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The Milwaukee Brewers' championship parade and rally on Friday, Oct. 30, drew more than 750,000 people, according to the Milwaukee Police Department, FOX6 reports. That is nearly one and a half times the city's population of about 560,000 and almost 13% of Wisconsin's. Police said preliminary research suggests it may be the largest single-day event in state history; the NFL Draft in Green Bay drew about 600,000 over three days, and the Dodgers' title celebration last year drew about 250,000.

Spectrum News talked to fans along the route who remembered the 1982 Brewers, the last Milwaukee team to reach the World Series, 44 years ago. One said her seats for a game that year cost $18.

Thousands of Milwaukee Brewers fans traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida, for the World Series games at Tropicana Field, the Associated Press reports. Before Game 4 on Tuesday, Oct. 27, a large group gathered in a parking lot more than four hours before first pitch, and by an hour before the game there appeared to be more Brewers fans than Rays fans in the stands.

According to ticket marketplace TickPick, cited by AP, 41.3% of all Game 4 purchases came from Wisconsin, against 30.5% from Florida; the cheapest ticket was $900. Back home, American Family Field in Milwaukee sold out a watch party for 31,000 fans.

Brewers outfielder Garrett Mitchell said the "Let's go Brewers" chants started during batting practice. The fans had to wait one more night: the Rays won Game 4 in 12 innings before Milwaukee clinched in Game 5.