The Brewers have the best winning percentage in the Majors, and they’re on track to break the all-time franchise wins record by kind of a lot. When they open a series at Cincinnati on Friday, they will have a chance to tie for the longest win streak in franchise history (13, set back in 1987).

After yet another year of being underrated headed into the season – we had them at 13th in a before-the-season World Series draft , though accurately noting it was “well past time to give them the benefit of the doubt” – the main question all anyone wants to know is: How? How are they doing this, again?

Maybe it’s pocket pancakes or the prospect of free burgers . Maybe it’s the power of friendship . Maybe it's " Uecker Magic ." What it’s not, mostly, is stars.

That's because long-

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