MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Brewers fans are tuning in and showing up from all corners of the country, even overseas.

Wisconsin transplants on the West Coast are relishing a chance to see their team up close.

Since not everyone can be in Wisconsin for the postseason run, they're finding other ways to stay connected to their hometown team.

Troy Wiegert moved from Shawano to Las Vegas, where he follows the Brewers as closely as possible. He told us, "They're special, they're different."

The Brewers played in Vegas this year, and Wiegert also saw them in Anaheim, Arizona, and Dodger Stadium.

It was there—at the Dodgers-Braves game Sunday—that he watched the Brewers' big comeback. "So I was watching Sunday's game on my phone in the stadium and was going crazy. From Dodger Stadium."

Wiegert knew he and his wife had to drive down to San Diego for Game 3 of the NLDS.

They got in early Tuesday night and bumped into a familiar face. Manager Pat Murphy took a photo with them through the backstop.

Wiegert is one of many transplants doing their best to follow their hometown team.

Andrea Jacobson-Reid grew up in Onalaska, Wisconsin. She told us, "You can't be Wisconsin without the Brewers."

She's a self-described cheesehead who moved to Southern California. But she still remembers her family piling into their car to go to County Stadium.

Jacobson-Reid said, "It was magical as a kid. And I would always bring my glove."

Now 10 years living near San Diego, she has an online subscription to watch Brewers games. She'll even go in the driveway and listen on the radio if a game is not televised.

Andrea said her only regret is she can't celebrate this team's success at home with a Spotted Cow.

So Petco Park will have to do. She's going to Game 3 with some friends who are Padres fans, but she expects to see plenty of Brewers fans.

"Oh I know I'm not alone," she said. "There's tons of them, and I can't wait to meet some new friends out there."

Aliesha Rauls' story played out in reverse: she was born and raised in San Diego before moving to Madison.

She said, "I moved here in 6^th grade. I was a huge Padres fan, actually."

It was 1984, the Padres' World Series year, led by franchise legends Tony Gwynn and Steve Garvey.

But over the years, Aliesha started going to Brewers games.

30 years later, she says, "Oh, I am fully, fully, have been fully Brewers for a long time."

So is Jon Mudrock, who makes his allegiance clear just outside Los Angeles.

Mudrock told us, "I stand up for the Brewers, I couldn't care less. I hate all the teams out here."

Mudrock said while it's not easy to follow his Brewers, he catches them when he can.

"I did go to Angel Stadium this year when the Miz was on the mound," he said.

The Greendale native has been a fan since the franchise's start in 1970. He said the pain of being in County Stadium for a 1982 World Series loss still lingers.

"I've never gotten over it," Mudrock said. "This year is going to get me through it, I know it."