Ross & Rizzo Unfiltered - INSTANT REACTION to Brewers WINNING WORLD SERIES over Rays, Contreras WINS MVP

Welcome back to another episode of Ross and Rizzo Unfiltered. I'm Anthony Rizzo with my partner, David Ross. The Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions, Rossi. Can you believe we are saying that?

I just got done at the field. That place was packed with Brewer fans. The whole lower bowl was standing room only for the trophy presentation. the bars around there are selling more beer than they've ever sold in their lives. And the brew crew did it, man. I mean, they were the best team all year long. I know we don't see that year in and year out, but they proved it in the regular season. They were dominant in the postseason. Congratulations to that organization. Matt Arnold, Pat Murphy, you know, the list goes on and on. So many guys well-deserving. They were grinders. They got so many young guys.

They've got young guys up and down the lineup. They were rookie shortstop. Didn't even start the year in the show. Rookie shortstop. The Miz was spectacular. Bryce Terang's an absolute stud. Do not hit it to the right side of the infield because you are out. Jackson Chirio, 22. The Miz, 24. It's just, here they come. You know, Luis Lora didn't have a big... He didn't have a big role in the postseason, but, I mean, he's an absolute stud, and he's coming. He's 21. They've got Logan Henderson, who's 24.

Cooper Pratt, 22. I mean, just they're coming. They built this thing the right way. They've got more guys coming. Wire to wire. They've got more guys coming. Yep.

They have more guys coming.

Wire to wire.

Best team all season. Like you said, Pat Murphy, congratulations to you. The owners– Mark Antonacio and his ownership group, congratulations to them. Matt Arnold, the president of baseball operations, congratulations to you. And the players, man. These players, they showed, you were there, but on the broadcast, my favorite part as a kid growing up, as a kid with a dream growing up, my favorite part about watching the World Series, always, and even to this day, I got goosebumps, is the last out reactions. After they win and they start subbing, then they go back and the broadcast starts showing every player's reaction and seeing them throw their hands up and pump and do whatever they do. It's my favorite part.

I remember yesterday, throwing my hands up in the air, saluting my dad, saying I'm the champion of the world because that's what I always said I would do. So cool to see them, the Brewers, It's so cool to see them play like kids. That's the joy of it. Ross, you were on the field, but I don't know if you saw the interview with Cooper Pratt. It was the most wholesome thing one can see. He was just like, I can't believe this. This only took four months. This is the most fun, the most pressure games I've ever played, the most fun. I messed up a bunch of times in this playoffs. My teammates had my back. all of these guys were just so excited and it couldn't be happier for Christian Yelich, right?

Yeah, yeah.

As a fan of the game, playing against him for so many years, respecting what he does every single day, they give him the captain, Brandon Woodruff, him making this roster, getting the pitch, you know, I know he gave up a run, but still just what that means to pitch in the World Series and be part of it is something special, so I know the scenes from Milwaukee looked crazy.

That city's going to be– they definitely know how to drink up there. That's for damn sure, and I'm sure they're.

Going to be celebrating this one. Did you see that guy climbing? Did you see that shot of the bar that was going crazy? Did you see that kid climbing the rafters there? Yeah. What was he doing?

Yeah.

We had fun celebrating the Brewers, and my brother died. This guy was going way up there. I'm with, I think Cooper Pratt, I did see, I didn't see the interview, but when we were on set, they were showing on the TV, um, leading up to our show, they were showing some of the highlights and I I'm with you with the, that's gotta be the best part, the final out and seeing everybody just get that, that energy release.

But Cooper Pratt yelling at the top of his, well, you could see the veins in his neck, just so excited, you know, to, to be so young in the show and, I mean, bro, he raked these last few games, too. He had six hits.

He was six for his last six.

That's crazy. That's insane.

The biggest stage.

That's crazy. And the biggest stage when it matters the most. Yeah.

Another massive wholesome moment was William Contreras, right, for a number of reasons. You see Wilson there, his brother, big leaguer, just so excited. Straight off a plane from Hawaii. He was on vacation enjoying his.

Small flex.

Yeah.

Small flex. Yeah, I flew in from Maui.

Yeah. And that moment, right, brothers playing, both brothers in the big leagues, right? Could have been a potential Red Sox Brewers World Series. That would have been insane. But then on the field after, you know, William was on Team Venezuela when they won the WBC. This journey for him personally started– You know what I mean?

