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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 played the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, which was seen as a match-up of contrasting playing styles, as the Cardinals ' offensive style was speed and defense, whereas the Brewers ' offense was power hitting.
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 Brewersthen promptly dropped the next three in a row to lose the series.

Brewers and won
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.
The Brewers went to the 1982 World Series and won seven organization of the year awards during his tenure.
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.
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.
Don Sutton started against Jim Palmer and the Brewers won 10 2, thanks to Robin Yount hitting two clutch home runs, clinching the AL East Division.
The Brewers won Game One 10 0, thanks to Paul Molitor's World Series record 5 hits and a complete game shutout by Mike Caldwell.
The Cardinals won the next two games and seemed to have Game 4 in complete control until the Brewers rallied for six runs in the 7th to win the game 7 5.
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.
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 won 3 1 while the New York Mets lost to the Florida Marlins 4 2, sealing the Brewers the Wild Card spot.
The Brewers hosted their first playoff game in 26 years on Saturday, October 4, and won 4 1.
The Brewers faced the NL West Champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLDS and won the first two games at Miller Park, with Yovani Gallardo pitching 8 stellar innings in a 4-1 Game 1 win.
Combined with stellar hitting of Ryan Braun, Aramis Ramirez, Corey Hart, and Jonathan Lucroy, the Brewers, from August 16 to September 23, won 26 of 35 games, and as of September 24, only 2 1 / 2 games out of the second Wild Card spot, with a 79-73 record.
The Cardinals subsequently beat the Brewers in the NLCS and won the 2011 World Series in 7 games.
The relocated Brewers were loaded with talent, and the 1953 T-Sox won the second Association pennant in their history and drew over 343, 000 fans, a 244 % increase compared to 1951.
A long dispute with the Company of Brewers over standard prices and measures of ale was won by Whittington.
Fingers won the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award in 1977, 1978, and 1980 with the Padres and in 1981 with the Brewers.
* World Series St. Louis Cardinals won 4 games to 3 over the Milwaukee Brewers to claim their first World Championship since 1967.
Established in 2007, the Brewers won second place at the 2008 US College Quidditch Cup held at Middlebury College.
The Tigers won the game 4 0 against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Yount finished with a four-hit game, as the Brewers won 10-2.
His Cardinals won the 1982 World Series, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers in seven games.

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