Jeff Levering on Calling the Brewers First World Series Title

The 2026 Major League Baseball season ended with a milestone Milwaukee Brewers fans waited nearly six decades to witness, capturing the franchise’s first World Series title after leading the league with 103 regular-season wins.

For Jeff Levering, who spent 12 years as the team’s play-by-play announcer, delivering the final championship call was a surreal journey rooted in years of minor league grinding. Before reaching the pinnacle of Major League Baseball, Levering built his broadcasting foundation as the radio voice of the Springfield Cardinals from 2010 to 2012.

Jeff Levering (@JLevering4) on Brewers radio calls the ending of game five as Milwaukee secures the franchise’s first ever World Series championship: pic.twitter.com/SIG7l2wT4C

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To be able to narrate the first ever championship in franchise history is a little crazy, it’s very surreal to be honest with you.

Levering said. He added that he never imagined such an outcome given the depth of competition across the league, noting that he never in his wildest dreams thought something like this would happen in the organization simply because of how good the rest of the league is, though not from a lack of belief in the organization itself.

During his time in the Ozarks, Levering called the Springfield Cardinals’ first Texas League Championship Series win in 2012. Working solo games at Hammons Field helped him shape his broadcasting identity and figure out how he liked to call and prepare for a game.

From Springfield to World Series Glory: Brewers Broadcaster Jeff Levering on Calling the Final Out

He spent eight years in the minor leagues honing his craft, learning how to prepare and anticipate critical moments on the air. That preparation culminated in Game 5 of the World Series, when the final out sealed a 57-year championship drought.

Stepping into the national spotlight also meant carrying the heavy historical weight left by Bob Uecker. Uecker served as the voice of Brewers baseball for 54 years before passing away in January 2025.

When you think of Brewers baseball, you think of Euck.

Levering said.

When the final out was recorded, Levering delivered the unscripted words that now define a new era for Milwaukee fans: “The wait is over, the Brewers have won the World Series!” It was a triumph savored by a city tasting a championship for the very first time, with Levering wanting fans to savor it more than anything else after never having tasted what it tastes like before.