Winning the championship. I didn't think that.

Everything Venezuela's gone through this year with the earthquakes and how emotional that's been. And I know, I know, I definitely know Wilson is so connected to that Venezuelan community and William too. And he had the Venezuelan flag. So just a really cool moment post game, seeing him represent Venezuela and his country and giving them the shout out.

And the emotions that came out from it. You know, I, Being a catcher, I just always follow that. Congratulations to him for being World Series MVP. Well-deserved. You could have picked Aaron Ashby. You could have picked Churio, but I thought.

They gave it to the right guy. Cooper Pratt was making a late push.

Cooper Pratt, yeah, he made a late push for sure. But, I mean, he hit. 381 in the World Series. He had a dominant. I actually thought he could have been or should have been. Maybe I say could have been because I was happy Jake Bowers got it, but Could have been the CS MVP, but he carried that hotness right into the World Series and hit almost 400, threw out three guys, blocking balls, plays at the plate, tags, in the middle of everything, scoring runs, getting hits, challenges, and leading that step. Every guy, we've said it on here, but every guy in that bullpen or starter has given him so much credit for his leadership and being on the same page. It's so important when you're in the catcher position. I'm so happy for him and his family.

But he just fell to his knees and just kind of stayed there for a minute. Like, wow. You know, like, we did it. The emotion you talked about when he got to the MVP and, you know, crying. And we know how emotional Wilson is playing with him. And it came out of his brother, too, in those moments. Just super pumped for him. And it's only the seventh catcher all time to win a World Series MVP. So, shout out to him. Congrats to him. And I also... I love that you gave love to Yelly and Woodruff, the two longest tenured players, the position player side and the pitching side. Both those guys have been there a long time, going through some ups and downs, and finally winning a World Series is pretty special, man. Those guys are connected

for life, brothers for life, and they're such grinders. We know that feeling, and it never gets old seeing those guys for the rest of your life. When I see guys with the Red Sox or I see– our teammates in Chicago. It just, you pick up right where you left off. There's so many great memories. So, so happy for them. There's something about the warm summer air and a cold Corona with lime that makes the roar of the crowd sound a lot like the roar of the waves.

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I can promise you from first-hand experience, it never gets old. We celebrated our 10-year anniversary of winning in 2016, and you just still hear the stories. Bro, this is their first World Series championship in franchise history. So all of these Brewers fans, all of these fans in Milwaukee, like, bro, I remember I was thinking when I saw them.

Win, right?

I used to always drive up to Milwaukee for the most part. And there was this one guy I'm going to miss on these names, right? Whenever I'd pull in the parking lot, I'd always stop, roll down my window. He knew me. I knew him. And we would talk for like two, three minutes. He was the parking attendant going into the visiting players lot. And he was just talking.

This is when we were beating up on the Brewers. And he's, ah, come on, take it easy on us. You guys can give us a few wins. We need the help. And I just always looked forward to seeing him. He was always happy. Always very friendly to me and my family when we were coming in and out. And then you roll through there. It was Miller Park at the time. And the dude that led us in the clubhouse, I'd always talk to him about sports betting because he loved talking football and who he had. And I was like, oh, dude, what do you got? He was really smart. So Phil Rosowitz, they're visiting clubhouse. Phil, as I was about to say.

I saw him– there's some clips of him in the dugout.

Yeah, I was like, dude, Phil's in the– I was like, damn, Phil's– I knew– but Ben is now their head clubhouse guy. Ben used to be the two-man for Phil in the visiting clubhouse. So a lot of– you just– when you play against these franchises, your division rivals, you get to know people in that organization. And they're good people. So as much as you and I– I mean– I hated playing the Brewers. I did. And as much as I hated them, you respect them, and you're happy for those guys on the inside there. Phil Rosowitz, the visiting clubhouse manager for the Milwaukee Brewers, I have a couple stories about him. He gave KB and I our own personal towels.

He got them embroidered, right? I think KB's was like MVP after he won in 16. He got me a personally embroidered one. And then every time I would go there, Rossi, Cubs and Yankees, he'd always make banana bread. He has the best banana bread in the game. If you're in Milwaukee and you know Phil, if he makes you banana bread, you better feel loved because it is elite. So just seeing those guys, being happy for them is really cool. Bro, they showed a clip of Ashby running from the bullpen like Forrest Gump, bro. He had his glove in his hand, the ball, and he's just like a little kid. I'm watching with Emily. She's like, oh my God, look at this guy.

