In 1970, he purchased the Seattle Pilots in bankruptcy court and renamed them the Milwaukee Brewers after minor league team of the same name he had watched in his youth, which existed until the arrival of the Braves in Milwaukee in 1952.

After a rough start, which included a brawl between Michael Barrett and Carlos Zambrano, the Cubs overcame the Milwaukee Brewers, who had led the division for most of the season, with winning streaks in June and July, coupled with a pair of dramatic, late-inning wins against the Reds, and ultimately clinched the NL Central with a record of 85 – 77.

Until then, the Brewers had a rivalry with the White Sox, which had become known as The I-94 Series, as both teams are just a short drive from Interstate 94.

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.

Selig had already announced plans to rename the team the Brewers, a name that had been used by past Milwaukee baseball teams ( most notably by a very successful minor league team that played there from 1902 to 1952 ).

In 1982, the Brewers were considered heavy favorites to win the AL East, but by June, the team had fallen to 23 – 24 and signs had shown that the players were having problems playing under manager Buck Rodgers.

The Brewers alone had three players finish in the top five in the league in home runs with Gorman Thomas, who led the league with 39, Ben Oglivie, who hit 34, and Cecil Cooper, who hit 32.

Many point to the lack of a bullpen for their downfall, as the Brewers had the lead in five of the seven games.

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.

Despite not making the playoffs, the Brewers had some other memorable moments, as Pat Listach hit. 290 and stole 54 bases while winning the AL Rookie of the Year award, while Robin Yount got his 3000th career hit.

1992 proved to be the end of an era for the Brewers, as teammates Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Jim Gantner, who had been together since 1978 would go their separate ways, as Molitor left the Brewers for the Toronto Blue Jays, Gantner retired, and Yount would only last one more season before retiring in 1993.

As early as 1993, Brewers owner Bud Selig had talked of a new ballpark for the Brewers to replace Milwaukee County Stadium, which had become heavily outdated and antiquated and didn't even have luxury suites.

In September 2004, the Brewers announced they had reached a verbal agreement with Los Angeles investment banker Mark Attanasio to purchase the team for a reported US $ 223 million.

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.

Further encouraging this sentiment, the Brewers had hired former stars Yount ( bench coach ; resigned in November 2006 ) and Dale Sveum ( third base coach ), both very popular players for the Brewers in the ' 80s.

Cordero replaced Turnbow as the Brewers closer and had immediate success, converting his first 13 save opportunities.

Along with their team accomplishments, the Brewers had many individual achievements from their players.

" He lost 6-0 to the Milwaukee Brewers and left-hander Mike Caldwell on July 7, lost 2-1 to the Baltimore Orioles and left-hander Mike Flanagan on August 4, and lost 8-1 to the Toronto Blue Jays and left-hander Mike Willis on September 20.

The Brewers then won Game Five 6 – 4, giving them a 3 – 2 series lead, but the Cardinals trounced Don Sutton winning Game 6 13 – 1, and rallied for three runs late in Game 7 to win the Series, 4 games to 3.

ESPN. com's lead story on August 29 stated: ".... Then there are the Brewers.

While the Brewers were still holding on to the Wild Card lead, the division was never seriously challenged for the remainder of the year.

With a steady five game lead for the Wild Card, the hope of a playoff spot seemed secured, but the Brewers struggled in September, first getting swept by the New York Mets, and then just over a week later, getting swept in four games by the Philadelphia Phillies, losing their lead in the Wild Card.

The Brewers went on a hot winning stretch through the month of August and by the beginning of September were 10 1 / 2 games ahead of St. Louis for the NL Central lead.

In 1980, Jackson batted. 300 for the only time in his career, and his 41 home runs tied with Ben Oglivie of the Milwaukee Brewers for the American League lead.

Burnett, pitching for the Florida Marlins, surrendered a two-out single in the third inning that gave the Milwaukee Brewers a 4 – 1 lead.

Soriano led the Cubs in home runs during their National League Central chase in June and July, during which they erased the Milwaukee Brewers ' eight game lead over the division.

The outstanding catch helped the Brewers hold onto a one-run lead, and earned Kapler the Play of the Year Award, voted by over 12 million fans in major league baseball's This Year in Baseball Awards.

In 1982, Thomas hit an AL-high 39 home runs ( tying with Reggie Jackson for the league lead ) and drove in 112 runs to help the Brewers win the American League Championship and face the Cardinals in the World Series.

At Miller Park, the current home of the Milwaukee Brewers, Bernie Brewer has his own " dugout " atop the bleachers behind left field, where he continues to lead the cheering at every home game.

He helped lead the Sounds Pitching staff to the lowest earned run average in the Pacific Coast League upon his promotion to the Milwaukee Brewers.

During a crucial game in the 2008 season against the Milwaukee Brewers, Johnson executed a perfect hard slide into second base that prevented a double play, and allowed the Cubs to take a one-run lead.

* tied for the American Association lead in games played ( 154 ), at bats ( 650 ), runs ( 130 ), hits ( 211 ), and outfield assists ( 22 ) while playing for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1952

During the 2007 season, the Brewers held a 8-1 / 2 game division lead over the Cubs by June 23 but failed to hold on to the advantage, finishing 2 games behind the Cubs.

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.

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.

Kapler started the season as the Brewers ' hottest hitter, going 11-for-26 with 4 home runs and 11 RBIs.

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.

On May 8, 2010, Gerut hit for the cycle, going 4 for 6 in the Brewers 17-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Brewers manager Ned Yost cited Obermueller's hot streak: " I'm going with what amounts to the hot hand even though Glover pitches great the last time ... Gary's done everything we've asked of him but Obermueller is starting to come on.

After going 10-13 with a 5. 50 earned run average and a career-high 116 strikeouts for the Brewers in 2003, Franklin was traded to the San Francisco Giants along with Leo Estrella, for Carlos Villanueva and Glenn Woolard on March 30, 2004.

Still in the lineup, Hall expressed his disappointment on June 3, 2008, by saying that if he was not going consistently to start for the Brewers, he might want to be traded in order to play every day ( he had also grown tired of the Brewers changing his field position, which they had done three seasons in a row — usually something teams avoid so that players remain comfortable in their field positions and perform at their highest potential ).

After going out for two years, he returned to pitch until retiring with the Milwaukee Brewers in.

He pitched another season for the Brewers, going 1 – 0 with a 3. 42 earned run average.