Tag: Milwaukee Brewers

A-side/B-side: Who carries the torch in Wisconsin sports?

November 10, 2016

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Vince Morale...

The 5 Wisconsin sports vanity plates you’ll meet in the parking lot

Tyler Maas

October 7, 2016

With the Milwaukee Brewers ending a rebuilding campaign last weekend, the Green Bay Packers coming off a bye week, and the Milwaukee bucks still a few weeks from regular season action, there isn't much to say...

“Supercool Beas” and 13 other questionable Wisconsin athlete tattoos

Tyler Maas

September 23, 2016

Yesterday, the Bucks made a trade that brought Kansas State superstar and former second overall draft pick Michael Beasley to Milwaukee. A direct response to news that sharpshooter Khris Middleton will be m...

A loud out: Saying goodbye to Jonathan Lucroy

Vince Morales

August 2, 2016

// It was a mostly meaningless at-bat in a mostly meaningless game. The Milwaukee Brewers had the lead and a chance to sweep the third place Pittsburgh Pirates. There was a runner on first base, two outs an...

I beaned Milwaukee Brewers great Geoff Jenkins with a wiffle ball

Mark Flehmer

July 14, 2016

// On July 12, 2016, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino hosted the inaugural Potawatomi All-Star Wiffle Ball Tournament. This "first of its kind" wiffle ball competition claimed to be the largest such tournament...

From garbage man to garbage innings: An ode to Joe Winkelsas

Tyler Maas

June 10, 2016

// Even the most devoted fan of the Milwaukee Brewers would forgive you for not knowing the name Joe Winkelsas. Though the unheralded relief pitcher's Major League career technically spanned seven years and...

Set caps to LOCK, commenters! Ryan Braun will (probably not) be traded to Cubs

Tyler Maas

May 9, 2016

// Oh how time changes things! Scantly two years removed from being booed by his own fans (some of whom were donning poorly-doctored "Fraud" jerseys and foolishly calling for his outright release), Ryan Bra...

Holy fucking shit here’s that Bob Uecker talking alarm clock in action

Matt Wild

April 27, 2016

// // Last November we brought you the news that holy fucking shit the Brewers are giving away a Bob Uecker talking alarm clock this season. The All-Fan Giveaway will be available at the July 10, 2016 Brewers/C...

On The Record Episode 60: 2016 Milwaukee Brewers season preview

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 30, 2016

// After another long and unforgiving winter, spring has sprung. With the new season comes the return of baseball. The crack of the bat! The smell of the grass! A ramshackle squad likely to lose about 100 g...

Milwaukee Record’s comprehensive Brewers middle name rankings

Tyler Maas

March 25, 2016

// Now nestled deep into March, winter is finally officially over, which makes "Spring Training"—where some Milwaukee Brewers players have been since early February—an accurate name. On April 4, Miller Park...

Eric Young and old: 7 Milwaukee Brewers family connections

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2016

// Though this season's spring training appears to be an exercise in futility for the unabashedly rebuilding Milwaukee Brewers, it does give fans an opportunity to learn the many new names dotting the team'...

O.J. Mayo and 10 other strange Milwaukee sports injuries

Tyler Maas

March 11, 2016

// Yesterday, Bucks guard O.J. Mayo's saw his season (and likely his Milwaukee basketball career) come to an abrupt end when he fractured his ankle falling down his home stairs. Now relegated to sixth-man—e...

Brewers confirm that Hank the Dog is, in fact, the real Hank the Dog

Matt Wild

March 4, 2016

// Friday morning, at an alternately silly and very, very serious press conference held at the Wisconsin Humane Society, Milwaukee Brewers officials confirmed that Hank the Dog is, in fact, the real Hank th...

Off Base: The best, worst, and weirdest Milwaukee Brewers 2016 giveaways

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2016

// We've already come to terms with the overwhelming likelihood the Milwaukee Brewers are going to be very, very (and maybe historically) bad in 2016. Between everything new GM David Stearns has said, the v...

Comparing the 2002 and 2016 Milwaukee Brewers, the worst teams in franchise history

Tyler Maas

February 5, 2016

// With the team's On Deck event having come and gone, pitchers and catchers preparing to report to spring training in a matter of days, and last weekend's Jean Segura trade essentially signaling the end of...

The Brewers need to call up Tim Dillard

Tyler Maas

September 3, 2015

In case Milwaukee being on its second manager since April, the team's general manager resigning (or "transitioning to a new role"), a trade that sent the face of the franchise to Houston for a batch of promisin...

Off Base: Milwaukee Brewers mid-season awards

Tyler Maas

July 10, 2015

What an unforgettable season of Milwaukee Brewers baseball! After 87 games, numerous injuries, and two managers, the Brew Crew currently sits in last place in the National League Central and looking up at all b...

Kato Kaelin’s (unofficial) Milwaukee Brewers season preview

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2015

After a long, cold, and baseball-less six months, America's pastime is officially back in Wisconsin as the Milwaukee Brewers play their home opener at Miller Park today. This lovely day has become nothing short...

Off Base: The 10 best Milwaukee Brewers offseason acquisitions

Tyler Maas

February 26, 2015

Though opening day of the 2015 Milwaukee Brewers season is still 39 agonizing days away, the team has now reported to its spring training headquarters in Maryvale, Arizona. Single game tickets go on sale this w...

“Major League Night,” other nights that aren’t “Major League Night” coming to Miller Park in 2015

Matt Wild

February 17, 2015

Say what you will about “theme nights” for professional sports—they’re cheesy, overhyped, desperate, distracting, etc.—but it’s hard to deny that they give fans a small slice of fun in what might otherwise be r...

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