The 2018 Brewers Were the BEST Team You Forgot About 

If you took that 2018 offense and put it with the pitching from the last 2 seasons that team could contend for a World Series for sure

As a brewers fan that watched it all in real time. That was definitely our best shot and I still get sad thinking about it

As a Cubs fan, 2018 Lorenzo Cain still gives me nightmares. If there was runners on you simply were not getting him out. Felt like every time we played the Brewers he would hit a go ahead single than make a highlight reel catch the next inning. Him and Yelich back to back was cancerous.

As a brewer fan, thank you for this video. September of 2018 was the most fun i have ever had watching baseball, along with 2011. From clinching a playoff berth against the cardinals to winning game 163 against the cubs, it was magical. I miss when we had guys that could hit consistently. People don't make youtube documentaries like this about the brewers often so thank you. That 2017 team could also have a video in the future. A team with a bunch of no names with 2/3 of them out of the league a half decade that nearly made the playoffs.

Things I remember from this Brewers team as a Brewers fan: 1) Yelich/Braun back to back to walk off the Cardinals. 2) Winning almost every start Jhoulys Chacin pitched. 3) Hating Manny Machado and Chris Taylor with all my heart. 4) Jesus Aguilar being voted into the Home Run Derby 5) Orlando Arcia being so cute 🥺🥺🥺 Awesome video ♥️

I still remember exactly where I was watching Game 7. I sat in the booth of a bar here in Madison and stared at the floor for legit 10 minutes wondering if this was it, if this was as close as the Brewers would get in my lifetime to the World Series. That 2018 team will always be a special team to me.

I'm really glad you guys made this video. I've gone to the 2018 Brewers' BBRef page more times than I can count. Who would've thought that that magic carpet ride would be the peak and that 5 years later we're still chasing that rainbow

I went to the game 7 NLCS. Such a great team ending in such a depressing way.

I really wanted them to win a World Series while Bob Uecker is still with us. For all he's done for Milwaukee and the Brewers faithful, I feel we need to win one for Bob.

I was at game 7. When Yelich hit that Home Run in the first, it felt like destiny. Everyone felt like we were going to win. Then Taylor made that unbelievable catch and completely took the air out of the stadium. What a fun team to watch.

As a life long Brewers fan that is constantly put off with how much "experts" either totally ignore the Brewers or sell them short and continuously put the Cubs and Cards ahead of them, I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this video. Thank you so much for making this! We have a good ball club here in Wisconsin and while yes, they do disappoint at times, and the owner has a bad wrap for being cheap, you'd be hard pressed to find a more supportive fan base. Again thank you and I'll sign off with a good ole fashioned, "F the Cubs" :)

I still remember to this day. I was on an exchange program and got to see the Brewers, Yelich hit one out, Cain got HBP and ran into a wall before being pulled, then Hader came in for the save. This was my first taste of MLB and it was one to remember.

One thing you forgot to mention in terms of their pitching staff was Wade Miley coming out of nowhere to be their best pitcher down the stretch. He went 5-2 with a 3.59 Era and a 159 ERA + that yr. As a Red Sox fan, I actually wanted to see Boston VS Milwaukee in the WS. Not just because it'd be an easier series, but because I was happy to see Miley (A former Red Sox player in 2015) doing well again.

Growing up a diehard brewer fan in the Chicago area, nothing was better than game 163. I was in high school and one of my teachers (who ended up being my favorite one by the time i graduated) put the game on the smartboard and let me watch the whole class time. After Keon made the catch, I got to walk around school and celebrate in the faces of all the cubs fans who did the same to me in 2016. That 2018 was so special, and seeing them in person in the NLCS was a dream come true. so many memories from that year. Thank you for this video, it was a bittersweet trip down memory lane. Thank you.

Reliving that 2018 postseason was traumatizing, but I respect and love that you made this video. I loved that team so much, Game 2 in Milwaukee was the killer in that series. If we close out that win and go up 2-0 heading to LA, we win that series. But unfortunately, Jeffress lost steam in the playoffs. He was awful. Had such a great season and it sucks it ended that way

If the 2021 pitching staff was combined with the 2018 offense they would be a dynasty

Game 1 of the 2018 NLCS had all the feels. I actually attended that game. Amazing atmosphere!

