The 122nd edition of the Fall Classic starts tonight in Milwaukee, when the Tampa Bay Rays (née Devil Rays) take their swings against off-speed wunderkind (and shoulda-been-a-Royal) Jacob Misiorowski and the Milwaukee Brewers (née Pilots, of Seattle) in a battle to hoist the Commissioner’s Trophy for the very first time.
So, who will prevail in this small-market showdown? Glad you asked, because to Man Mulligan’s nickname hacks, who may or may not include an individual who may or may not have replaced the water of a university’s lobby aquarium with PBR to “bring the party to the tank”, as it were, certain truths are self-evident, including any encounter between tropical sea life and Milwaukee’s best (or worst) ending the same way: with mass marine casualties.
As it was back in college, so it shall be in this World Series: Milwaukee’s Brewers over Tampa Bay’s Rays, 9 Blue Ribbons to 8 Cigar Bands.
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