He's so happy.

That's how wholesome... watching felt so just really cool.

I saw the same they they had yelly running out of the out of the off the bench in that and if it looked like you know those long strides he had he couldn't get out there fast enough that was so cool you said something in that comment and i don't want to brush over that milwaukee fans are people there that work there are amazing and i got to see the door guy while we were doing the games underneath and we caught up as well and the back door guy where You go in the back door to go to the cage. He was there. I don't remember their names as well. But you said something in that, and I got a little sad. Do we have to stop celebrating our 10-year anniversary now if the season's over?

Are we on to the 11th year? Listen, listen.

It's been a nice run this year. I've enjoyed it. I say this with all due respect. We won the best championship of all time. But it's not about us. This is about the Milwaukee Brewers and their fan base. And also, you've got to give some love to the Tampa Bay Rays, right? Winning the American League pennant, it's gut-wrenching to lose, bro. You've never felt it, obviously. I did, unfortunately.

You left as a champion in your last game. I left as a fucking loser in my last game. It sucks, bro. You're winning at life.

You're winning at life.

Thank you. But, bro, Christian Jelic, right? Gets traded over there. On the Marlins, kind of just... Kind of just I don't want to say suffering on the Marlins because you go back and look at those Marlins teams. They trade away Stan. They trade away Ozuna. They have starting pitching, right?

Riomuto. Riomuto was on that team. Riomuto.

And they trade Yelly to the Brewers, and he just– he already was really good and elite in Miami. Maybe he got overshadowed by Big G. But then he goes to Milwaukee, wins an MVP, right? Just keeps putting up year after year. They reward him with a big contract. He grinds it out.

I think the next year or the year before the next year, he finished second. Yeah. He's a stud.

And then doesn't have a, but Pat Murphy realizes what he means to that team. And they reward him with the captain, the sea on his chest, like just really cool storylines. And everyone, I think what fans don't realize is every single guy in that clubhouse, every single staff member from the bottom up is on their own journey, right? There's, Cooper Pratt's a rookie. You have Gary Sanchez, who's the backup catcher winning his first World Series, right, who is very loved and respected in that clubhouse. You saw him, what, get one at bat? Just so many different ends of the spectrum of someone winning a championship. Aaron Ashby, right, starter now in the bullpen. So, so many cool storylines that come out of it.

It was amazing. I got to bring one thing over. You were talking about our championships. And I love Trevor McGill. Amazing. Amazing dude. He pitched for me. I love the guy. But he just won a World Series.

That's exactly what I was just going to say, bro. He just won a World Series.

Just won a World Series.

What do you have to say to these fans that are literally at the top of the dugout right now? Have fun talking shit to Chicago next year.

We have a race.

Trev, come on, man.

Oh, that's so McGill, bro. That's so great. Oh, that was funny. Catching strays. Just won a World Series. The Cubbies are catching some strays.

I mean, I look at that as living rent-free in Brewers fans' heads, but look, they're on top, bro. Like, that organization right now is... That's... Just, bro, just think about this. In 2020, David Stearns leaves, right? A few years ago, you get shit-canned and Craig Council... comes over to the Cubs. They lose their manager. Matt Arnold takes over as president. Pat Murphy takes over as manager eventually.

That just shows the strength of that entire organization, right? You lose your president and you lose your manager who was there for seven, eight, nine years, right? Like that, their organization is so deep that every, you know, every other organization now is knocking on the door saying, all right, what's making you guys successful? Successful. This is a copycat league.

What are you doing in player development? You guys are getting guys out of nowhere. You're developing these pitchers. Trevor McGill was kind of a little journeyman, and now he's been a dominant closer the last couple years. Bro, they have the number one prospect on his way up. He's 19 years old. Jesus Made?

Made. Made. Made. Made.

And they have reinforcements on the way. They have the number one farm system. This is a testament to that entire organization from their... god awful spring training complex in maryville to the big leagues and uh i believe they're they're complex in the dominican republic is really nice but it's just a testament from the very bottom to the very top of how deep that organization is.

