Wisconsin’s National Mustard Museum exists because the Red Sox lost the 1986 World Series
Came across this Boston Globe story and it’s a perfect weird baseball rabbit hole. After the Mets finished Boston in ’86, Wisconsin assistant AG Barry Levenson couldn’t sleep, ended up in an all-night supermarket, and the mustard aisle basically drafted him. He started collecting that night. Left the law a few years later and opened the museum in Mount Horeb in 1992; it moved to Middleton in 2009 and became the National Mustard Museum. Thousands of jars now. If the Brewers don’t sweep (I think they will), could be a cool attraction to check out if you’re in the area this week and have a couple
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