As 1990s came to a close, the Brewers were on their way to becoming a perennial doormat.

The Brewers came into 2008 with hopes of ending the team's 26 year playoff drought, adding several veterans to the team in outfielder Mike Cameron and catcher Jason Kendall, as well as relief pitchers Eric Gagne and Salomon Torres.

As June came to a close, the Brewers made their biggest move for playoff contention as they traded 4 prospects, most notably Matt LaPorta, to the Cleveland Indians for CC Sabathia.

The Brewers came out of the All-Star break with a bang as they won their first seven games back, all of them on the road, sweeping first the Giants and then the Cardinals, taking over first place in the Wild Card standings.

The Brewers came into the end of July still in the hunt for the division, but the front running Cubs swept the Brewers in a four-game set at Miller Park.

The Brewers came off the sweep from the Cubs with an amazing August, winning 20 of 28 games in the month.

Relief pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez accordingly came to bat in the ninth — and hit an RBI triple, sealing the Brewers ' 13-5 win over Cleveland.

Jeffcoat hit an RBI double, and later came around to score the Rangers 15th and final run in a 15-1 pasting of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Another noted Major Leaguer, Jim Morris of The Rookie fame played for the Beloit Brewers when he came out of college in the 1980s.

Career highlights include a game-tying, 2-run pinch hit double in the top of the ninth inning against the New York Yankees, then scored to put the Pilots ahead to stay, winning 5 – 4 ( June 14, 1969 ), a walk-off, 2-run double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth for the Brewers as they came from behind and defeated the Minnesota Twins, 4 – 3 ( June 23, 1970 ), drove in both Milwaukee runs with a pair of sacrifice flies in a 2 – 1 win over the Kansas City Royals ( July 5, 1970 ), hit the only home run of his major league career, a solo shot against Chicago White Sox left-hander Jim Magnuson ( August 5, 1970 ).

Perhaps his most indelible moment of his season in Detroit came on June 24, when he cleared the right field roof of Tiger Stadium with a shot off Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Tom Tellmann.

Following the 1998 season, the Stars and A's parted ways and the Milwaukee Brewers came to town as the new Stars affiliate.

However, on May 11 against the Milwaukee Brewers, Brazelton came in relief of Jake Peavy in the 8th inning with an 8 – 0 lead and gave up 4 runs on 3 hits and a walk without recording an out.

The highlight of his time with the Royals came in 1973 and 1974, when Healy caught Steve Busby's two career no-hitters, against the Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers respectively.

Following the 1977 season, the Brewers made two big hires that turned the previously underachieving Brewers into perennial contenders.

Bamberger immediately turned the Brewers into pennant contenders in 1978.

The Brewers rebounded in June as Salomon Torres took over as closer, becoming a big success, and soon climbed back into contention.

The Brewers had a 2-1 lead going into the 9th inning when closer John Axford blew his first save since April, giving up the lead.

Brewers warm cracked malt in temperature-modulated water, activating the enzymes, which cleave more of the malt's remaining starch into various sugars, the largest percentage of which is maltose.

He hit a long home run into the upper deck in Game 5 of the strike-forced 1981 American League Division Series with the Brewers, and the Yankees went on to win the pennant again.

On May 10, 2006, Sutcliffe, while seemingly under the influence of alcohol, was invited into the Channel 4 San Diego broadcast booth during a game between the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers.

* Up 10-1 in the 8th inning of a game played on September 3, 1973, the Milwaukee Brewers elected to send DH Bobby Mitchell into left field, thereby forfeiting their right to use a DH.

Gradually men became involved in brewing and organised themselves into guilds such as the Brewers Guild in London of 1342 and the Edinburgh Society of Brewers in 1598 ; as brewing became more organised and reliable many inns and taverns ceased brewing for themselves and bought beer from these early commercial breweries.

On July 9, 2003, during the Milwaukee Brewers ' " Sausage Race ," in which four contestants wearing sausage costumes have a footrace on the field, Simon leaned over the dugout railing and hit college student Mandy Block ( in the Italian sausage costume ) with a bat, causing her to fall into the path of another racer.

It was built in 2005 and is the current home of the Brewers, replacing the club's old Eton Park home, also on Princess Way, which was demolished and developed into housing.

In 1972 another ownership group brought baseball into town to replace the group that left to Midland, and brought with it an affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers, just two years removed from their move to Wisconsin from Seattle.

Early into the 2008 season, the Brewers also added a sponsored strikeout counter to the tier of the second deck of the right field bleachers, which illuminates a K when a Brewers ' pitcher notches a strikeout and keeps track of how many strikeouts as a team the Brewers have.

Following every Brewers home run and victory, Bernie Brewer slides into a home plate shaped platform ( The Kalahari " Splash Zone " was discontinued for the 2012 season ).

The site just off junction 4 on the M5 Motorway has been developed into a community with offices, houses, industrial units, Empire Cinemas, Hollywood Bowl, Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre, Morrisons, Gala Bingo, Greens Fitness and an area of public open space.

In, Giles was poised to wage a campaign similar to 2003 but, on May 15, 2004, against the Milwaukee Brewers, while drifting way back into center field to catch a pop fly, he collided with center fielder Andruw Jones.

Following each home run and every victory by the Brewers, he slid down and plunged himself into a huge beer mug in celebration.

By the All-Star Break, the Brewers were in 2nd place in the division, behind Pittsburgh and St. Louis.

To address some needed bullpen depth, the Brewers made a shocking trade just hours after the All-Star Game, trading two Class-A prospects to the New York Mets for ace reliever Francisco Rodriguez, who immediately became the Brewers set-up reliever for closer John Axford.

However, the Brewers started the season poorly, with a 40-45 record by the All-Star break.

* Jeffrey Hammonds, outfielder with the Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers and Washington Nationals ; played in the 2000 All-Star Game.

In 2002, Sexson represented the Milwaukee Brewers in the MLB All-Star Game which was played in Milwaukee.

In 2003, he played in all 162 games and again tied the Brewers record of 45 home runs while hitting. 272 and earning a selection to the 2003 MLB All-Star Game.

He homered in the 6th inning of the All-Star Game, on a 3 – 2 pitch from Francisco Cordero of the Milwaukee Brewers.

On July 12, 2011, immediately following the All-Star Game, Rodríguez was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers along with cash, and Adrian Rosario and Danny Herrera.

Just prior to the 2006 All-Star break, Moeller was designated for assignment by the Brewers, primarily due to his low batting average (. 184 ).

Jackson had previously broadcast ABC's coverage of the 1977, 1979 and 1981 World Series ( Jackson split play-by-play duties with Al Michaels for the latter two with Jackson calling the games at the American League site ), the 1978, 1980 and 1982 All-Star Game ( again, sharing play-by-play duties with Al Michaels for the latter two ), the 1980 National League Championship Series, the 1976, 1978 and 1982 American League Championship Series, the 1981 American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers, and the 1978 American League East tie-breaker game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox alongside Don Drysdale.

The All-Star break followed, and Greinke was the Brewers ' starter on July 13, the team's next game.

Belliard played in the Brewers farm system from 1994 – 1999, winning Texas League All-Star honors in 1996 and in 1998 he was honored as a Triple-A All-Star, International League All-Star, Baseball America 1st Team Minor League All-Star and Brewers Minor League Player of the Year.

Wickman made his first All-Star Game appearance in 2000 as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Graffanino was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers at the All-Star Break for left-handed pitcher, Jorge De La Rosa.

He got out to a promising start in his career, even representing the Brewers at the 2006 MLB All-Star Game.