Let me tell you something about baseball: No one knows f***ing anything.
Every year, it’s the spring, you hear people talk. “The Brewers, I’m thinking they got lucky to win all those games last year … until the end, and then their luck ran out. They went as far as they can go.” OK!!! I mean, I just have to laugh. The playoff series against the Dodgers, we got swept…… It was terrible. I understand why there was not so much belief in us after a loss like that. But if you want the truth, I’ll tell you, because I was there. I’m the one who saw it from both sides, right? I’m behind the plate for their side … and I’m at the plate for our side. Here’s the truth: The Dodgers were the lucky team last season.
No, I’m not saying they were lucky to be champions. Of course not. It’s a tremendous team, with tremendous players. I’ll take nothing away from them. But were they lucky to SWEEP us? That’s a different story. Between their team and our team, 4–0, that wasn’t the gap. But they made the plays, got the breaks, and by the end of the series we were in our own heads. We’re thinking, Those guys…….. they found the magic. How else do you explain it??? You can’t. After the series, though, a lot of people thought they could explain it. They were like, “That’s how it will always go when those teams play….. The Brewers will lose. It’s too many stars, too many Hall of Famers, too many great players.” People thought that four games told the whole story. And the story to them, it’s how we weren’t good enough. How we couldn’t win the World Series with this group.
But anyone who thinks that way....... to be honest, they don’t know baseball. OF COURSE we could win the World Series with this group!!! Come on. Just look at our wins since I’ve been here: 92, 93, 97, 103. To me, that says a lot about who we are.
