Oct 18, 2026 · 33 min · 11 segments
On this week's episode, WTMJ's Elizabeth Lintonen shares what the atmosphere was like at Milwaukee Brewers watch parties during the National League Championship Series before the team clinched a berth…
Adam RobertsHost
Elizabeth LintonenGuest
Erik Bilstad
Greg Matzik
And where else to start? Because I have to pinch myself just as I read the headlines on it.
It's been a bit since the Game 4 victory over the Dodgers, and I'm still finding myself having to gather my thoughts and go, is this real? Is this actually happening because of how many times the Brewers over the last however many years have had, as one person once famously said, bites at the apple and and yet they never finished the full apple.
And yet we are closer to finishing that apple now than we ever have been before.
The Brewers, as I mentioned, sweeping the mighty, some are saying, L.A. Dodgers.
I think it was manager Dave Roberts for L.A. in the postgame media avails when asked, he just said, hey, man, they were flawless.
This series, I can't give enough praise to the Brewers organization.
And, you know, the baseball ops with Matt Arnold and his staff and Pat Murphy and his staff and how they got those guys to play.
And they played flawless.
They really did.
They had a few uncharacteristic errors, did the Brewers over the course of the series, but it didn't matter.
And as far as it relates to reporting, obviously anytime the hometown team is doing well, it tends to make your job that much easier.
There's so many different storylines, so many different angles you can take on a story like this.
The history, the improbability, the family ties to everything, the business impact, the physics of it all.
On Wisconsin's Midday News with Greg Matzik this week, we had a physics professor from Marquette University just talking about how fastballs and sliders do what they do.
And maybe no other time than when your team is doing so well is that even a story you'd consider doing.
We will dive in on a few different angles of the story of the Brewers this episode.
But I did want to start the show with some of just my raw thoughts on everything.
As someone who grew up in Wisconsin sports culture, my first sporting event I ever remember going to was a game at old Milwaukee County Stadium.
And where else to start? Because I have to pinch myself just as I read the headlines on it.
It's been a bit since the Game 4 victory over the Dodgers, and I'm still finding myself having to gather my thoughts and go, is this real? Is this actually happening because of how many times the Brewers over the last however many years have had, as one person once famously said, bites at the apple and and yet they never finished the full apple.
And yet we are closer to finishing that apple now than we ever have been before.
The Brewers, as I mentioned, sweeping the mighty, some are saying, L.A. Dodgers.
I think it was manager Dave Roberts for L.A. in the postgame media avails when asked, he just said, hey, man, they were flawless.
This series, I can't give enough praise to the Brewers organization.
And, you know, the baseball ops with Matt Arnold and his staff and Pat Murphy and his staff and how they got those guys to play.
And they played flawless.
They really did.
They had a few uncharacteristic errors, did the Brewers over the course of the series, but it didn't matter.
And as far as it relates to reporting, obviously anytime the hometown team is doing well, it tends to make your job that much easier.
There's so many different storylines, so many different angles you can take on a story like this.
The history, the improbability, the family ties to everything, the business impact, the physics of it all.
On Wisconsin's Midday News with Greg Matzik this week, we had a physics professor from Marquette University just talking about how fastballs and sliders do what they do.
And maybe no other time than when your team is doing so well is that even a story you'd consider doing.
We will dive in on a few different angles of the story of the Brewers this episode.
But I did want to start the show with some of just my raw thoughts on everything.
As someone who grew up in Wisconsin sports culture, my first sporting event I ever remember going to was a game at old Milwaukee County Stadium.
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