Building the Brewers

Bud Selig and the Return of Major League Baseball to Milwaukee

Chris Zantow (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

222 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7263-2 (ISBN)

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When the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta after the 1965 season, many impassioned fans grew indifferent to baseball. Others--namely car dealer Bud Selig--decided to fight for the beloved sport. Selig formed an ownership group with the goal of winning a new franchise. They faced formidable opposition--American League President Joe Cronin, lawyer turned baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, and other AL team owners would not entertain the notion of another team for the city.

This first ever history of baseball's return to Milwaukee covers the owners, teams and ballparks behind the rise and fall of their Braves, the five-year struggle to acquire a new team, the relocation of a major league club a week prior to the 1970 season and how the Brewers created an identity and built a fan base and a contending team.

The late Chris Zantow was a writer of training materials and resources for adult learners at American Girl. A member of the Wisconsin Writers Association, he lived in Madison, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deleteviii

Preface

Introduction

One • The Borchert Field Brewers

Two • Borchert Field to Bushville

Three • You’re All We’ve Got Now

Four • A Team That Didn’t Exist

Five • The Pilots Take Flight

Six • The Pilots Crash Land

Seven • One Million or Bust

Eight • A Fun Place for Fans

Nine • Prospects and All-Stars

Ten • Saturday Night Massacre

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.09.2019
Zusatzinfo	11 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	299 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-7263-6 / 1476672636
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7263-2 / 9781476672632
Zustand	Neuware