{"id":899689,"date":"2026-10-30T08:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/899689\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T08:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:16:14","slug":"world-series-hits-close-to-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/899689\/","title":{"rendered":"World Series hits close to home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coeur d\u2019Alene resident Judy Beadle has a niece. Her niece, Jennifer Armstrong, has a son.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Armstrong\u2019s son, James Armstrong, just so happens to be a scout and a vice president of baseball operations for World Series champion Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is responsible for getting some of those players,\u201d Beadle said of James\u2019 responsibilities for the Brew Crew, which nabbed its first-ever World Series win in franchise history on Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. \u201cThat\u2019s huge, and he takes pride in that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beadle, 74, moved to Coeur d\u2019Alene from California in 2011 to be closer to Jennifer\u2019s sister, Annie Haley, a Coeur d\u2019Alene resident. She has worked at the Hayden Walmart for the past three years.<\/p>\n

Beadle spent the night before watching Brewers\u2019 relief pitcher Trevor Megill finagle the game\u2019s final out by forcing Tampa Bay Rays Second Baseman Richie Palacios to ground it to Brewers second baseman Brice Turang.<\/p>\n

Beadle said she was also texting her niece Jennifer before Turang tossed it to Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just communicate when we\u2019re watching the game, \u2018Oh, that was bad,\u2019 or \u2018That was good,\u2019\u201d Beadle said. \u201cYou just get really nervous when things are getting tight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brent McLelland is a 14-year Coeur d\u2019Alene resident. He was heading into Walmart on Thursday morning when he noticed Beadle acting absolutely ecstatic on her shift.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s all jacked up this morning, and I said, \u2018What, on caffeine?\u201d McLelland, speaking with the Coeur d\u2019Alene Press on Thursday afternoon, said of Beadle. \u201cShe said no and then told me the story about (James Armstrong).\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the first time McLelland and Beadle had ever met.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just met her this morning,\u201d McLelland said. \u201cShe was just so excited, and she was excited about what I thought was the best team I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Milwaukee Brewers\u2019 only other World Series appearance was in 1982, when they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This time, however, the Brewers not only took the series 4-1 against the Rays, but they also lined up against one of the greatest players in Major League Baseball history. Beadle noted that Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio tallied 10 hits through the first four games of the series, tying the 98-year World Series record held by none other than Babe Ruth.<\/p>\n

Beadle also said her favorite Brewers player is World Series MVP catcher William Contreras.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did an awesome job,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s the most important, he\u2019s calling the pitches. (Catchers) are the ones with all the knowledge of each player, each pitcher. They know everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beadle has been watching professional baseball on and off since she was a young Los Angeles Dodgers fan. She said she went to Dodgers Stadium to watch them in the 1966 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.<\/p>\n

But now, Beadle said, she\u2019s a big Brewers fan, calling her niece\u2019s son \u201ca genius.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Wednesday night\u2019s win, she celebrated modestly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m an old lady, I went to bed,\u201d she said. \u201cI had to get up for work the next morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0James Armstrong, a Milwaukee Brewers scout with family ties to Coeur d’Alene, hoists the World Series Commissioner’s Trophy in Tampa Bay on Wednesday evening.
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