all the conference in the world in those guys

that they're gonna come out on top tomorrow again.

-: We expected to win game seven.

We had just done it.

We had just won a do or die game

a few weeks earlier in Baltimore.

We had just won three straight do or die games

at home against the Angels.

All games you had to win or you go home.

It's just another one of those.

-: Now it culminates into one game

for baseball's championship.

The starting pitchers?

Pete Vuckovich for Milwaukee,

Joaquín Andújar for the St. Louis Cardinals.

(tense music)

-: Vuke was out there,

but he probably shouldn't have been, physically.

-: We all know about the courage of Vuckovich.

Should be quite a night.

They're ready here in St. Louis for game seven.

It's showdown time.

Speaker: Pete is a competitor.

-: He was out there on just pure guts.

Bob: The Brewers went quietly in their half

of the first inning.

Vuckovich delivers.

Strike one.

The pitch, off speed, a swing and a miss.

The two strike delivery, strike three called!

-: I know what kind of stuff I had during the World Series.

It wasn't very good.

I was making it do different things,

but it wasn't first class good stuff, you know?

Bob: Hit in the air to right.

And the inning is over.

So Vuckovich works out of it with no further damage.

(tense music)

Milwaukee no runs, two hits,

1-0 Cardinals in the fifth inning.

Now, let's see about Milwaukee.

Commentator: Oglivie, fairly quiet series.

Only five hits and no RBIs.

-: Come on, Benji!

Commentator: For a team that is considered to be

a team of sluggers,

Oglivie does not yet have an RBI in this series.

(bat cracks) (inspiring music)

Bob: And the breaking ball is hammered to right field!

Commentator: Look out.

Commentator: That one's hit well.

Deep to right, if it's fair, it's gone,

and we have a tie game!

(players cheering) (fans cheering)

Commentator: In Milwaukee,

they're dancing in the streets,

and that's the way it should be.

The seventh game of the World Series,

and these two clubs still battling.

-: I had that home run in the fifth inning to tie the game.

(inspiring music continues)

And that was huge.

(chuckles) I felt great.

(fans cheering)

(inspiring music continues)

(uptempo music)

Bob: Drilled into right center field,

that could go all the way to the wall and does!

Gantner, settles for two,

and the Brewers have the lead off man on.

Molitor, whose single was through the right side.

And that's where he'll be trying to aim one now.

Good looking bunt. Andújar...

He's safe! The ball gets away!

The run scores.

Molitor will hold at second base.

And the Milwaukee Brewers lead for the first time

in game seven, 2 to 1.

Commentator: Brewers, chance for a big inning

with nobody out.

Commentator: Yount at first, Molitor at third,

Cecil Cooper, one for two off Andújar.

Hit to deep left, back goes Smith!

Molitor tagging.

He'll score, it's 3 to 1 Brewers.

-: We're ahead 3 to 1, right? Bottom of the sixth.

And I said, in my mind, to myself,

"We're gonna win the World Series."

Fans: Here we go Brewers, here we go!

Here we go Brewers, here we go!

-: There's always maybe one little thing

that will make the difference in a World Series game.

Commentator: We're in the bottom of the sixth inning

of the final game of this '82 World Series.

The Brewers have broken the tie

with two in the top half of the inning.

-: Lonnie Smith is up.

And I'm playing in, because Lonnie's fast, and he can bunt.

Commentator: Tying run is at the plate.

-: Robin and I, we played short and third together.

We had little verbal cues.

Robin would see a sign on a pitch and communicate,

'cause I knew if he made a whistle,

that he was gonna maybe take a step or two towards a hole,

and I would try to stay in sync with him and move.

Vuke was throwing an off speed pitch.

And whether it was a noise or whatever,

I didn't get the verbal cue from Robin.

Commentator: Lonnie Smith.

Ripped fair!

(crowd cheers) (tense music)

So, the Smith Brothers, Ozzie and Lonnie

are in scoring position.

-: Lonnie Smith ripped one down the line,

and I remember diving and missing it by about a half a foot.

It just felt like it was just off the edge of my glove.

-: Doc said, "Vuke, there's something I want to tell you.

He said, "That's the only pitch during that whole ball game

that I didn't know what was coming."

He said, "I saw Teddy sitting low and away to Lonnie Smith.

I thought you were gonna throw him a fastball low and away."

He said, "Robin was relaying every pitch to me.

And it was so loud, that I missed that pitch."

-: If I would've heard it,

I would've probably taken a half step towards the line.

