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The Brewers first significant free-agent signing in many years was veteran catcher Damian Miller, a Wisconsin native, and to address a need for better run production, the Brewers traded speedy outfielder Scott Podsednik and relief pitcher Luis Vizcaino to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for slugging outfielder Carlos Lee.
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* 1982 – Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
In 1981, a split-season format forced the first ever divisional playoff series, in which the New York Yankees won the Eastern Division series over the Milwaukee Brewers ( who were in the American League until 1998 ) in five games while the Oakland Athletics swept the Kansas City Royals in three games in the Western Division.
One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis to become the St. Louis Browns.
During Selig's tenure as club president, the Brewers participated in postseason play in 1981, when the team finished first in the American League East during the second half of the season, and in 1982, when the team made it to the World Series, under the leadership of future Hall of Famers Robin Yount and Paul Molitor.
The Tigers played their first game as a major league team at home against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 25, 1901, with 10, 000 fans at Bennett Park.
The Marlins ' first manager was Rene Lachemann, a former catcher who had previously managed the Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers, and who at the time of his hiring was a third base coach for the Oakland Athletics.
The guests in attendance included Aaron's first manager with the Braves, Charlie Grimm, his teammate from Jacksonville, Felix Mantilla, Eau Claire president Ron Berganson, and Del Crandall, the catcher for the 1957 world champion Braves and the-then manager of the Brewers.
In 2008, the Brewers achieved their first postseason berth in the 26 years since their World Series appearance as the wildcard team in the National League.
On September 23, 2011, the Milwaukee Brewers clinched their first division title in 29 years.
The Brewers finished in 3rd place in the AL East, 6. 5 games behind the first place New York Yankees.
That trade would become even more important on the final game of the regular season between the Brewers and the Baltimore Orioles, with both teams tied for first place in the AL East.
The Brewers faced the California Angels in the 1982 American League Championship Series and lost the first two games in California, but then rallied to win the next two games back in Milwaukee, setting up the pivotal Game 5, with the winner being the American League Champions.
The Brewers became the first team to win the American League Championship Series when down two games to none.
While the Brewers ' new park was a hit, the club itself was not successful playing in it, as the Brewers finished the season even worse than their previous seasons, going 68 – 94 in their first season at Miller Park.
The Brewers finished 2002 even worse, finishing with a dismal 56 – 106 record, 41 games out of first place, the worst record in franchise history.
The Brewers caused a stir in the first half of the 2004 season, when the team had a winning record in the first half of the season, even briefly being in 1st place in the NL Central.
Cordero replaced Turnbow as the Brewers closer and had immediate success, converting his first 13 save opportunities.
The team's playoff drive took a hit late in the year, however, losing three of four games in a crucial series in Atlanta, dropping the Brewers to a season-high 3. 5 games out of first.
The Brewers won the first two games of their final homestand of the season to pull within two games of the Cubs, but faced a near impossible task with the club's elimination number down to only three and the wild card leading Padres coming to town.
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.
Brewers and significant
The Brewers would make two significant free agent signings during the off-season, signing shortstop Alex Gonzalez and third baseman Aramis Ramierez to improve the left side of the Brewers infield.
In 1990, the Brewers made significant modifications to their uniforms, switching from pullover to button-down jerseys ( the last American League team to do so ).
A brewpub may also be known as a microbrewery if production has a significant distribution beyond the premises-the American Brewers Association use a fixed 75 % of production to determine if a company is a microbrewery.
Brewers and signing
In December 2007, days after signing a contract for 2008 with the Milwaukee Brewers, he was linked to baseball's steroids scandal after he was named in the Mitchell Report.
After signing a contract extension with the Brewers in 2000, he was briefly the franchise's highest paid player of all time.
Brewers and many
The Brewers had many individual accomplishments during their two playoff years, as both in 1981 and 1982, Brewer players won both the AL MVP and Cy Young awards, with Rollie Fingers winning both awards in 1981, and Robin Yount winning the MVP and Pete Vuckovich winning the Cy Young in 1982.
A lack of good management and an aging ballpark in old County Stadium, were both becoming stark problems for the Brewers and many fans began to wonder if the Brewers would ever become contenders again.
With the trades for Shaun Marcum and Zack Greinke, the Brewers were tabbed by many experts as favorites to not only win the NL Central Division, but also contenders for the National League pennant.
Along with their team accomplishments, the Brewers had many individual achievements from their players.
In the offseason, the Brewers would lose many of their spot players that had helped them during the season, such as Mark Kotsay, Jerry Hairston Jr., and Craig Counsell but their most notable loss was that of Prince Fielder, who would leave the team via free agency after having been a part of the Brewers organization for almost a decade.
The retro uniforms have since been heavily favored by many Brewers fans and many continue to campaign to have them be once again the regular Brewers uniforms.
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.
His poor performance on the field coupled with the very high salary he was paid by a small market team led to him being considered a " ten million dollar mistake " by many Brewers fans.
There was some talk of having the Brewers move to Miller Park in the middle of 2000, but it was determined that too many corners would need to be cut for it to be a realistic possibility.
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.
They have been rated the 21st largest craft brewer and 32nd largest overall brewing company in the country, according to the Brewers Association in Boulder, CO, and over the years it has received numerous awards for its many different beers.
Whitbread announced the closure of the chain, by converting many of the former premises into other Whitbread-owned brands, including the steak-orientated Beefeater or more generalised pub-orientated Brewers Fayre.
The sausages appear at many local charity events, including an annual 5K run / walk in their honor, with proceeds going to Brewers Community Foundation, and are available for personal appearances on non-game days.
Burnitz was a constant crowd favorite in Milwaukee, providing many of the only thrills during an otherwise low point in Brewers ' history in the first years of their National League history.
He enjoyed what many feel was his best season in 1996 with the Brewers and Cleveland Indians.
Brewers and years
Under Selig's watch, the Brewers also won seven Organization of the Year awards, although they posted one of the worst winning percentages in the history of Major League Baseball, over periods of ten years or more.
On October 1, the Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9 – 2, completing a season sweep of the Brewers and clinching the Rockies ' second playoff appearance in three years.
Aaron spent 21 seasons with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves in the National League ( NL ) before playing for the Milwaukee Brewers of the American League ( AL ) for the final two years of his career.
With a solid base of young talent assembled over the past five years, including Prince Fielder, Rickie Weeks, J. J. Hardy and Corey Hart, the Brewers showed renewed competitiveness.
The Brewers played their first postseason game in 26 years on October 1.
The Brewers hosted their first playoff game in 26 years on Saturday, October 4, and won 4 – 1.
In the majors, he played 23 years for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and California Angels.
This club played for two years in competition with the new Milwaukee Brewers of the newly formed American Association, which had re-opened the park eventually known as Borchert Field.
While a half-owner of the Brewers, Veeck served for nearly three years in the United States Marine Corps during World War II in an artillery unit.
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.
Quirk played for the Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles in a career that spanned the years 1975-1992.
In 1979, after several years of intense pressure from the larger American Brewers Miller and Anheuser-Busch, Carling-National was bought out by the Heileman Brewing Co. of LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
The Brewers retire Ross ' number several years after his retirement.
He made his debut with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2012, nine years after he played for the Dawgs.
After seven productive seasons with the Brewers, Hamilton provided six years of solid service for the Rangers, Giants, Rockies and Mets.
He played the second half of the 2008 MLB season with the Milwaukee Brewers, leading them to the Wild Card, their first playoff appearance in 26 years.
Vasgersian was 29 years old when he became the play-by-play voice for the Milwaukee Brewers, where he stayed for five years before filling the same role for the San Diego Padres.
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