Milwaukee County Stadium

So it's been something I've heard about since I was a small child.

Um, I remember going back to County Stadium, uh, when the stadium was still open.

The memories are spotty, but I do, for whatever reason, remember one game with my dad and my sister, and it was like the middle of summer.

It was scorching hot, and Jeremy Burnitz hit a home run to us.

So it's been something I've heard about since I was a small child.

Um, I remember going back to County Stadium, uh, when the stadium was still open.

The memories are spotty, but I do, for whatever reason, remember one game with my dad and my sister, and it was like the middle of summer.

It was scorching hot, and Jeremy Burnitz hit a home run to us.

And how did your lifelong love affair with the Milwaukee Brewers start?

Well, actually, it started when I was a kid because my dad actually took me to County Stadium.

And the first game that he took me to, believe it or not, was when they were playing the A's back in like 1973 or 74.

And so, truth be told, I saw those colors that the A's were wearing and I'm like, that's my favorite team.

And like, you know, we went back from we were Cub Scouts in 75 and 76 to go see Hank Aaron.

There was bat days.

And so going in from a small town in Wisconsin and Delavan and then going to Milwaukee to go watch the Brewers play a county stadium and then, you know, becoming a season ticket holder.

And then just experiencing the highs and lows of Milwaukee baseball through all those numbers of years.

And how did your lifelong love affair with the Milwaukee Brewers start?

Well, actually, it started when I was a kid, uh, because my dad actually took me to County Stadium.

Uh, and the first game that he took me to, believe it or not, was when they were playing the A's back in, like, 1973 or '74.

And so truth be told, uh, I saw those colors that the A's were wearing, and I'm like, "That's my favorite team." [laughs] And so I was an A's fan and, and was until they actually moved out of Oakland, but I became a Brewers fan at the same time.

And, like, you know, we, we went back from, we were Cub Scouts in '75 and '76 to go see Hank Aaron.

There was bat days.

And so going in from a small town in, in Wisconsin, in Delavan, and then going to Milwaukee to go watch the Brewers play at County Stadium, and then, you know, becoming a season ticket holder, and then just experiencing the highs and lows of Milwaukee baseball through all those numbers of years.

And, and there was a lot of down years during that time.

But man, the way it's happening and how ugly it looks and the penalties and the repeated mistakes and drops and now some injuries again creep in, it just feels so defeatist right now that you're, you're right.

The energy that the Brewers are providing, as a diehard Brewer fan as well, I was going to games back at County Stadium.

I used to, you know, go out during the summers when I just learned how to drive, $3 bleacher seats out, uh, at County Stadium.

We'd go two or three times a week.

Um, haven't seen that team get over the hump yet.

And how did your lifelong love affair with the Milwaukee Brewers start?

Well, actually it started when I was a kid, uh, because my dad actually took me to County Stadium.

Uh, and the first game that he took me to, believe it or not, was when they were playing the A's back in, like, 1973 or '74.

And so, truth be told, uh, I saw those colors that the A's were wearing and I'm like, "That's my favorite team." [laughs] And so I was an A's fan and, and was until they actually moved out of Oakland.

And like, you know, we, we went back when we were Cub Scouts in '75 and '76 to go see Hank Aaron.

There was bat days.

And so, you know, going in from a small town in, in Wisconsin in Delavan, and then going to Milwaukee to go watch the Brewers play at County Stadium, and then, you know, becoming a season ticket holder.

Um, and then just experiencing the highs and lows of Milwaukee baseball, um, through all those numbers of years.

Right

... and pan the shot of this ridiculous-looking basement, that it looks like County Stadium or something like that, and it'll, it'll catch fire online.

Like, that still happens.

Back to the earlier point of that which is interesting to people.