A stream of consciousness farewell to a personal icon. History is always personal.
Category: Milwaukee Brewers
There are no accidents: Exploring Tommy Harper’s 1970 season
Tommy Harper’s 1970 was, in the strictest sense of the term, a career year. How did a career average hitter become the first All-Star in Milwaukee Brewers history? Last month, the estimable Kyle Lobner — whose daily Patreon [mostly] on …
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The Show can’t go on
In its tone-deafness to this emergent moment in history, Major League Baseball has not only signaled its foolhardy and quixiotic intent to complete this season, it is also forfeiting its remaining sociocultural cache.
Ryan Braun: Tragic Hero, Cult Icon
If there is baseball to be played in 2020, it will likely be the last for elder Milwaukee Brewers statesman Ryan Braun. With several career milestones in reach—and slipping away due to extenuating circumstances—Braun’s closing chapter could redefine his legacy.
Spring Commencement: Stearns, Yelich and the Brewers
David Stearns spent the first four and a half years cleaning up an organization in disarray. Now, with a franchise cornerstone in Christian Yelich reportedly locked up for the long-term, Stearns can build both a championship-grade club and his own …
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Battling back: Brewers bats to watch for in 2020
If this winter’s aura has been any indicator—social media, Brewers On Deck, and all Milwaukee’s fanbase is currently in a state of unrest.
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Elegy for Jeremy Jeffress, Milwaukee Brewer
Some players just mean more to you than others. Jeremy Jeffress was that kind of player.
Brewers pitchers looking to bounce back in 2020
If there’s one constant in Milwaukee, it’s that pitching remains forever fickle, and there was no better proof than the 2019 season.
BasebalLife: A hot stove confessional
Winter is an illness.
Yasmani Grandal primed for a return to Milwaukee
In an era when most MLB players are aiming for contractual longevity over average annual value, Yasmani Grandal is using the latter to leverage the former—and it could be the very reason he ends up back in Milwaukee.
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