Traded 3B-R Aramis Ramirez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for RHP Yhonathan Barrios The Brewers began indicating to both baseball media and front offices around the league that they would be sellers as early as May 7th. The Brewers have plenty of players worthy of trade speculation—Carlos Gomez and Ryan Braun perhaps the most interesting—but the most obvious […]
Author: Jack Moore
Museums, Kind Histories and the Selig Experience
The Brewers are on some kind of hot streak right now. They entered Sunday’s game having won nine out of their last 12 games and have outscored opponents 79-45 in that span. The offense is clicking, scoring over seven runs per game, and the pitching has been much improved — particularly rookie Taylor Jungmann, who […]
The Joy Of Watching Ryan Braun
There has been some discussion over the past calendar year about the Brewers trading Ryan Braun. For some, like Gery Woelfel, the impetus is Braun’s PED taint and moral faults, an argument I think is naive at best (given the myriad issues with MLB’s drug program) and overwarmed self-righteous dreck at worst. For others, it is […]
How The Pilots Became The Brewers and the Absurdity of Franchise History
A Lowe’s Hardware store sits in Seattle, Washington, in the space that used to be Sick’s Stadium, home of the Seattle Pilots. Home plate is still there, marked with a plaque, directly in front of the fencing section. The Pilots were a financial disaster. Their attendance in 1969 was not awful — at 677,944, the Pilots sold […]
The Continuing Costs of Miller Park
Let’s start with this: I love Miller Park. I love the tailgates. I love the sausage race and Bernie Brewer and his ridiculous slide (even if the team should bring back the mug). And I love the roof. I grew up in Trempealeau — near La Crosse, a solid five-hour drive from Milwaukee, and longer with […]