Author Kyle Lobner

The 10 best individual Opening Day performances in Milwaukee Brewers history

April 5, 2022

It’s a week later than it was supposed to be and it’s not happening where it was supposed to happen, but Major League Baseball is back this week after a long offseason of doubt. The Brewers’ home opener has bee...

The most memorable moments of the 2021 Milwaukee Brewers season: Part 2

Kyle Lobner

October 13, 2021

It ended sooner than many had hoped or expected, but the 2021 MLB season still left behind plenty of memories—good, bad, and weird—that will live on in the annals of Brewers franchise history. In the second par...

The most memorable moments of the 2021 Milwaukee Brewers season: Part 1

Kyle Lobner

October 4, 2021

The Milwaukee Brewers’ 2021 season isn’t over yet, but it’s already been one of the most memorable campaigns in franchise history. For over a decade, I’ve been maintaining a "Today In Brewers History" calendar,...

The best (and worst) Brewers All-Star Game contingents, ranked

Kyle Lobner

July 8, 2021

While the rest of the team enjoys a relaxing break next week, a select collection of Milwaukee Brewers will take the field in Denver on Tuesday for a franchise first: Brandon Woodruff, Corbin Burnes, and Josh H...

Keston Hiura and 8 other Brewers who made the move to first base

Kyle Lobner

February 8, 2021

All winter long, it’s appeared likely that the Brewers would head in a new direction at first base for the upcoming season. It's a familiar feeling for an organization that’s started someone new at the position...

5 keys to the Milwaukee Brewers offseason

Kyle Lobner

October 21, 2020

With the end of the 2020 baseball calendar around the corner, the Milwaukee Brewers and their MLB rivals are just about ready to start their offseason. It’s always a time of predictions, projections and questio...

The most memorable moments of the 2020 Milwaukee Brewers season

Kyle Lobner

September 28, 2020

Even before this weekend’s chaotic finish, we certainly knew the 2020 MLB season would be memorable.For over a decade, I’ve been maintaining a "Today In Brewers History" calendar, a collection of notable tr...

5 things I miss about baseball season

Kyle Lobner

June 4, 2020

While we fully acknowledge there are far more important things to think about right now—such as a global pandemic, as well as a number of national protests against police brutality, police militarization, and t...

The 16 Milwaukee Brewers walkoffs from 2018 and 2019, ranked

Kyle Lobner

April 16, 2020

One of the small silver linings to the COVID-19 pandemic is that fans have lots of time to watch baseball. Unfortunately, unless you’re getting up early to watch sketchy streams of games in Taiwan, there’s no l...

The most memorable moments of the 2019 Milwaukee Brewers season: Part 2 (post-All-Star Game to Wild Card)

Kyle Lobner

October 3, 2019

The Brewers’ 2019 season came to an abrupt end on Tuesday, but left us dozens of moments to remember for years to come. What follows is Part 2 of the list of items good, bad or just weird that I added to my “To...

The most memorable moments of the 2019 Milwaukee Brewers season: Part 1 (Opening Day to All-Star Game)

Kyle Lobner

September 30, 2019

The Milwaukee Brewers’ 2019 season isn’t over yet, but it’s already provided an array of memorable moments. For over a decade, I’ve been maintaining a “Today In Brewers History” calendar, a collection of notabl...

A brief history of Brewers grand slam droughts (and how they ended)

Kyle Lobner

July 17, 2019

The Milwaukee Brewers' long grand slam crisis came to an abrupt end Tuesday night when Christian Yelich (who else?) plated four runs with one swing of the bat to blow open what eventually became a 13-1 win over...

How does this season’s rotation compare to other historically young Brewers pitching staffs?

Kyle Lobner

April 9, 2019

It remains to be seen if the Brewers’ 2019 starting rotation will be good, but they’ll certainly be young.After passing or missing out on several veteran alternatives this winter, the Brewers opened the sea...

The 10 best Milwaukee Brewers one-year wonders

Kyle Lobner

February 26, 2019

Yasmani Grandal’s stay in Milwaukee might be brief, but the Brewers are trying to make the most of it.The Brewers’ biggest addition of the winter, Grandal is in camp on a one-year, $18.25 million contract a...

The most memorable moments of the 2018 Milwaukee Brewers season: Part 2 (post-All-Star Game to NLCS)

Kyle Lobner

October 23, 2018

The Brewers’ 2018 season may be over, but it provided no shortage of memorable moments. What follows is Part 2 of the list of items, good, bad or just weird, that I added to my “Today In Brewers History” calend...

The most memorable moments of the 2018 Milwaukee Brewers season: Part 1 (Opening Day to All-Star Game)

Kyle Lobner

October 3, 2018

The Brewers’ 2018 season isn’t over yet, but it’s already provided an array of memorable moments.Each morning in the Frosty Mug, I include a section titled “Today In Brewers History,” where we take a moment...

The 10 best September call-ups in Milwaukee Brewers history

Kyle Lobner

August 30, 2018

For the Milwaukee Brewers and every team across Major League Baseball, roster depth is on the way.Baseball is perhaps the only sport that dramatically alters its roster rules for a portion of the regular se...

The 5 best trade deadlines in Milwaukee Brewers history

Kyle Lobner

July 11, 2018

One of the busiest transaction seasons on the Major League Baseball calendar is, historically speaking, a relatively recent phenomenon.From 1922 until 1985, the American and National Leagues—then operating ...

The ones that got away: 5 near-miss Brewers draft picks

Kyle Lobner

June 4, 2018

The 2018 MLB Draft opens this week with the first 78 selections live on MLB Network on Monday, and the remaining 38 rounds spread over Tuesday and Wednesday. Many of the players selected in the early rounds wil...

The 10 best Milwaukee Brewers who never actually played a game with the Milwaukee Brewers

Kyle Lobner

March 19, 2018

Spring Training is a time for optimism across Major League Baseball. It’s a time to teams to come together and dream of career years, breakouts campaigns, and resurgences. Every camp is full of guys looking for...