​Brewers fans at the game four watch party react to the end of an inning. (Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner)The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in game five of the World Series Wednesday evening at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, clinching the first World Series title in Brewers history.Wisconsinites enthusiastically cheered for the team at watch parties, including at American Family Field, which packed in a sold out crowd of 31,000 fans three nights in a row. Big crowds also watched the game in the Deer District outside of Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee, at Tropicana Field in Tampa, and in bars and livingrooms all over Wisconsin.“Thank you. That’s it,” Jacob Misiorowski, the Brewers starting pitcher, said when asked about what the win would mean for Wisconsin and Milwaukee in an interview on Fox Sports after the game. “They’ve been nothing but support for us this whole year and years prior,” he said of the fans, tearing up as he spoke.“I think about the state of Wisconsin, they pushed us through for sure,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. The Brewers lost just twice in the playoffs and along the way swept the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers, who boast the highest payroll in Major League Baseball.The Brewers won the first three games in the series, but lost in the fourth game on Tuesday in Tampa after blowing a 12th inning lead.On Thursday during the fifth game, the Brewers came back strong, keeping a lead on the Rays during the whole game and only allowing the team to squeak in one score during the ninth inning.The World Series game four watch party at American Family Field sold out, with fans packing into the stands along the first and third base sides. (Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner)The team, and its huge win, represents a point of unity in a state sometimes riven by political divisions and a 50-50 partisan split. The World Series provided a respite from politics , especially with less than a week to go before the midterm elections.The Brewers have been based in Wisconsin’s largest city, but the MLB’s smallest market, since 1970, when they moved to Milwaukee from Seattle. The team last appeared in the World Series over 40 years ago in 1982 where they faced the St. Louis Cardinals and lost in seven games.A Marquette Law School poll released Wednesday found that 77% of Wisconsinites are supporters of the Brewers with 49% identifying as fans and 28% identifying as casual supporters. Only 1% said they actively root against the team. The Brewers had the second largest professional sports fanbase in the state, behind the Green Bay Packers.Fans were happy to soak up the statewide joy the team could offer including during the game four watch party at American Family Field. Sarah Coleman, a Brookfield native who now lives in Milwaukee, said the Brewers’ underdog story was part of the team’s appeal. “It says a lot that a small market team swept the highest paid team in Major Lea