At long last, the Brewers are World Series champions. In the organization’s 58th season, Milwaukee finally secured its first title. After falling just short of a series sweep on Tuesday night in Game 4, the Brewers took care of business at Tropicana Field on Wednesday night, taking down the Rays, 4–1, to close out the series in which they’ve been the better team in just about every facet .

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Jacob Misiorowski pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings to get his second win of the series despite being forced out of the game with a leg injury. He surrendered just one hit and two walks while striking out two batters on a night without his best swing-and-miss stuff, but he will nevertheless almost certainly become the first pitcher since Orel Hershiser in 1988 to start and win the World Series clincher and win a Cy Young Award.

“Honestly, I couldn’t get a smile off my face as soon as I walked in that clubhouse [today,” Misiorowski said on the MLB on Fox postgame show.…