It's unusual for the Brewers to be in the playoffs, and particularly unusual to get in with games remaining in the season.
In 1982, before weblogs or electronic mail that anybody could use, the countdown went to zero on the last day of the season, with Milwaukee taking a game from Baltimore to avoid a one-game playoff.
In 2008, a Ryan Braun home run to beat the Cubs combined with a Marlin victory over the Mets got Milwaukee into the playoffs as the wild card.
In 2011, a Ryan Braun home run to beat the Marlins got the magic number down to one.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel photo by Tom Lynn.
The magic number was at two because the Mets salvaged one game of their series at St. Louis with a late rally, and the Cubs took the first game of their series at St. Louis with a late rally, to the delight of Brewer players and some 42,000 temporary Cub fans in Milwaukee.
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