The 1972 Milwaukee Brewers offense had a rough go of it all season, which was a big reason why the team finished in 6th place at 65-91 in the AL East. Catcher Ellie Rodriguez led the team in batting average with .288, but he wasn’t even quite an everyday player, as he had 355 at…
The last couple weeks have been crazy for me – quite surreal, to put it mildly. First, Clayton Trutor from Down the Drive on SB Nation contacted me about the Brewers book. We had a great conversation over topics ranging from the one thing I’d like readers to take away from the book to my…
The 1988 Baltimore Orioles are remembered as being one of the worst teams in franchise history, as they staggered to a 54-107 record (only eclipsed by the 2018 team with a 47-115 mark). They had the worst start to a season in MLB history with an 0-21 record. Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Brewers were enjoying a…
Maverick Oakland A’s owner Charlie Finley experimented with baseball rule changes in 1971, namely going to a three-ball walk to cut down on length of games and promote more offense. Milwaukee Brewers General Manager Frank Lane agreed with Finley, and in fact, had proposed the idea several years earlier. “I suggested it a dozen years…
This Craig Counsell kid has a trophy too! (with outfielder Dion James) Milwaukee Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers spent the first two months of the 1981 offseason adding hardware to his trophy case. First, he won the Cy Young Award as the American League’s top pitcher, and then he took home honors as the league’s Most…
It was a deal destined to probably never happen, but for a short time in the fall of 1973 the Chicago Cubs inquired about acquiring highly touted catching prospect Darrell Porter from the Milwaukee Brewers. They had been shopping around 14-year veteran Ron Santo and had him on the table for Porter. It’s…
July 9, 2003, was a dark day in Milwaukee’s racing sausage history. First baseman Randall Simon of the Pittsburgh Pirates reached out over the dugout railing and knocked the Italian sausage with a bat near the top of the head. The racing sausages had been a part of Milwaukee Brewers games since starting off as…
