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Tag Archives: Bud Selig

Milwaukee Brewers History – Saturday Night Massacre

“Perhaps the best thing (Bud) Selig could do to improve things is get rid of General Manager Jim Baumer and Manager Alex Grammas.” – columnist Dennis Punzel, November 4, 1977. The blog post here previously has been published as content in my Milwaukee Brewers historical book. For this reason the post has been taken down.…

November 18, 2017 in Milwaukee Brewers History.

Milwaukee Brewers Historical Book Specifics

This blog post has been updated as of January, 2019… My Milwaukee Brewers historical book now has a title: Building the Brewers: Bud Selig and the Return of Major League Baseball to Milwaukee. Since the book is back with the fine folks at McFarland for the next steps in the publishing process, this is a great opportunity to…

August 3, 2017 in Milwaukee Brewers Book in Progress.

Milwaukee Brewers Book – July Progress Report

Hello everyone! Here’s a quick July progress report as to where I’m at with the Milwaukee Brewers historical book.  In early July I finished up my own edits on the manuscript.  I had printed it in the spring and read through the whole thing, trying to put myself in a reader’s shoes.  I did some…

July 27, 2017 in Milwaukee Brewers Book in Progress.

Remembering Lary Sorensen’s Callup to the Majors

Righty pitcher Lary Sorensen was born on October 4, 1955, in Detroit, Michigan.  He was named for pitcher Frank Lary, hence the spelling of his first name.  Sorensen grew up in Michigan and stayed there to attend college at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.  The Milwaukee Brewers drafted him in the 8th round of…

June 7, 2017 in Milwaukee Brewers History.

Milwaukee Brewers History – Hank Aaron’s Final Game

Hank Aaron played his final major league baseball game on Sunday, October 3, 1976. At age 42 and after 23 years of baseball, Aaron held 11 major league records.  My book Building the Brewers: Bud Selig and the Return of Major League Baseball to Milwaukee is available to be ordered on the McFarland website. For this reason the…

September 29, 2016 in Milwaukee Brewers History.

Milwaukee Brewers Historical Book Specifics and My Writing Process

In this post I’d like to share with you some background on how I came to write my Milwaukee Brewers historical book and narrow the scope of what it’s about. I’ll also give some details about my writing process and how doing what I do helped me finish the first draft in a little over…

July 28, 2016 in Milwaukee Brewers Book in Progress.

Recalling the 1975 All Star Game at Milwaukee County Stadium

The blog post here previously has been published as content in my Milwaukee Brewers historical book. For this reason the post has been taken down. This page remains in place so links posted to here on various social media sites remain active. Order Building the Brewers: Bud Selig and the Return of Major League Baseball…

July 14, 2016 in Milwaukee Brewers History.

This Week in Milwaukee Brewers History – The Indians/Angels Snow Series

This week in 2007 the 3-game series between the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, scheduled to be played at Jacobs Field April 10-12, was moved to Miller Park.  The Indians had already started the season on the road against the Chicago White Sox, winning 2 of 3 games.  When they came home to…

April 12, 2016 in Milwaukee Brewers History.

Milwaukee Baseball History – 50 Years Ago: The Opening Day that Wasn’t

The blog post here previously has been published as content in my Milwaukee Brewers historical book. For this reason the post has been taken down. This page remains in place so links posted to here on various social media sites remain active. Order Building the Brewers: Bud Selig and the Return of Major League Baseball…

March 30, 2016 in Milwaukee Brewers History.

It Was 45 Years Ago Today – Milwaukee Brewers Research

David Stearns is the ninth General Manager of the Milwaukee Brewers.  Ask any hardcore Brewers fan to name the other eight GM’s and most will say Doug Melvin, Harry Dalton, Sal Bando, and perhaps even Dean Taylor.  But from 1970-77, the team went through four GM’s in pretty rapid fire:  Marvin Milkes, Frank Lane, Jim…

December 17, 2015 in Milwaukee Brewers Book in Progress.

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