I was at NLCS Game 7, and it was sad to see the Brewers fall short. That year was their best shot!

2018 was so much fun. Just wish they could have finished it

I remember watching that Game 163 in the middle of my econ class in college. Man that was such a magical season for us

I'm so glad someone made a video on this team. Unfortunately the only game I went to for the postseason was game 2 of the NLCS, and Justin Turner's homerun landed 5 rows ahead of me. This team had a ton of other players I loved that you didn't mention (Thames and Soria just to name two) that made this team so much fun. It was such a special season that I'll never forget as a Brewers fan. I just wish the pitching was as good as it was in 2021, because then if it was there in 2018 we would've been even better. I hope that one day we get a chance to make the fall classic again, especially after how agonizing our playoff exits have been these last few years.

I will say, a major shout out to this man and this video. As one of those life long Brewer fans, and as someone who was in Miller Park the night of Game 7 of the NLCS, that really was a special team. I will never forget that summer.

Blue Jays are my primary team, but this 2018 team made me a BrewJays fan for life. What an insane postseason that was, starting with the 163rd game

This was so well done. I was a sophomore in college during this season. It was so fun to watch. I can remember the woodruff home run off kershaw and I smacked my head on the bunk because I was so pumped. Will always remember these brewers

This team brought me so much joy, i remember the tigers game i went to that year where they won 6-5 that i went to. love that someone not a fan of this team understands just how special this team was. few lucky bounces and we could have been in the World series where you never know what will happen. That team was special man

I think about that season all the time. Broke my heart. Loved this video, dude.

I went to game one of the NLDS against the Rockies during that season. It was an amazing time and our new piece, moose, had a walk off single to win game one. I remember everyone chanting Brewers on the way out of Miller Park, and it was the best game I had ever been to!

Great video. Brewer fan here. I am ready for this run the current brewers are on and can’t wait to see what the near future can bring.

Yelich had a stretch of 154 games from the latter half of 2018 going through early 2019 where he'd put up offensive numbers that were almost completely equal to Babe Ruth's 1921 season, arguably the GREATEST hitting season of all time. He was just incredible, and what he did in the final 2-3 weeks of 2018 were just like how Yaz was in 1967, where he kept making clutch hits to carry the team into the post season.

19:34 as a lifelong brewers fan, hearing this honestly brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for shining a light on this great team, they may not have won it all but they punched well above their weight and gave the fat cat establishment hell.

love the brewers content, what a year, went to game 1, will always remember them

Bombs Over Baghdad was a great touch to add when you was talkin bout the outfielders. Favorite Outkast song.

I forget exactly which years these were, but this and 2019 were such insane series for the Brewers, even in the regular season. I almost feel bad for Reds fans because Eric Thames, KBO Legend, annihilated them and Yeli cycled twice off them in a month span. The Brewers I believe ran a catcher platoon with Steven Vogt and I forget who else, Maldonado, maybe? Add in the Marlins gaining basically nothing for Yelich…good years as a Brewers fan

I’m a big Cardinals fan but I’ve always had a soft spot for the Brewers. My uncle lives probably 10 minutes from the park in Milwaukee so I’d often go to games there (I’m from Springfield IL) when the cardinals were in town. I’ve attended games the Cardinals did not play in there as well. I love Christian Yellich and I sincerely hope he can come back to form. I also do own a couple brewers jerseys and some hats too. Last thing, the stadium is cool but the food in Milwaukee is unbelievable. Always a treat to visit!

Shoutout to RU-vid for putting this in my recommended, as a brewer fan this was an amazing video and very well put together, u earned my subscription

This is the team I fell in love with, I had been a brewer fan all my life but I’ve never had a better time being a fan than this season

The 2018 season was awesome for us Brewers fans! Such a blazing hot September got them to a division title when the Cubs looked to be coasting to it. Brewers had a lot of chances in that NLCS (my late father and I went to game 1), but Turner’s game 2 homer and Taylor’s catch and Puig’s blast in game 7 were the three back breakers. Still, I loved every minute of this season! Some of the best memories of my dad’s final years were created by this Brewers team!

