Brandon Woodruff brushed off the reference to 2018, preferring the emphasize the longer drought between Brewers teams winning 12 consecutive baseball games in the regular season alone.

"1987!" he said with pride, and later pondered a possible nickname for the 2025 team.

"We're the Burger Boys."

Maybe it sticks, the way "Team Streak" did for the last team to achieve what Milwaukee capped off Aug. 13. And maybe it doesn't, given that Woodruff appeared to be one fo the few Brewers genuinely invested in the George Webb free-burger giveaway.

"I was telling my wife last night, I wanted to win the burgers for everyone in the stands, and myself," he said. "It was fun. It's a cool thing. You could tell the energy around today on a day game was a little more than usual. Seriously, I wanted

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