-: I didn't whistle loud enough.

-: I said, "Doc, number one,

that slider was supposed to be knees outside corner

to Lonnie Smith."

Had I thrown it low and outside, he'd of hit it to you.

So, it wasn't you, it was me.

I didn't locate that pitch where I wanted to."

I screwed up.

Take the blame. Fuck 'em.

-: That's how serious everybody was.

Everybody knew every pitch on the defense,

to get that extra step.

And on their communication, it didn't happen.

-: Sometimes it's the mistakes that you make,

just a little one, makes the difference in a ball game.

And in a short series, one ball game means the difference

of winning four instead of three.

-: - [Commentator] McClure appearing in his fifth game

of the series.

Lost game two.

-: You know, the thing that ran through my mind,

game two, game seven.

We are missing a player in Rollie Fingers.

Commentator: And he misses inside. The bases are loaded.

-: To bring Rollie in in the sixth inning

in that game when you were ahead 3 to 1.

-: I tried throwing.

I haven't been on a mound in a month,

and now you want me to walk out onto a diamond

in the seventh game of the World Series,

and hope I can get somebody out?

I mean, I might not be able to throw a ball in the garage,

and now they want me to...

You know, I knew it wasn't gonna happen.

Commentator: McClure has to throw a strike,

or he throws a run.

(crowd roaring) (tense music)

(bat cracks)

Hit to right center! Base hit!

The game is tied!

(tense music continues)

(crowd cheers)

Lined into right field!

Ramsey scores, it's 4 to 3, St. Louis!

(tense music continues)

-: I have some real sad thoughts about

going in in game seven

and giving up the little jam shot up the middle.

Bob: Here he comes, 0-2,

Braun lines into center a base hit.

Hernandez scores, it is now 6-3, St. Louis.

Caldwell has given up back to back base hits.

-: The only thing I had intended to do

was to go out there and just try to compete

to keep my ball club in the game.

And you know how baseball works,

sometimes no matter what you do,

it just doesn't work out.

Bob: And the inning is over.

The Brewers come to bat for their final try,

sending Simmons, Oglivie and Thomas, trailing 6-3.

The pitch.

Simmons hits back to the mound, Sutter's got it.

(crowd cheers)

One away.

Delivers...

Swing a bouncer hit to second.

Herr has it.

Throws, two down.

(tense music) (crowd cheers)

Now the final try for Milwaukee and Gorman Thomas.

-: I didn't want to make the last out.

I did not.

Bob: Coming from behind with their backs to the wall.

The pitch to Gorman, a strike.

The two-one. A swing and a miss.

Two and two. (crowd cheers)

Gorman Thomas and the Brewers,

down to their final swing of the year.

The two-two is hit foul by Gorman.

The pitch.

Outside to Gorman, just missing.

Three balls and two strikes.

The Brewers in their first World Series ever.

-: One swing can just change everything.

Bob: Two outs. The three-two...

Is hit to deep left...

(fans screaming)

Hooking foul.

And Thomas remains alive.

The pitch...

Is hit foul again by Thomas.

The count remains 3-2.

The pitch is hit foul again by Gorman.

-: I don't give a damn how many times

somebody strikes you out, you can't quit.

Bob: Brewers trying to hang in.

Sutter ready, here he comes.

(slow tense music)

(crowd cheers) (somber piano music)

-: I swung at the high fastball.

That's where it was. Right there.

Right there.

It was too high.

(somber string music)

(somber string music continues)

(somber string music continues)

-: It was raw. And there were a lot of tears.

I think that stems from the emotion

and connection we had to each other.

It just felt like a family loss.

-: This year we got to the World Series

and took it to game seven and lost.

Maybe next year we'll find ourselves

in a World Series again, a game seven and win.

-: It's the best ball club I've ever been on.

It's the best collection of talent I've ever played with.

It's the best seven weeks I've ever spent in baseball.

I just wish I could have done a little bit more

to take us all the way through.

-: I didn't shut 'em down for nine innings

in the seventh of the game of the World Series,

and they came back and beat us, you know?

And I've always felt guilty about that,

and it bothers me, that's all.

You know?

Always will. (laughs)

-: Baseball is a team sport.

It's not...

He should not be the one to take the load.

We all just spread it out.

Commentator: The field is just jammed.

The fireworks are continuing to go off.

These Cardinal fans are celebrating the fact

that with the seventh game victory by the score of 6 to 3,

over the Milwaukee Brewers,

they are the World Champions.