I always get sad when I think about this team and I'm not even a Baseball fan (I just stumbled upon this video which jogged my memory of this team, and what I'm about to write). What makes me sad is that my Dad has been a Brewers fan for as long as I can remember and he really thought this was their chance. When Puig hit the HR in Game 7 I just remember seeing him slump back in his chair with a depressed look on his face. I remember the exact words he said after the game:"I don't think I'll ever see the Brewers win a World Series." Thankfully he's also a Bucks fan who won the NBA championship a few years later, but that still hurt.

I was at game one of the NLCS and Woodruff hitting that home run is still one of the best live sports moments I've seen. Great work on the video.

That was a really fun team to watch. I was drawn in as a White Sox (62-100 that season) fan and Cubs hater. I loved watching Yelich, and the fans were electric.

I remember watching that division tie-breaker game against the Cubs and starting to mourn the demise of that once-in-a-lifetime championship group after it was over. I knew the Cubs would no longer be a viable threat to win a title after that moment and would likely return to the lean years of the past. It was tough to take. Ironically, if MLB had made the change to eliminate tie-breaker games then instead of doing it a few years later, the Cubs would have won the division instead of the Brewers.

2018 end of the season Christian Yelich is my standard of what it means to be “on fire.” Great video but as a brewers fan I was not ready to re-ignite this pain this early in the morning!

Great video man! Really enjoyed it!

This brewers offense and bullpen was sooo nasty up and down. The only weakness on that offense was our catcher in Manny Pina and Erik Kratz and they were really solid. The bullpen was disgusting Jeremy Jeffress and Josh Hader were unbelievable to watch. If you add the 2021 brewers starting pitching to that 2018 brewers team I think they win a World Series.

Surprisingly as a Yankees fan I still have not forgotten about them yet one of my favorite non Yankee teams they had the fake starter that series too it was awesome

As a Brewers fan, 2021 is more heartbreaking to me. I am absolutely not a gambling man, but I had full confidence in the team when I took a trip to Vegas in August. Then came the day they clinched their playoff spot, and they couldn’t win to save their lives from that moment on. I’ve seen a lot of bad Brewers teams in my life, but I will never forget the complete and total collapse in September and into October 2021. At least 2018 gave us some hope.

I remember this team. Thanks Mike and SRS!

After living in Northwest Wisconsin most of my life, I moved to Milwaukee for college in 2017, caught my first game at Miller Park May of 2018 for the first time since 2010, in that game Brent Suter took Corey Kluber deep, went to another game in Minnesota where the Brewers beat the Twins and then I got tickets to game 1 of the NLCS, it was a blast especially when we started chanting Chokeshaw after he imploded… 2018 was the most fun I had as a Brewers fan, I wish I could see that offense and bullpen with the starting rotation we’ve had the past couple seasons

That game 163 win at wrigley is my favorite memory as a brewers fan. Just barely tops making it on the last day in 2008 with the Braun 8th inning homer

My father and I watched Baseball forever together. He's from Illionois and was a true Cubbie fan despite being from the South side. In 2007, when Braun and Fielder shined, we watched the Brewers, and every year after that. And nothing was more important to us than that 2018 season. I watched the Brewers-Cubs game at school and was ecstatic to see them advance and tell my father as he was on the road truck driving. We watched them crush the Rockies full well, knowing they would. Then the day came for Game 7. My father and I banded together in our one bedroom apartment watching it on his phone, looking at Yelich dominate that early home run lead. Then, when Hader didn't come back for the 7th inning, we knew it was over. We both felt it before it started. I don't really know what it was, but it hurt us. Because to this day, my father and I haven't watched a single Baseball game since that Game 7. We knew that's as close as Milwaukee would get, and it hurt to see it end the way it did.

I always remember how devestated I was after that yasiel puig homerun. To have the season get ended like that and have him go parading around the bases broke me mentally in a way I can not describe.

I appreciate this video so much because not only did yelich shatter his kneecap he also had a back iniury so that 2018 season was truly one to remember

I would argue the best team forgotten about was the 2005 White Sox. Led the divison everyday that season, and went 11-1 in the playoffs winning their first title in 88 years. Certainly most people forget about them because really what was the storyline behind them.

