ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The champagne was ready, and the beer, too. Of course, the beer, perfect to end one of baseball’s biggest droughts. A celebration with suds is the only way to go for the small-market Milwaukee Brewers, who won their first World Series championship Wednesday night in what seemed and felt like South Milwaukee in their 57th year in existence. 

The party was on following the Brewers’ Series-clinching 4-1 victory. The Brewers, from MLB’s 30th market, went practically wire-to-wire, logging 114 victories en route to a championship hardly anyone predicted, even the friendly folks of Brew City. 

Cooper Pratt, the 22-year-old rookie called up in midseason, was a surprise star for the surprise team, stringing six straight hits in the small-market World Series that tilted toward the pitchers. Co-stars included catcher William Contreras, the brilliant backstop and ABS savant, star left fielder Jackson Chourio, another 22-year-old hit machine, and Aaron Ashby, the bald, bespectacled lefty who kept putting up zeroes. 

Yes, the beloved Brewers finally shocked the world. The coming shindig and parade down Wisconsin Avenue will be a blast. The revelry could well match the Knicks, who also were titleless for more than half a century.