Well on that point you know what i said on air tonight too the impressive part for me you see teams have good years and then fall off like They've won the division four years in a row now, right? And then the first year, get knocked down the wild card. Second year, knock down the wild card. Third year, they go to the championship series and get swept. So you're like, when are they going to get over that hump? Like, we know they're a good team. We know they've dealt, but they're taking the steps forward each year. And then this year, they do the whole dang thing and win the World Series. So impressive, the steps they've made, the farm system like you talked about, the youth they have, how they've drafted and nailing that. It's been really, really

impressive to me.

Bro, Murphy, Pat Murphy was talking about it. How about Pat Murphy just being an absolute lifer in the game, right? I remember when he was the interim manager for the Padres, he was just getting absolutely shit on, right?

Yep.

He, he crawled. So other college coaches can run.

Right.

But so Pat, Pat Murphy, right. In college for so long has his own kids, has his story about, man, this isn't about me anymore. Like I'm going to figure this whole coaching thing out. They did a great piece on him. And then he becomes a man. He becomes a bench coach. He, he, he works his way up in the Padres organization. Then he becomes a bench coach for Milwaukee. Now he's the manager just, again, another great story.

He's 60, what? He's 70 years old, Murph?

Yeah, I think he's 60. I think he's in his 60s. I know. I'm pretty sure he's in his 60s. I know he got his first job at 67. I think, you know, and two, he's one of those guys that feels like he's a traditionalist and the mentality he talks about, the way he talks about this group, When you get to be a manager, you have the things that are important to you, but when you have the accountability from the players and these guys that play with the intensity and the hustle and the fight and overcoming adversity, which we know comes in baseball, and these guys just, I think, embody that, That's who they are, I think, as a group, one, but also when your manager embodies that and they've kind of taken on his personality of just no nonsense, no excuses.

This is what's going to happen. I heard a story. Tim Kirshen told me a story, a really cool story. I'll probably steal it if I ever get to manage again. Colleague, not your partner.

Colleague?

Colleague. My colleague, Tim Kirshen, not my partner. But he told me a story in spring training. He said, hey, listen, everyday players, You're going to get 550 at-bats. 500 of those at-bats are yours. But 50 of those at-bats where they need you to get a guy over, get a bunt down, hit a sack fly, get a runner from second to third, do the little things. 50 of those at-bats are not for me, but for your teammates, for the organization, for the fans. And I thought that was, I've never heard it put that way. And it was so well said. There's an unselfish point in our game that we have to, sacrifice our at-bats, our stats, the things that are going to carry us in a free agency and get us paid to win a baseball game.

And that's probably going to be 50 at-bats, 25 at-bats for even the big boys, even the guys that are everyday players. You're going to have to do that to help us win a ball game. And the fact you set that standard in spring training and that mentality, I thought was so well said and so important to winning.

No doubt. I think, too....

It kind of reminded me of us 10, 11 years ago, honestly. They got swept by the Dodgers last year. And Murph said it, too, when they lost to the Mets the year before, right, on the walk-off. And they trade away guys, and they get swept last year by the Dodgers. Like, this is– I don't know why. Like, this is– we're going to learn from this, guys. We're going to get over the hump. We're going to learn from this. And you heard Trevor McGill after the game saying, last year when we got swept– we knew it was a learning moment and like, this is proof in the pudding right now that we, we, we got closer last year, them getting swept. They got closer. That's exactly how we were in 2015. We got swept by the Mets and we

got closer and we rolled in to spring training in 2016 and we were wire to wire. We were the best team in baseball. Now they weren't, they were not projected to go wire to wire where we were, but that's just a credit to literally Pat Murphy and his entire staff, right?

Like, Just grinders. Let's get to our... Let's get to our... Before we forget, we got to do our Corona Playa.

Playa. Playa, the game. We haven't even talked about him yet because we've been waiting to talk about him. Jacob Mizorowski. Got to see the Cy Young version of him tonight. Honestly, Rossi, we got to see the Cy Young version of him the entire playoffs. This whole narrative of Oh, he hasn't been the best. Dude had four starts throughout the playoffs.

They won all of his starts, four or five. He had a 1-8 ERA. Tonight he goes five and two-thirds, two hits, no runs. Why is it when you're so good and you just keep being that good, it's never good enough in this sport?

Why?

I don't understand that.