As a cubs fan, I remember this 2018 season like it was yesterday. This season was just such a collapse at the end for the cubs especially that game 163 that we lost, and then we ended up losing the NLWC to the Rockies.

I didn’t get to go to any of the NLCS games, but I did get to go to Game 2 of the NLDS vs the Rockies. Fun times, but still think what could have been if a few things went the Brewers’ way against the Dodgers.

I loved this Brewers team. They are the reason I fell in love with baseball

As a brewers fan thank you for this video. This was such a fun team

make me cry man thanks for that go crew

I appreciate seeing the love for the Brewers

I really appreciate the volume Chacin gave the Brewers those years, Jhoulys is the last pitcher ever to start as many games as he did in a single season

I’m a cardinals fan, and for some reason I loved watching this team in the playoffs. They were just so exciting.

Will always hold a special place in my heart

Dodger fan here. That 2018 NLCS was one of the greatest series I’ve seen. Just a wild, fun series. Wouldn’t have even been mad if the Brew Crew had pulled it out.

This is my favorite brewers team ever. As a brewers fan this really broke my heart.

As a dodgers fan I never forgot about them. Ill never forget when Turner hit that game 2 8th inning go ahead bomb

As a life-long diehard Brewers fan, I definitely did not forget about this team 😅

To think it all came down to inches with Taylor’s catch in game 7. As a Dodgers fan, I was scared the moment Yelich hit it out. It felt like MIL was destined the way the place exploded. Great team and great series.

Chris Taylor sure knows a lot about great catches in Milwaukee

As a Rockies fan I knew there was going to be some pain here, glad it was a short part of the video lol

Just wait for this years ending!! Gonna be great!

To this day, this years NLCS was the most stressed I’ve ever been as a Dodger fan. The only one that comes close is the 2020 CS. I really hope they get back to what they once were.

as a royals fan, Cain was one of my favorite players in the league for the better part of the last decade,. it sometimes gets forgotten just how good he was.

10 months later from this upload, it’s early in the season. But this roster, feels just as good, probably even better. Yelich is eyeing that MVP

As a huge Christian yelich and josh Hader fan (despite rooting for Philly) I think about this series (and season for that matter) all the time. I wish he still played like that and wish he got a ring for that year

I remember thinking that the 2018 Brewers reminded me a lot of the 2014 Royals but better. Both having electric 3 man wrecking crews in the bullpen a starting rotation held together with shoe strings and bubblegum. Brewers get the nod for having a way better offense. And you can't go wrong with having LoCain in CF

You should do a video about the 2002 Anaheim Angels that would be sweet

Love the OutKast background music

I remember telling my dad going into that series that the brewers best chance of beating the dodgers was to end it quick and make sure that it doesnt draw out into a deep series. When their bullpen heavy approach would put them at a disadvantage of having a overtaxed bullpen.

I’ll never forget the 2018 season, my mom was the one who made me a diehard brewers fan, and this was the last year she would be able to watch the playoffs before she died. After years of mediocrity getting to watch us be 1 game from the World Series was really special.

I always thought of 2018 Josh Hader of when Bruce Banner said when Thor arrived in Wakanda in Infinity War "You guys are so screwed now!!" 😂

I want to cry after re living the cubs brewers nl central tie breaker game 163

Might sound crazy but when I was at game 1 of the NLCS and woodruff was up I called his home run against kershaw. When he came up to bat I saw he had 1 HR already and I said he was hitting another that at bat. It was electric.

