"It's going to feel different. It's going to be a little extra kick for everybody," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.
This wasn't VE Day, a long, uncertain battle ending with the unconditional surrender of a foe.
But it sure felt good. After so much darkness, a bright light wasn't just on the horizon anymore.
"I think it actually is the day we have been waiting for, the day we feel good and safe gathering indoors," said Patrick Remington, a former epidemiologist for the CDC.
"The pendulum has really swung back," added Remington, who directs the preventive medicine residency program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Now the benefits of gathering in person for fully vaccinated people clearly outweigh the risks."