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Can we get some love for Milwaukee?

DCWDCW Posts: 7,930 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The Brewers won their first ever World Series. Even as a Mets fan, Ive got to be happy for them.
Post a coin, medal, or token with ties to Milwaukee or Wisconsin...
Here's a scarce Civil War token from Goes & Falk with a nice pictorial of beer barrels in the obverse. From the collection of Dr. George Hetrich

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    mach19mach19 Posts: 5,203 ✭✭✭✭

    <3

    TIN SOLDIERS & NIXON COMING image
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,886 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love it them winning, congrats 👍

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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2, 2026 7:04AM

    A great series for a great team. I was in high school during the 82 World Series, roughly the same age that my dad was when the Braves won in 57. I didn't get to attend any WS games back then, but I was at game 3 of the ALCS.

    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
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    rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I remember the 82 series. By then, I was living in Berkeley, so I saw them in the Collesium against the A's. I also saw them in Yankee Stadium in 1980. Being a Brewer fan in New York City was not easy. Some rabid Yankees fan grabbed my Brewers cap and lit it on fire. (I was in graduate school at Stony Brook) From what I heard, this was fairly common.

    Before the Brewers first came to Milwaukee, they were the Seattle Pilots. I think it was in 1970. I remember they were fairly horrible at first But I was a fan of baseball, so it didnt matter. They had cheap bleacher seats at County Stadium where you could watch the bullpen, and actually talk to the pitchers.

    They also had a nickel beer day. I was underage but got away with it because it was the 70's in Milwaukee. They did have Bernie Brewer in a chalet with a slide that led to a giant beer mug above the scoreboard in the outfield.

    I later saw Robin Yount play in his rookie year in the summer of 1974, when I was about his age: 18. He was the youngest major leaguer in history at that time.

    “When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.” - Tommy Smothers
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    rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2, 2026 8:42AM


    (1970 Milwaukee Brewers): 65-97. (.401 winning percentage), placing 4th in the American League West, 33 games behind the division-winning Minnesota Twins.

    It was the Brewers' first season in Milwaukee after relocating from Seattle, where they had played one year as the Seattle Pilots in 1969. (Seattle Pilots were featured in im Bouton's "Ball Four")
    Outfielder Tommy Harper was the team's standout player, hitting 31 home runs and batting.296.

    “When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.” - Tommy Smothers
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    rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2, 2026 8:14AM

    Here's a link to an ESPN article comparing the 1982 Brewers and the 2026 team. They both had a winning attitude - and strong team spirit. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50274387/milwaukee-brewers-world-series-tim-kurkjian

    1982 Brewers Roster

    “When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.” - Tommy Smothers
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    rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2, 2026 8:19AM

    Rollie Fingers was on the 1982 team, as I remember. He did not pitch in the series - he had a muscle injury. In what is now a forgotten chapter, many Brewers fans, including teammate Cecil Cooper maintain that if Fingers was healthy during the post season, the Brewers were unstoppable.

    “When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.” - Tommy Smothers
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    rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭✭✭


    “When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.” - Tommy Smothers
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,886 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rooksmith said:

    Rollie Fingers was on the 1982 team, as I remember. He did not pitch in the series - he had a muscle injury. In what is now a forgotten chapter, many Brewers fans, including teammate Cecil Cooper maintain that if Fingers was healthy during the post season, the Brewers were unstoppable.

    i remember rollie fingers :)

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    LJenkins11LJenkins11 Posts: 872 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The view from Bud Selig's Founders Box (taken in 2024 vs NY Mets)






    “When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.” - Tommy Smothers
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    rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rooksmith said:

    Rollie Fingers was on the 1982 team, as I remember. He did not pitch in the series - he had a muscle injury. In what is now a forgotten chapter, many Brewers fans, including teammate Cecil Cooper maintain that if Fingers was healthy during the post season, the Brewers were unstoppable.

    Maybe it was a moustache injury?

    “When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.” - Tommy Smothers
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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,788 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll raise a Milwaukee brewed beer to the champions!

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
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    WQuarterFreddieWQuarterFreddie Posts: 3,353 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Loved watching them win 103 games and dominate in the playoffs! Congratulations Milwaukee!!

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