I went to two brewers games in 2018, game two of the nlcs and game 7 😢

the 2010's was a wild decade to be a Brewer fan, because I only became a fan in 2005 when Ben Sheets was carving offenses, it finally felt like hope because the Brewers, similar to the Pirates, could never bring in talent let alone keep them, they always went to the Yankees or some other big market to win for them. Even in some of our down years in the 2010's, there were some fun highlights and players, like Chris Carter in 2016, it wasn't the best year but Carter tied the home run league lead with Arenado with 41, and o.m.g.... Carter's swing was VIOLENT! He was SO entertaining, yet he's considered the emptiest HR champ ever, and that hurts, cuz it's true... When I look at this team on Pro Baseball Reference, idk HOW this team was so good honestly, compare this team with the 2011 team. The 2011 team had a great pitching cast despite it being off on the wrong foot with ZACK GRIENKE getting injured before the season on a pickup basketball game, him and Chris Narveson would each start 28 games as a result, the only other spot starter we had was Marco Estrada (who'd be decent with the Blue Jays), which means only 6 guys started games at pitcher for them. We had the Axe man John Axford as the closer and K-Rod as a setup man, YES A SETUP MAN WHEN THAT DUDE IS LIKE ONE OF THE BEST CLOSERS EVER! Every starter except Estrada had 10+ wins! The thing is, the 2011 team was even MORE consistent, and had the same amount of wins basically as the 2018 team. 2B and CF were the only positions to basically not have full time starters with more than 130 games. The 2011 team had Jon Lucroy play 136, Prince Fielder played ALL 162 at 1B, Yuniesky Betancourt at SS for 152 games, Casey McGehee at 3B for 155, Braun at LF for 150, and Corey Hart at RF for 130. Our relief players (not pitchers) were Jerry Hairston Jr., Craig Counsell as a 40 year old player (now managing Cubs...), Mark Kotsay, and Carlos Gomez.shared CF with Nyjer Morgan (TONY PLUSH!). Rickie Weeks was supposed to be 2B but he only played 118 games indicating injury, it's been 13 years i don't recall what happened that year with him. Basically, the 2011 team had consistent starters offense, defense, and pitching all season long with very few interruptions. 2018 on the other hand!? We had so many platoon guys like Hernan Perez, none of our catchers played over 100 games, we made a TON of post trade deadline trades using the waiver wire loophole. Travis Shaw played the most games at 152. Funniest thing is that Thames was supposed to be our 1B that year, but he got hurt in spring training, and then Aguilar broke out so it's like, what do we do with Thames!? Then there's the pitching staff you mentioned... Only Jhoulys Chacin started the full season (min 32 starts) with 35 starts! Chase Anderson started 30. the 2018 Brewers started 11 different pitchers that year! If that were any other year, this team would've folded like a piece of a paper with that inconsistency of a rotation. Chacin was also the only pitcher to get 10+ wins with 15! So I'm glad you're pointing this team out, because that team should not have been good, they were the definition of over achievers! the 2011 team had studs and superstars, guaranteed good players at almost all positions. the 2018 team? Was a completely different team by September! They were a different team by the All-Star Break! When 1 player went down, another came up!

i was at game 7 of the nlcs. manny machado getting boo'd made my night even that we lost

I've been watching sports for 35ish years. The 2018 Brewers was the most fun season to watch, despite championships, above the 2021 Bucks, and 2010 & 1996 Packers.

Never thought I’d see a dead by daylight clip in a SRS video

This was my favorite team to watch oat

Even as a Reds fan, Darth Hader was one of my favorite pitchers to watch. What's disappointing to see in this video though is how Christian Yelich swelled after he went to the Brewers and teamed up with Braun. Yelich really didn't really need to do steroids, but it is incredible how he could do just a _little_ and could be widely considered the best hitter in the league. That alone says a lot about his natural talent.

It seems the brewers are everyone’s favorite underdog when we are relevant. We don’t make the best choices from a business perspective but the fans do more than love the team anyways

Lou Brock edit: absolutely phenomenal

I was at that Game 7 and it hurt after that loss.

I was at game 7. That was heart breaking

Bombs over Baghdad!!!!!! On point soundtrack Good freakin job, guy I'm not your guy, pal Not your pal, Buddy

I haven’t forgotten

As a brewers fan, thank you

You’re going to give my Brewers some love, I’m going to subscribe haha. Great content all around👍

I was at game 7, it was so fun then so sad

I mean its the 2005 White Sox because you know they actually won something, led MLB in team ERA by 0.5 points in the juice ball era, and went 11-1 in the postseason and still regularly gets forgotten

I worry that year will be the only year in my life we get that far some seasons. At least we’ve got first in central for now rn