Why? Because he didn't throw eight innings every time? Well, when you're so good, they only see the flaws, right?

What flaws did he have that he only threw five innings per game?

If I was going to be critical, I'll be critical. I'll be critical. He only, you know, this is what people were going to say. Well, he's not striking everybody out. Like, that's a big deal. Who cares? You don't need to. I'm with you.

I'm with you.

If he strikes everyone out, well, you're going to make points, and I'm going to count you right away. He strikes every now and then. His pitch counts too high. He's Blake Snell. He can't go eight innings.

I think he went four innings the first start, four and a third the second start, and five the third start. You expect horses to go six, seven innings and punch out the world, right? That's the standard he set for fans and media. That's the standard he set during the regular season. He's the best pitcher in the National League this year. He's going to win the Cy Young.

He's the best pitcher in the playoffs this year.

I'm not saying it's right. Starter. I'm not saying it's right, but if I, like the one thing I would say is like, and we had him on set and he said, I was trying to be so perfect. I was trying to do too much. Tonight, he was as poised as I've seen him in the postseason. He handled the biggest moment he's ever been in his life at 24 years old.

And all the things that he's done all year, he handled it with such poise and grace and put that team on his back and said, know what, boys? I've got you. And he would have pitched at least six. He was one out away from going a complete six innings until he had the calf thing pop up. But that's the thing I think people get caught up in.

It's like we've seen all these other things. And part of that is we've seen other guys just go deeper. Part of that narrative is Pat Murphy has a military full of arms down the bullpen that he was rolling out. I mean, seven guys down there that have been absolutely dominant in the postseason. So I'm with you. It's never enough.

I definitely agree with you on that statement. But what I would say is that you expect the Cy Young Award winner and one of the best pitchers in baseball. to be a little, go a little bit deeper is what I would say in, you know, the command was a little bit off. He threw the, he, I saw a stat on our ESPN. Go ahead. Go ahead.

You saw a stat on ESPN?

No, I just mean for like, like navigating, navigating, watching him pitch. It just wasn't the same guy. We did a couple of his games this year for ESPN. Just wasn't the same guy. And I think part of that, like, again, we have to give credit. The Rays were the best team at baseball putting the ball in play as a contact.

I think it was the second best contact team in the game, I think, or first. Um, you know, that's the only thing I'm not criticizing him. I'm just trying to explain to my partner where all that.

No, no, I understand that. It's just, you know, everyone's like, Oh, he's going to learn from this. It's what is he learning from?

Right.

That he didn't go an extra he's he's on 50 plus extra innings of workload. This dude is second. It's his, I believe it's his first full season in the big leagues.

It is. You know what I mean?

And he's pitching the last game of the season. He's pitching massive games for his team, right? None of the Brewers starters went deep. So, I don't know, man.

Like, I love... I understand. You want to see Brayden... I love when I was catching and guys are trying to attack Jon Lester earlier and they're popping balls up and his pitch count's low and We got soft contact. Who cares about strikeouts? We got low kind. He can go deeper with that bullpen getting used yesterday. He was so efficient today. I thought, like I said this a couple times about him, I just thought his poise grew each and every start. He's so young. I thought on the big stage, it just felt like a little jumpy and antsy, and he was able to calm himself down.

I think William Contreras, he mentioned, talked to him about not trying to be so perfect and just try to execute each pitch. Because he's got... I saw a stat where he threw the most pitches over 100 miles per hour ever in a World Series.

Bro, his first 24 of his first 26 pitches were all over 100 miles an hour. I was watching this game, and I go, God damn. I'm like, what the fuck?

What the fuck? Again. And that's the other thing I loved about his start was he came out and he's like, you know what? I'm pumping heaters. I've got great stuff. I'm going to move it around the zone, in, out. And he didn't even break out his off-speed stuff until I think second time through the lineup. Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, just– and that's why he's our Corona player of the game. Corona, thank you for being such a great partner to us. Bro, the Brewers bullpen, 65 innings, a 1-3 ERA, second lowest ERA by any bullpen in postseason history. Only team to ever get to the World Series where no starter recorded a win in the playoffs, right?

They made– their defense wasn't great.

It was good.

It wasn't great to the playoffs. They got their first win by a starter in the World Series. That's how good their bullpen was.

No doubt. No doubt. They blew them all out yesterday. Both teams made some mistakes. They're good defensive teams. But I think the one thing that I also marveled at, there were some amazing plays made this World Series. You know what I mean?

