Baseball was played in Milwaukee before the Brewers got there. When the Braves left for Atlanta for the 1966 season, Bud Selig was determined to get a team back in the Beer City. He came through in 1970, luring the expansion Pilots away from Seattle. While the Brew Crew hasn't played the best ball in its history, it's shown flashes of greatnesses and have sported some wonderful players in Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Cecil Cooper and Don Sutton.
MINNEAPOLIS The Milwaukee Brewers finally gave J.J. Hardy the change of scenery he had been expecting and reunited the unhappy shortstop with an old friend in the process.
Publ.Date : Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:38:09 GMTJ.J. Hardy has been traded from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Carlos Gomez.
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:51:51 GMTMILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Brewers have declined a US$3.7-million club option on right-handed reliever David Weathers for next season.
Publ.Date : Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:01 GMT
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The Brewers started off as an American League team but switched leagues after the 1998 expansion.
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