Brewers then treat this base using a variety of processes in order to remove malt beverage character from the base.

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 Brewers went 72 – 43 under Kuenn for the rest of the season and went wild offensively, clubbing a then club-record 216 home runs during the season.

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 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.

The choice then fell to the Brewers, who, on November 6, 1997, elected to move to the National League's Central Division.

Shortly before the All Star break the Brewers climbed to one game above. 500, but then lost their next three to the Chicago Cubs and would never return to. 500.

On August 24 the Brewers completed a sweep of the Colorado Rockies to climb to less than five games out in both the NL Central Division and NL Wild Card races, but then Milwaukee went on a 10-game losing streak that ended any postseason hope.

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.

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.

However, the city gained another American Association franchise the next year, when the Boston Braves transferred to Milwaukee in March 1953, displacing their farm club, the Milwaukee Brewers, which then shifted to Toledo as the " Sox ".

Fosse finished out the year with the expansion Mariners and then signed a contract to play for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Growth was initially slow – the fifth American brewpub opened in 1986, but the growth since then has been considerable: the Association of Brewers reports that in 2006 there were 1, 389 regional craft breweries, microbreweries and brewpubs in the United States.

In 1244 it was rebuilt by the Brewers Company, and then rebuilt again in 1491, had alterations in 1663 and finally demolished in 1760 so that the street could be widened.

From then until its demolition in 2005, the Brewers played all their home games at Eton Park.

The team was affiliated with both the Montreal Expos and the Milwaukee Brewers in its inaugural season, with the Cleveland Indians in 1971, and then with the Kansas City Royals from 1972 – 1984.

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 ).

There was no rule against that activity as such, but Veeck then took it to an extreme, rolling it out when the opponents batted, and pulling it back when the Brewers batted.

Milwaukee County Stadium, then the home of the Brewers, doubles as Cleveland Municipal Stadium for the film, although several exterior shots of Municipal Stadium were used, including some aerial shots taken during a sellout game.

He later joined the Angels lost the 1979 ALCS to his former team, and then lost again to the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers.

La Russa led the Cardinals to the 2011 World Series, after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS ( 3-2 ), and then the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS ( 4-2 ).

The Brewers won the American League East division by one game over the Baltimore Orioles, then defeated the California Angels, three games to two, in the American League Championship Series.

After clinching their second AL West championship, the Angels won the first two games of the best-of-five ALCS against the AL East champion Milwaukee Brewers — then promptly dropped the next three in a row to lose the series.

When Selig was only three, Marie began taking him and his older brother, Jerry, to Borchert Field, where the minor league Milwaukee Brewers played.

One of the games played in Milwaukee that year was against the expansion Seattle Pilots, the team that would become the Brewers.

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.

This was Hank Aaron Day in Wisconsin and the Braves played the Milwaukee Brewers in an exhibition game.

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 ).

The Brewers won the second half of the 1981 season ( divided because of a players ' strike ) and played the Yankees in a playoff mini-series they ultimately lost.

The Brewers played their first postseason game in 26 years on October 1.

During his 21-year baseball career, he played for the Milwaukee Brewers ( 1978 – 1992 ), Toronto Blue Jays ( 1993 – 1995 ), and Minnesota Twins ( 1996 – 1998 ).

Polka is also popular in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where the beer barrel polka is played during the seventh inning stretch and halftime of Milwaukee Brewers and Milwaukee Bucks games.

* Zach Braddock ( born 1987 ), pitcher who has played for the Milwaukee Brewers.

* Víctor Santos ( born 1976 ), MLB relief pitcher who has played for the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and the Baltimore Orioles.

Right-handed pitcher who played for the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Milwaukee Brewers.

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

When he returned in, he briefly played for the Milwaukee Brewers but returned to Toronto late in the season, and retired at its conclusion.

He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers.

In the majors, he played 23 years for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and California Angels.

Donnie Ray Moore ( February 13, 1954 – July 18, 1989 ) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs ( 1975, 1977 – 79 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1980 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1981 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1982 – 84 ) and California Angels ( 1985 – 88 ).

* 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.

* In a 3-3 tie in the 8th, on a game played on June 12, 1974, the Milwaukee Brewers moved DH Tim Johnson to SS for defensive insurance, giving up their DH in the process.

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

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.

During his 17-year career spent with the Giants, Milwaukee & Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, and Milwaukee Brewers, Alou played all three outfield positions regularly ( 736 games in right field, 483 in center, 433 in left ), and led the National League in hits twice and runs once.

He played for the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, and Florida Marlins.