MILWAUKEE -- Of the 10 games the Milwaukee Brewers have played this October, they have trailed in eight. And of those eight postseason contests they have been behind, the Brewers have won seven. This sounds like it cannot be true. Regardless of their talent, their grit, their moxie, teams are not supposed to win every time they look like they're going to lose. Only the Brewers, with their delightful marriage of tangible and intangible, do. Seemingly every time. As if it's their destiny.

What else would this city want in its first World Series champion? A team that did things easy? Come on. Slog through 58 years awaiting glory and it might as well be glorious. And glorious it was Saturday, with the seventh comeback perhaps the best yet. The Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 in Game 2 of the World Series and did so after spotting the Rays a four-run lead in the first inning.

There comes a point for every great baseball team when the strictures of the game no longer apply.…