Just a Bit Outside: The Story of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers

Just a Bit Outside: The Story of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers revisits one unforgettable season when a scrappy, hard-hitting club took a blue-collar city to the brink of baseball glory. Through archival footage, candid interviews with players and fans, and stirring game-day moments, the film captures the highs and heartbreaking lows of a team that swept through the American League only to fall just short of a World Series title. It’s both a play-by-play of the 1982 campaign and an intimate portrait of a roster whose grit and swagger mirrored the city they represented.

Beyond the scoreboard, the film celebrates a forty-year love affair between Milwaukee and its team, showing how a struggling industrial town and its unlikely heroes forged a lasting bond. With a pulse on community pride, late-night radio calls, and the roar of County Stadium, the documentary traces how that season became a defining chapter in the city’s identity and how its legacy still resonates with fans who remember what it meant to believe they were "just a bit outside" of history.