(crowd cheering) (fireworks exploding)

-: On the way home, after the seventh game.

Oh...

Sad.

Robin Yount is at the back of the plane, and he was crying.

Really, really crying.

(somber piano music)

We talked a little bit,

and then our vice president of marketing comes and says,

"They want to have a parade tomorrow."

I said, "What? Are you crazy?

We lost.

There'll be nobody there.

What the hell are you talking about?

And I apologized to my players, the guys.

"They say we gotta have this parade"

So the next morning, we go to the ballpark.

And I'm apologizing all the way down,

"Guys, this will be quick.

There won't be anybody here.

You'll go, you'll wave to a few people."

(soft inspiring music) (birds chirping)

(lighthearted music)

(band playing)

(kids cheering)

(people screaming)

(lighthearted music continues)

There may be a million people downtown.

The streets are jammed, the sidewalks are jammed.

People are hanging out of buildings.

And of course my wife then says,

"Well, you were right, Buddy, nobody will come."

(lighthearted music continues)

(lighthearted music continues)

(people screaming)

(lighthearted music continues)

(people screaming)

Reporter: How people have you touched today?

-: I don't know, a couple thousand, I guess.

Reporter: Did you expect this much?

-: Not this much.

(fans cheering)

(lighthearted music continues)

(lighthearted music continues)

-: People were everywhere.

And it was like, "Wow, man, this is..."

You know, you lose, and they show up.

Yeah, it was awesome.

It really was.

-: These people think we won.

This was a horde of people that was not exceeded anywhere.

-: It was packed.

I mean, both sides of the street were just unbelievable.

You know, I thought it'd be a small parade,

but it just shows you how great these fans are.

-: The turnout...

If we didn't know ourselves that we lost,

you would've thought we won.

I mean, where else does this happen?

-: Even though we lost the game, there was still celebration.

Fans knew that we gave our best.

-: There must have been 15 cases of beer

thrown in the back of the truck.

There was champagne.

It was unbelievable.

I mean, just unbelievable.

-: I couldn't understand it at first, you know?

Because we lost.

Now all of a sudden, all this emotion's coming out,

and you're kind of drained, and then they want to celebrate.

So, you want to celebrate with 'em.

Pretty special.

Reporter: Did you expect this much?

-: Yes, I did.

These are the greatest fans in the world.

(lighthearted music continues) (fans chanting)

-: You're still in a celebratory mood

because of what you did.

We didn't go all away, but we were almost there.

They earned a parade.

They earned it.

(lighthearted music continues)

-: And then we go to the ballpark.

There's a crowd there too.

(crowd cheers)

(celebratory music)

(crowd cheers)

(celebratory music continues)

-: If you go out every day and play hard,

they still appreciate you.

That helps kind of curb the pain that you were feeling.

It was special.

I'll never forget it.

-: We were, I think, a little bit embarrassed,

'cause we were out there getting cheered on, and we lost.

But it sure made me fall in love

with the fans of Milwaukee for the rest of my life.

(celebratory music continues) (crowd chants)

-: As far as I'm concerned, we're number one.

We just ran out of innings last night, that's all.

Reporter: You've had a love affair with these fans.

What does this do for that?

-: It's the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

I can't believe that a group of people

in a city this size can be this nice, everybody.

Nothing better could ever happen to me.

I'd like to be a world's champion,

but I'd rather be here today than in St. Louis.

-: It's pretty special.

I had no expectations of something like that.

It was beautiful.

(crowd cheers)

-: There's people everywhere.

You know, did we win? Did we lose?

I mean, these people are crazy!

Yeah, you just felt the love, and it was like,

"I feel a little better now.

I'm feeling really good."

And you get inside the stadium, and there's people in there,

and Robin comes in on his bike.

(motorcycle revs) (people cheering)

(lighthearted music)

(lighthearted music continues)

(people cheering)

(people clapping)

(lighthearted music continues)

-: You couldn't ask for better.

The only thing that could have been better

was that last game.

But I thank God for letting me play here.

(soft music)

I'm gonna cry.

-: I think I can speak for the entire team to say

that we really appreciate your support this year.

And come 1983, we're gonna have a championship in Milwaukee.

(crowd cheers)

I think the parade kind of helped

to ease the pain a little bit.

-: This is the most fantastic thing

that could ever happen anywhere, any place.

And yet, only one place will it ever happen,

and that's in Milwaukee.