Like a lot of mistakes. Bryce Terang made second base look like it was– he put on a clinic.

A clinic. And Jake Bowers made a great dive and stop to the early game, save and run.

That play by Bowers– Playing first base, a right-handed hitter hitting a ball to your left side at first is so rare. And the fact that he got that good of a jump off that was, I was like, damn, that's a nice play right there.

And that was a lead-off hit.

That would have been a lead-off double.

That's a double. If Vlade hit that, that would have been a lead-off double.

And then another one in the game was Bryce Terang when he was on second base. I forget who was hitting, but it was a line drive over the second baseman's head. Terang got a great jump on that. It's a tiny little thing that really you're not going to see in the box score, but if he would have froze on that, The third base coach is holding them. It's a different outcome.

So a lot of really good baseball in this, which was– look, the product of baseball is better than it's ever been. I know there's a lot of talk about the three true outcomes and the way baseball was played 20 years ago and all this yada, yada, yada. These dudes are competing at the highest level with the best stuff. They're hitting the balls the farthest they've ever hit it. There's more home runs. There's more stolen bases. Guys are more athletic now with no shift. It's a beautiful brand of baseball.

The Milwaukee Brewers are the kings of all of it in the 2026 season.

Bro, you know a stat I got off the TV today, or I think it was a radio as we were listening underneath. The Brewers hadn't lost back-to-back games yet. since freaking Labor Day weekend. Think about how long ago that was, bro. That feels like two years ago. That feels like before we won the World Series. My God, of all we went through, these guys have been on an absolute roll.

And it's because of that bullpen, bro. Second lowest ERA all-time postseason bullpen ERA. Like, that's insane. Like, and those guys, it was one guy after another. Didn't matter whose number he called. Down there, man, that's why they won the World Series, in my opinion. No doubt.

Yeah, because their starters didn't go deep, and you need your starters to go a little deeper than four, five, six innings, right? At least one or two of them. So, yeah, I mean, and they're just relentless offense. They're relentless. They were just– they got punched. They responded right away.

Right away. It was like– Jackson's cheerio offense. 22 years old, 11 hits in the World Series, second most hits in the first five games of World Series ever. Like, we've already said it, but the dude's coming, bro. They've got, like, it's a fun time to be a Brewers fan.

Fun time to be a Brewers fan, for sure. The party now is just getting going, too. Those guys, like you said, are brothers for life. It's a special bond. You saw Robin Yowt there. celebrating there with Yellich, which was awesome.

As soon as we get off, I'm going to the team hotel. I'm going to find their team hotel. I'm partying all night. Let's go. Don't tempt me with a good time, Brew Crew.

Bro, they should. We may have to cut this part out, but they should fucking give you a ring. You're the sacrificial lamb. You got canned, so the council goes over there. Who knows if they actually win with it. You know, it's a whole thing, like, right?

We're not going down that road. We're not going down that road. Let's get us some ball bags.

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We've been in.

The Vibe Room... We've been in the Vibe Room. That's a spot. That's a spot. And with Church and Sheryl Crow, like, I mean, what a tour it's going to be. It's always good. He always ends in Boston at Foxboro. He always starts in Tampa. I've been to that one. Maybe we'll have to have a meeting in Chicago, maybe a podcast from Chicago.

Ooh, with Kenny on it?

On 626.

With Kenny on it? 626.

That'd be nice.

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Let's get to the Tim Buss ball bag questions of the day where Rossi and I answer all of your questions. Email us at rossi.gmail.com. Leave us a comment on YouTube, through our socials. We absolutely love this segment. Email from Braden Hutchcroft. Hey, the Brewers just won it all at the Trop. What was it like winning it all in an opposing stadium and the celebration and just the whole night afterwards? Was it tough being in another city Go Cubs. Brayden, I was watching this game with my wife, and when they were popping the confetti and doing all the lights or the smoke behind them and the flames, I was like, damn, that's one thing we missed, right? Because it rained right after our game. So we did our post-game celebration in the.

And it was fucking packed in that locker room with so many people. As it should be. As it should be.

