In the midst of a raucous party late Wednesday night, a photograph-snapping Brewers official told a Cardinals staffer sorry for the mess being made in Busch Stadium’s visiting clubhouse.
But hey, the buzzing visitor remarked, it was not like any team would be using this room for a while.
The Brewers had decided to celebrate making the postseason, and they did so with full confidence the Cardinals’ season was over. Wearing commemorative postseason hats, they popped champagne bottles, pulled back Miller Lite tabs and lit so many cigars that the Padres might catch a lingering whiff when they arrive for April’s home opener.