(crowd cheers)

-: There were some tears shed in the Brewer clubhouse,

and one of the reasons of disappointment that is,

we weren't able to bring back

a world championship to Milwaukee.

But today, you have made us all feel like winners.

(crowd cheers)

We plan to make this a habit, and we'll be back next year.

Thank you very much.

(crowd cheers)

The outpouring really helped

the decompression of not winning that World Series.

-: It didn't make it go away,

but it sure helped soften the blow.

(Robin laughs)

Yeah, it was incredible.

It was incredible.

They showed their appreciation for how hard we tried.

(Robin chuckles)

Amazing.

That tells you enough right there about Wisconsin fans.

(soft music fades)

(crowd cheers)

But for me personally...

(Robin chuckles)

(soft tense music)

The one thing I didn't get was a world championship.

(soft tense music continues)

And that's what I miss the most,

is not fulfilling that one dream.

(soft tense music continues)

It's funny.

I've gotten to know Ozzie Smith pretty well now.

A friend of mine.

And he was the shortstop on the Cardinals,

obviously, during this.

And we talk about it once in a while.

I say, "Yeah, Oz, you got us,

you beat us in the World Series."

It's the worst...

Game seven, worst day of my life.

Leading up to it, greatest time of my life.

And Ozzie says to me, "You know what?

You need to get over it."

-: I said, "Oz, that's easy for you to say.

You won.

I'll never get over it.

I'll never get over it."

(soft tense music fades)

As everyone here I'm sure is aware of,

I've never been too much for words,

but I sure do know how to ride a motorcycle.

(crowd cheers)

And I sure do love to play baseball

for the people of Milwaukee.

(crowd cheers)

(soft piano music)

(broom rustles)

(soft piano music continues)

Reporter: Back at the stadium,

a couple of autograph hounds kept watch in the parking lot.

Manager Harvey Kuenn signed for them

on his way to clean his locker.

He wanted to be alone to do that,

just to savor this last day.

(crowd cheers)

Bob: This is the greatest thing

I've ever seen in my life!

Reporter: It's called Brewer fever.

And in Milwaukee, it has spread to epidemic proportions.

Not to worry if you have it,

the only treatment is to let it run its course.

And if we're all quite lucky,

we'll all have it again next year.

(soft wondrous piano music)

(soft wondrous piano music continues)

Bob: Thousands of people streaming onto the field

at County Stadium!

It is absolute pandemonium!

They are surrounding the Brewers!

Absolutely fabulous!

(soft wondrous music)

(soft wondrous music fades)

Interviewer: Is there anything else you'd like to add

about that season?

-: I wish it was '82 again.

(upbeat banjo music)

♪ Milwaukee has the Brewers ♪

♪ And the Brewers have it all ♪

♪ With pitching in the clutch ♪

♪ And how they bang that ball ♪

♪ We don't care who leads in spring ♪

♪ What counts is in the fall ♪

♪ World Series time is when you'll find ♪

♪ Our Brewers standing tall ♪

♪ Baltimore was going great ♪

♪ But our guys didn't care ♪

♪ They left Jimmy Palmer standing in his underwear ♪

♪ And then the Angels came to town ♪

♪ They're all ready to prepare ♪

♪ But when they met ol' Harvey's boys ♪

♪ They didn't have a prayer. ♪

♪ With Robin, Paul and Jim who make ♪

♪ The plays to Coop at first ♪

♪ And Benji, Ted, and Gorman ♪

♪ The Brewers scored in bursts ♪

♪ And on the mound, those mighty arms ♪

♪ Made Reggie look the worst ♪

♪ Come on, roll the barrel out ♪

♪We've got a Brewer thirst ♪

♪ Nobody knows how far they'll go ♪

♪ The championships they'll get ♪

♪ But even when they're three games down ♪

♪ We know we shouldn't fret ♪

♪ A beacon, all that monthly joy ♪

♪ And on this, you can bet ♪

♪ The Brewers are the best, the champs ♪

♪ You ain't seen nothin' yet ♪

(upbeat banjo music)

♪ Milwaukee has the Brewers ♪

♪ And the Brewers have it all ♪

♪ With pitching in the clutch ♪

♪ And how they bang that ball ♪

♪ We don't care who leads in spring ♪

♪ What counts is in the fall ♪

♪ World Series time is when you'll find ♪

♪ Our Brewers standing tall ♪

♪ World Series time is when you'll find ♪

♪ Our Brewers standing tall ♪

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