But it was really– I personally loved clinching on the road because everyone was together. There was no going your separate ways, right? At home, at the end of the day, when it's all said and done and you shower, you're going to your house. For us, we were going to Lester's house all the time. But most teams, you know, you go your own way. You end up in your own bed. There, clinching in Cleveland– Everyone was getting on that bus. Everyone was getting on that plane. You got to celebrate longer. We didn't get home until, what, 5.30 in the morning?

It was early.

It was really, really special. I feel like the bond was just... The story was ending, and you got to all end it together, and no one got to leave early. No one got to Irish goodbye. No doubt.

I would say... I've gotten to do both and the Red Sox hadn't clinched at home in a long time. We got to do in 13. That was just as amazing. So, you know, we all went to the same bar and you're right. Nobody kind of disappears when you're, when you're home, you've got a little more family, not so much travel.

Somebody staying home with the kids or stuff like that. So when you got little ones, my mom and dad stayed back with our newborn and my, just my, my son and daughter, my oldest two traveled with us. So, Um, but I, I would totally agree with your statement. Like my, I think my favorite part of the celebration in Chicago was the plane ride back with everybody. Everybody's kids. My daughter's in the back, Lester and lackey are yelling show kids and giving everybody out, giving all the eight year olds hundreds and sending them back up. I'm like, where did you get that money? And they're like, Mr. Lester, Mr.

Lackey gave you a hundred dollar bills, just throw them around. So, um, it was fun. He had like Theo and a dip riding the, riding the beverage cart down as we take off. Like, it was insane. It was a good party, and we were all in that little bubble together. And another part, when we landed and got on the buses and we got the spray of all the, I forget what it's called, but all the fire trucks at the airport spraying the buses. Bro, you know I heard. Nothing cooler than that.

Look, I never knew. I never won. I didn't know that this was even a thing, right? The salute when you land. I guess you're supposed to salute them back and thank them and get off. And I think I heard down the grapevine years later that the fire department was annoyed at us that we didn't salute them back in Chicago.

Oh, shoot.

I know, which I'm sorry. Thank you, guys. But my response was, well, we've never won, so I don't think any of us knew how to do it.

Let's run it back. Let's run it back. Let's throw another party. Let's throw another party. We'll get on some buses and head to the airport. Yeah, I don't ever want to disrespect the first responders for sure because that was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. The buses driving down the airport and these guys got the water spraying over from the fire trucks at the airport.

It was just so cool. All right, next email from Andy. You've both done it. What is the feeling truly like when you record the final out and are officially a World Series champion? I got to catch the last out. Thank you, Andy, with the Red Sox and You're just hoping. to get that out for me. You're thinking through everything.

And when you finally catch it, the overwhelming, I mean, this is just what I thought. I had come back from a long layoff with concussions that year. I literally thanked God, thanked the umpire, and I couldn't wait to get to Koji and him jumping my arms and the boys celebrate like, It was so great. Johnny Gomes caught the first two outs of the inning, and I'm like, all right, one more. Let's just hit it to him.

He's sure-handed out there. Like, I don't care how we get it. And Koji threw a nasty splitter to Carpenter, and that was my emotion. And then just everybody's coming to you, which was really cool. Like, as we're pitcher and catcher, you've seen so many moments, and he just jumps in my arm. I've never held another man so high, and he felt so light. In that moment, it was a really, really special, cool moment for me. Other than in Cleveland, I was trying to get over the rail.

My spike was caught on the dang chicken wire in front of the rail. I couldn't get out there fast enough. I was having my grandpa moment. You showed your age. I did. You showed your age.

Yeah, for me, when we won, it's just everything comes at, everything came at me hard right away. There's so much that goes into that moment of catching that final out from KB, that your first initial thought is the boys, the guys that you just were in the trenches with, starting out at spring training, that goal, and winning with them and being excited with them, and you go and dogpile with them. I throw my hands up as a tribute to my dad from when I was a kid, but then you go and you start celebrating, you give them the big hugs, and then immediately you start thinking of your family and everyone there and what it took for you to get to that point and how much they've supported you along the way, how much the other

families there supported you, all coaches throughout your professional career, your collegiate career, your amateur career, right? High school, travel ball, every person that went into it, it hit me thinking of them and the journey I was on, right? So it's just, it's the best feeling in the world.

