Milwaukee Brewers reverse World Series curse
Superstition in American baseball
Superstition in American baseball
The Milwaukee Brewers reverse World Series curse was a baseball-related superstition that derives from the fact that every baseball team that the Milwaukee Brewers lost to in the postseason made it to and/or won the World Series, whereas the Brewers themselves remained title-less in their history. The reverse curse is notable for its ironic twist, where the team defeating the Brewers is propelled to the World Series. This contrasts with other traditional baseball hexes such as the Chicago Cubs' Curse of the Billy Goat, which do not prop up any other team up, instead preventing a single "cursed" team from success. In 2024, the New York Mets defeated the Brewers in the Wild Card Series but were eliminated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS, marking the first breach of the curse, and effectively ending the curse's unbroken streak. After a brief return with the Brewers' defeat to the 2025 Dodgers, the curse was broken once and for all when they swept the Dodgers in the 2026 National League...
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