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Brewers to celebrate 40th anniversary throughout season

Ahh, I remember it well…we thought George Lauzerique had just returned from filming James Bond and all was set.

The Milwaukee Brewers today announced plans to celebrate the club’s 40th anniversary season in 2010, which include numerous special events and promotions both on and off the field.

The Brewers will host four “Retro Weekends” during the 2010 season, designating one decade to each weekend to highlight that specific era in Brewers history.

Each weekend will feature the return of alumni from those decades, and on the first three Fridays, the current Brewers will don retro Brewers uniforms from the celebrated era. On each Sunday of the Retro Weekend, all fans will receive a Bobblehead representing one of the greatest moments in the club’s history. To supplement the special uniforms and all-fan giveaways, the in-game experience during those Retro Weekends will include trivia, music and costume contests reflective of the particular decade.

A special 40th Anniversary logo is also being introduced today and will be featured on a patch to be worn on the Brewers home, road, and alternate uniforms throughout the 2010 season. Special apparel will also include the logo and will be available for the first time at Brewers On Deck (Jan. 31) and the Brewers Team Store by Majestic.

In addition, throughout the season, Brewers fans will have the opportunity to vote on the 40 greatest moments of Milwaukee Brewers baseball with the “40 Years/40 Moments” promotion.

Repoz Posted: January 20, 2010 at 08:27 PM | 26 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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1. Gamingboy Posted: January 20, 2010 at 08:50 PM (#3442413)

They will honor this by playing Spring Training in Seattle jerseys.

2. My Grate Friend, Peason Posted: January 20, 2010 at 08:54 PM (#3442422)

They will honor this by playing Spring Training in Seattle jerseys.

Jim Bouton will throw the first pitch, then write the next edition of Ball Four.

3. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) Posted: January 20, 2010 at 09:01 PM (#3442427)

Which weekend will be the weekend when they join the AL East or move the AL Central? It better not be during interleague, that would get confusing.

4. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: January 20, 2010 at 09:04 PM (#3442428)

Is Bud Selig thought of in Milwaukee as the man who brought baseball back? Is he well-liked or as reviled there as he is everywhere else?

5. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) Posted: January 20, 2010 at 09:29 PM (#3442451)

6. I Left Tim Raines Down In Africa Posted: January 20, 2010 at 09:46 PM (#3442465)

I don't have a funny joke to support it or anything, but any time I can throw in a Juan Nieves mention, I have to.

Of course, I wonder if this means they'll invite Chris Bosio back to eat 40 brats in 40 seconds. I think he could do it.

7. flournoy Posted: January 20, 2010 at 09:57 PM (#3442468)

Do Milwaukee natives generally have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Bud Selig's haircut?

8. vortex of dissipation Posted: January 20, 2010 at 10:06 PM (#3442478)

As a Seattle Pilots fan, I won't be celebrating...

9. Clemenza Posted: January 20, 2010 at 10:11 PM (#3442483)

I've lived in Milwaukee for 9 years and I would say #5 has it right. Maybe 60/40 positive or even 70/30. I think it is a generational thing. The younger you are the less you care/know about what he did to get/keep baseball here. I don't care for him but it has everything to do with his stint as commissioner and nothing to do with his ties to the Brewers.

10. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) Posted: January 20, 2010 at 10:12 PM (#3442486)

That haircut is poor, while born in Milwaukee, I resided in a suburb in nearby Waukesha Co. I may have the one photo of Bud where he looks good. He is possibly the least photogenic public figure in America today invites linky to Albright

11. Evil Twin Posted: January 20, 2010 at 10:13 PM (#3442490)

I'd say Milwaukee fans are generally favorable towards Selig. Brought the team to Milwaukee. They fielded a consistent winner in the late 70s/early 80s and had decent teams in the late 80s/early 90s. And he moved up to Commissioner at the right time. Obviously he was involved in Stadium politics, but I think most people acknowledge that County Stadium was obsolete by the end.

Wendy Selig-Prieb, OTOH, is pretty much despised. Along with the general nepotism of the family. I don't think anyone was sorry to see them sell.

12. Der Komminsk-sar Posted: January 20, 2010 at 10:21 PM (#3442501)

crosspost w/ dugout but... you got doug davis back.

13. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) Posted: January 20, 2010 at 10:32 PM (#3442514)

Applause to Evil Twin. Wendy Selig and Laurel are ######### btw. This isn't to say that other city stadium financing deals were not tumultuous, but Milwaukee's was extraordinarily difficult and stressful for Selig, fans, supporters, opponents, George Petak, you name it. That was Selig's biggest victory and highest PR moment as owner, if you were a Miller Park supporter. That story got the public as involved as any that I can remember in decades, with possible exception of the Milwaukee Co. Pension Scandal (similar to San Diego County's mess).

14. Gamingboy Posted: January 20, 2010 at 10:56 PM (#3442531)

addition, throughout the season, Brewers fans will have the opportunity to vote on the 40 greatest moments of Milwaukee Brewers baseball with the “40 Years/40 Moments” promotion.

