Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed by Corporate Graphics in the United States of America Photographs by Getty Images Bernstein Associates Scott Boehm Jonathan Daniel Elsa Focus on Sport Otto Greule Jr Bruce Kluckhohn Tom G Lynn Time Life Pictures Brad Mangin MLB Photos Jim McIsaac Ronald C Modra Sports Imagery Panoramic Images Rich Pilling MLB Photos Eliot J Schechter Ron Vesely MLB Photos Copyright 2012 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for the hardcover edition Gilbert Sara The story of the Milwaukee Brewers by Sara Gilbert p cm Baseball the great American game Includes index Summary The history of the Milwaukee Brewers professional baseball team from its inaugural 1970 season to today spotlighting the team’s greatest players and most memorable moments ISBN 978-1-60818-046-2 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-016-3 eBook 1 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball team History Juvenile literature I Title II Series GV875 M53G55 2011 796 357’640977595 dc22 2010024403 CPSIA 110310 PO1381 First Edition 987654321 Page 3 First baseman Prince Fielder Page 4 Right fielder Corey Hart
Sara Gilbert BASEBALL THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME CREATIVE EDUCATION
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B r e w e r s 5 CONTENTS CHAPTERS Brewing Up 6 Wisconsin’s Wallbangers 15 Streak City 23 Changing of the Guard 33 A New Brew 41 AROUND THE HORN The Major Leagues in Milwaukee 12 The Voice of the Brewers 22 Season of Streaks 26 Bernie Brewer 31 A Tale of Two Leagues 38 A Legendary Logo 43 ALL-TIME BREWERS P Teddy Higuera 8 C B J Surhoff 13 1B Cecil Cooper 14 2B Jim Gantner 18 3B Paul Molitor 21 SS Robin Yount 28 LF Ben Oglivie 30 CF Gorman Thomas 35 RF Jeromy Burnitz 39 M Harvey Kuenn 40 Index 48
