MILWAUKEE -- On top of everything he did on the field during this resurgent season, Christian Yelich was the voice of reason for the best-in-baseball Brewers. When they were 0-4, he said they would be fine. During team meetings in San Francisco in April and Cleveland in May, he reminded the room of how much season remained. When a 14-game winning streak ended in August, it was Yelich who, according to one teammate, stood and said, “F-- it, let’s come back and do it again tomorrow.”

Even at the end, when the Brewers were securing the best record in the Majors and setting a franchise record for wins, he spoke up. This time, during a champagne toast celebrating Milwaukee’s seventh postseason berth during his eight-year tenure, Yelich reminded everyone to savor the moment because you ne

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