As a outsider who has never been to Milwaukee:
1. 1982
2. 2008
3. Stan Ross, "Mr. 3000" himself, comes back years after retirement and learns the true meaning of teamwork.
4. Those Prince Fielder inside-the-park HRs.
5. Randall Simon Attacks

15. DL from MN Posted: January 20, 2010 at 10:57 PM (#3442532)

Apparently Milwaukee will be celebrating with Doug Davis in the rotation. I like the signing, seems to be the right amount of $$ and years.

16. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: January 21, 2010 at 12:02 AM (#3442584)

They will honor this by playing Spring Training in Seattle jerseys.

Jim Bouton will throw the first pitch, then write the next edition of Ball Four

and pound that Budweiser afterwards (shitfuck)

17. Greg Goosen at 30 Posted: January 21, 2010 at 02:21 AM (#3442701)

Didn't the first game at Milwaukee in 1970 still have the football chalk lines (no time to remove them)? Put those back on the field for the retro look.

18. McCoy Posted: January 21, 2010 at 02:40 AM (#3442725)

A little of a mixed bag in my view. Harveys may have a good perspective. For instance, if Selig didn't own the Brewers during the 90s, they'd be gone today, nobody can deny that. He is normally applauded when appearing in public, there's a few boos, but probably not for the same reasons why he would be booed in, say Atlanta, or Philadelphia.

I think he's been a good commissioner, but was a lousy owner, he ran it like a family restaurant.

If they didn't get a stadium then who knows what would have happened. But considering they got a stadium and it was the Seligs that turned a good franchise of the 80's into a crappy franchise of the 90's so that the Selig's could take in millions in salary I'm not so sure that it would be accurate to say that the Brewers would be gone without Selig. Afterall where would they go?

19. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) Posted: January 21, 2010 at 03:12 AM (#3442758)

The 'City in Waiting' at the time was supposedly Charlotte. w/o a new stadium, funded by five counties or otherwise, they were gone. Replace Selig, with other incompetent owner not from Milwaukee, and the Brewers would've been gone.

20. McCoy Posted: January 21, 2010 at 03:42 AM (#3442784)

I doubt it. No other team that had to put up a long fight for a stadium ever left besides Montreal and it took them until 2005 to get them to move and they didn't get a new stadium until 2008. Maybe if a team actually did move to Charlotte or if Charlotte had a stadium built and ready to go like St. Petersburg there might be something there. Baseball showed they were quite prepared to fight a very long fight to get cities to build them stadiums. Look at Florida, they have been in much much worse shape than Milwaukee ever was and they stood pat and fought it out until they got the stadium. Loria wasn't from Miami and he fought it out, there have been various owners that have owned various teams and had no loyalty to the city and they still stayed in their city and fought it out for a stadium.

21. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) Posted: January 21, 2010 at 03:54 AM (#3442795)

If Petak doesn't flip his vote in the wee hours, I don't see how the State Senate would've ever gotten another chance, not with Chvala at the helm, who ironically took control of the State Senate due to Petak's recall. The Dems were going to control the State Senate by the next session and even w/o the recall of Petak, Chvala would've killed any chance of this bill happening.

22. McCoy Posted: January 21, 2010 at 04:02 AM (#3442800)

Yes, don't remind me about that bastard selling out Racine and for what? So we get slightly cheaper tickets on some cold miserable day in April?

Several teams (Minnesota and Florida to name two right off the top of my head) have had to fight for stadiums and had to suffer through defeated proposals and so forth. I seem to recall a couple of stadiums getting built even after after a fail referendum or two.

23. The Fallen Reputation of Billy Jo Robidoux Posted: January 21, 2010 at 04:11 AM (#3442808)

Well, nowadays Petak's a lobbyist and Chvala's an ex-con, so I'm not sure who the winner was. (Other than the people of Milwaukee).

Agree with #5. Selig's love of the town always comes across, despite his lack of charisma. Wendy, on the other hand . . .

24. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) Posted: January 21, 2010 at 04:16 AM (#3442811)

25. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) Posted: January 21, 2010 at 04:22 AM (#3442816)

As a outsider who has never been to Milwaukee:
1. 1982
2. 2008
3. Stan Ross, "Mr. 3000" himself, comes back years after retirement and learns the true meaning of teamwork.
4. Those Prince Fielder inside-the-park HRs.
5. Randall Simon Attacks

*13 in a row to start '87 (the highlight being the Easter Sunday 9th inning comeback vs Texas)
*Molitor's 39 game hit streak, and fans booing Rick Manning as he drives in the winning run in extras, with a hitless Molitor on-deck.
*Yount's 3000th
*Aaron's 755th, though from the empty seats, at the time, wasn't much of an event, nobody knew.
I personally hope they recreate the Tony Phillips fight with a guy from Racine behind the LF bleachers, during a 20-8 White Sox route in the fog back in '96.
I hope someone recreates that God#### Omega scoreboard so they can blow it up.

26. McCoy Posted: January 21, 2010 at 04:23 AM (#3442820)

In hindsight you may be right McCoy (about something finally getting passed, combined with the extraordinary difficulty of relocating a MLB franchise), but that was a tense time, I was convinced the Crew was going to leave.

Which is one of their tools in getting government money. Give us money or we are leaving and generally after all the dust settles people find out they never had any intention of leaving.

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