The Milwaukee Brewers have the homefield advantage throughout the National League playoffs.
Wil the Milwaukee Brewers finally win it all?
This regular season has been the best in Milwaukee Brewers franchise history.
On Thursday, the organization won 100 games for the first time, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1.
With this accomplishment, the Brewers have also clinched homefield advantage throughout the National League playoffs, as long as they remain in the tournament.
Over the past few seasons, Milwaukee has fallen short of winning a World Series title despite being among the league's best teams.
Brewers will play some at home
The Brewers are set to have homefield advantage for the second consecutive season, but it didn't help much, as they were swept in the NLCS by the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
However, as mentioned many times about the Brewers and Dodgers, it just feels different this season, given how both teams have played and their differing levels of consistency.
Although Los Angeles has gotten hot at the right time, which is scary for the rest of the postseason teams, the Brewers' dominance makes them difficult to go up against.
During the regular season, Milwaukee has made the other top NL teams look like they aren't even in the same league, beating their division rival, the Chicago Cubs, nine times and taking series wins over the Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves.
While championships aren't won in the regular season, that doesn't change the fact that it's where habits are built.
Brewers show will to win
Before a team can win meaningful games in the playoffs, the will to win first has to show in the regular season.
Milwaukee has done a great job of this, and it's a major reason why they've strung together their best season in franchise history
Now, the Brewers' squad has only one thing left to do: win the sport's biggest prize. With a bullpen like theirs, featuring a likely Cy Young winner in Jacob Misorowski and a young up-and-comer in Robert Gasser, along with the consistent hitting they've shown this season and the home-field advantage, why can't this be their year?
It may not have mattered much last season, but when a team like the Brewers is consistently good, it's only a matter of time before results finally turn in their favor.
However, opportunities to win titles in sports are never guaranteed, so home-field advantage will matter more this season than last, as fans know the team's hardships over the years and understand this could be one of the last legitimate chances they'll have to go all the way.
