Living in Ireland since 2007, Matt Steerman made a pilgrimage to Wisconsin to see his beloved Milwaukee Brewers play in baseball’s World Series for the first time in 44 years.

He hoped to see the Brewers finally win it all for the very first time. On Wednesday night last week, the Brewers did just that, clinching baseball’s holy grail with a 4-1 series win against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Here, Matt tells Sinead and Niall about the hold baseball still exerts over the American people, how he fell in love with the Brewers and why their victory resonated in so many ways.