I get why the Cubs aren’t particularly liked. Yes, their fans traveled up to Miller Park/American Family Field. But the dollars a Cubs fan spends at American Family Field are just as good as those of a Brewers fan when it comes to hiring scouts, investing in facilities for training, paying for the analytics guys who give the data that make Brewers players and coaches better, or even helping to cover the contracts signed by Ryan Braun, Christian Yelich, or Jackson Chourio. The Cubs (and their fans) may be annoying in the best of circumstances, but they have some redeeming qualities.
The same cannot be said for the St. Louis Cardinals. We owe that team for the heartbreak they inflicted on Milwaukee… with almost 42 years of interest having accrued just for the 1982 World Series. That alone is something to keep in mind. It was the one appearance legends like Paul Molitor and Robin Yount had in the Fall Classic… and the Cardinals ruined it for our Crew.
In addition to that World Series, with 40+ years of interest compounding, there was the 2011 NLCS, the closest Rickie Weeks got to the Fall Classic alongside Prince Fielder. So the Cardinals have spoiled the postseasons for the best Brewers to have played at all four infield positions (Molitor and Yount in 1982, Rickie and Prince in 2011).
Contrast that to the Cubs. In 2018, in Game 163, with the National League Central on the line, the Crew came away with that title (and a bye from the Wild Card game). A decade earlier, with the playoffs on the line in Game 162, it was again the Crew over the Cubs in a gem pitched by CC Sabathia.