When you're doing the little dog pile and everybody finally gets up, you go around to every, like when you turn around, you see another teammate that you're so happy for. And there's so much, there's just love going out everywhere. And it's like, I saw Lester and obviously that's special. I see you, I see ski, you know, who I play with and is now a coach with me. You know, you see stropey and like just, Oh, Miggy, my, my, my catching partner, Wilson, who's a rookie. Like it just so much love and everybody you turn around, you're like, Oh yeah. And you just go crazy all over again. Like, like I'm trying, I hug KB and we're just telling them like how happy I was. And like, I've got tears in my eyes talking to him and his ears.

Just like, it's, it's, that's my favorite part. Like, you know, the dog pile to make it out there, but then you just turn to every guy and it's all over again. You're just so happy for them. And that connection that you have with a brother that you went on this long journey with and finishes world champs.

Christian Yelich said it post-game in an interview. He said, I just wish everyone could experience this feeling because it's the best. As a professional baseball player, as a major league baseball player, you grow up, every single big leaguer had the dream, right? Bottom of the ninth, two outs, World Series, hit the home run in your backyard, or you make the big pitch to win the World Series.

And that dream, that little kid's dream, Trevor McGill said it too, that the 10-year-old me would be so proud of myself right now. That's the feeling. You just bottle it up and you never, ever forget it. It's been 10 years. I remember it like it was yesterday. Last question from email from John Macy. What's up, guys? Rizzo, is there any meaning behind the Horns Up celebration? You would always throw up with the Yankees. I know you didn't go to Texas, so I was wondering if there's a good backstory with it. There's a picture here with you and Glaber. That means I love you. Sign language.

I love you.

I'm trying to teach my son that right now. He smiles when I do it to him, so it feels good. But yeah, when I would hit a home run there in New York, I'd always give the I love you up to family section to my wife or to her seats. We had season tickets there.

And then Glaber.

Started doing it every time I did it, and then we started doing it on the camera, and it just became a thing. Glaber and I were really close. I was close with everyone on the Yankees, but that's the back story to it.

J.A. used to do that a lot. Chipper did that to his family when he did homework.

Bryce Harper does it. A lot of guys do. Well, now guys are doing a thousand different things, but that was my one little thing, especially.

In New York. Rossi. Good picture. Good picture of you and Glaber.

Rossi, how much fun has this been, man? Like, for us personally, we want to thank everyone for listening, but we got to do our 10-year World Series reunion, the Love War reunion, and interview all the guys. And now getting to talk baseball first weekly, then biweekly, and now always on, it's just been more fun every single night.

Getting to talk the game, getting to dive deep into guys' lives maybe like I have to admit, I wasn't as familiar with and getting to see these stars become stars. It's been so much fun, Rossi. And couldn't think of a better partner to do it. We are in the works right now of lining up some post season, post season.

So off season, I'm sorry, off season interviews. So, You guys email us. Let us know in the comments who you think we should interview. We're definitely going to stick with some baseball, current baseball players, former guys. Venture out into the music world, hopefully other sports. Get some cross sports coming in. So it would be really cool to hear you guys' feedback on who you think we should interview.

But I'm looking forward to that part of our show too and getting to know guys and getting to hear their story and why they're great at what they do. I love telling people's stories. I love learning about people's stories. And because everyone's on their own journey, but man, Ross, this has been so much fun. Congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers. Rossi.

Couldn't couldn't think of a couldn't thank you enough for being my partner.

And buddy, I reiterate to the fans everything that you just said, and it's fun to come. You know, I don't know if I can call this work, but it's fun to get on this screen every day and I get. I get about an hour with you pretty regularly here lately, and I'm really enjoying it. So hopefully we'll hit the golf course here soon. We've got more content coming, more great interviews, and some of our friends and connections we've been able to meet. Breaking news. Breaking news, yep. Could be a long.

Winter, I think 34 days away from December 1st, which could be a lockout. I'm sure there's going to be free agent signings along the way. We'll be releasing interviews along the way. And just a massive, massive, before we sign off, Rossi, shout out to our producer, Chris Tran. He's been with us grinding every night. It's 2 o'clock in the morning right now. We stay up every night.

We grind.

Chris grinds to get the content out in the morning. Thank you to Chris. Thank you to the volume, our production.

Thank you to the volume.

All our sponsors. Learned a lot and more to come. Rizzo Ross for the last time in the 2026 season. We are out. Congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers one last time.

Rizzo Ross. Peace.

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