Bob Busser started taking ballpark photographs with a brownie camera at Dodger stadium in 1967. He’s visited close to 800 venues over the years and has captured a staggering 75,000 images. Some of the stadiums have since been demolished, such as Comiskey Park, Tiger Stadium, Candlestick Park, and Milwaukee County Stadium. Bob chatted with me…
I just happened to see a post in a Facebook group about an event with Bud Selig in Milwaukee. He had an hour and a half scheduled to speak about the integration of baseball and its aftermath. Upon further investigation, I discovered it didn’t cost much and the money would be supporting a good cause.…
On February 11, 1994, the Milwaukee Brewers and Robin Yount held a press conference to announce his retirement from baseball. Murray Chass of The New York Times aptly called it the “end of a quiet but glamorous career.” Yount didn’t have much left to accomplish other than winning a World Series with his beloved Brewers,…
This past Sunday I attended the Milwaukee Brewers Annual Winter Fan Fest, more commonly known as Brewers On Deck. Here’s a recap of the event and a bit of my personal perspective, with a few photos to boot. My good friend picked me up at 8:00 a.m. and we made the 1.5-hour trek to Milwaukee’s…
