1957 World Series champ from Port Washington reacts to Milwaukee's new title

As the Milwaukee Brewers celebrated their franchise's first championship with a downtown parade, one man watching from his Port Washington home knows the moment better than most.John DeMerit won the 1957 World Series with the Milwaukee Bravesand until this week, he was on the last Milwaukee baseball team to parade a World Series title through downtown.DeMerit tuned in to the Brewers' championship parade alongside his son, Steve, watching a celebration that had been decades in the making. DeMerit is one of a select group of people who have been on the field in the World Series, and he has the ring to prove it."I was a pinch runner in one of the games," DeMerit said. "I was pretty nervous. Ran down to second and over to third." DeMerit played in 33 games for the Milwaukee Braves in 1957. Watching the city erupt again, 69 years later, brought the memories back."It was quite a reminder, because they had quite a lot of people back then," DeMerit said. "It was daytime (for our parade), late