There’s something so special about a team who has been chasing the highest-level of victory for years on end finally doing it. Every single fan that has been loyal to the Brewers since the team was founded in 1970 has wanted one thing, and all of them got it last night. 

If you’ve never been a fan of a team who has never won anything, you don’t know the struggle of showing up year after year and watching your team lose. While it can be miserable to be a fan of a team that seems destined to lose everything forever, it really does build character. It teaches you to be loyal to your hometown, even when your hometown is pretty mediocre. It facilitates community, whether that is with your family or friends. If your team is bad enough to have $6 tickets throughout the entire regular season, you can have so much fun and misery all in one summer. 

As someone who grew up near the Brewers, I’m happy that they won! My family would drive up there to go to Twins and Cubs games, and my sister and I would always get really excited when Bernie Brewer would slide down his slide. My parents really tried to explain to us that we shouldn’t be excited when that happened, because that meant that the team we were rooting against got a point, but we couldn’t help it! I love mascots who do wild stunts, and I always will. 

There is also something to be said about the value of small-market teams finally winning it all. New York and LA already have so much going for them in the world of sports. They both have two MLB teams for crying out loud! They’ve both won so much, and the system is rigged for them because they have more money. In smaller cities without Hollywood or Broadway, sports are the most important cultural institutions they’ve got. When everyone in one city is united for one team, it’s a beautiful thing to be a part of. If you called off work today to celebrate the Brewers long awaited victory, these World Series memes can be a part of your celebration.