Tyrone Taylor has a new uniform, but his old rivalry talk still sounds like it came from a different era.
The former Brewers outfielder landed with the Cubs after the Mets sent him and Clay Holmes to Chicago in one of the most surprising trade deadline deals, a move that stood out because the North Siders gave up top prospect Jefferson Rojas for a pair of rentals. Taylor didn’t choose the Cubs himself, but he’s been around Milwaukee long enough to know exactly how to poke at the Brewers-Cubs divide.
“It was fun … I remember it being like away games when I was at home in Milwaukee because there would be so many Cubs fans. It’s definitely cool to be on this side.” pic.twitter.com/BrVs3uzyxp
- Cubs Zone (@CubsZone) August 4, 2026
That line carries the familiar “Wrigley North” vibe, the old idea that Cubs fans used to flood Milwaukee and make Brewers home games feel tilted. There was a time when that complaint had real bite, especially when the Brewers were struggling and the Cubs were in the middle of their curse-busting run.
But that picture doesn’t fit the present-day Brewers nearly as well. Milwaukee swept all three games against Chicago in last season’s NLDS at AmFam Field, and the Brewers are 25-16 against the Cubs in regular-season home games since 2021.
During that postseason series, the crowd was heavily on Milwaukee’s side. The Brewers may not draw quite as many fans as the Cubs do in Chicago’s massive metro area, but this season they’re only bringing in a few thousand fewer fans per game than their division rivals.
Taylor’s comments also land a little differently because of how he’s fared against Chicago. In his career, he’s hit .198 in 47 games against the Cubs.
Now he’ll get a chance to see whether the talk holds up. The Cubs visit Milwaukee next month, from Sept. 7-9, in a series that carries major playoff implications.
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