Last county stadium game

And County Stadium would go out with a bang, not a whimper. Probably few in attendance would have known there was a bit of on-field drama to be played out. He came into the game with a record and an impressive 2.

Not all who attended were there for the first pitch as traffic backed up on I and folks who shuttled from parking lots at State Fair Park arrived some 30 minutes after the game began.

David Menor recalled at age 12 watching the Brewers play during their first year. Jim Rechtin, then 54, reminisced that at age 7 he watched Warren Spahn pitch. So am I. I came here as a young man and I am leaving as an old man. Spahn was one of 40 people associated with the Braves, Brewers, or Green Bay Packers invited to the game. The gathering of legendary names affected those who were still playing.

And Bud Selig was there. In an atmosphere of nostalgia and not a little wistfulness, the game began. It would have been nice to close out the old park with a Brewers victory, but alas, it was not to be. Cincinnati scored single runs off him in each of the first three innings.

After the game, he was taken to a hospital for an MRI on a possible torn tendon. While athletes from the past were honored, so was a player of the future. Ben Sheets , fresh from pitching the US Olympic team to a Gold Medal victory over Cuba the day before, was flown back from Australia to be present at the game.

The game ended , on a two-hit effort from Dessens, his only complete game of the year and one of only two in his career. Of such things are trivia questions born. And Loretta made the last out in County Stadium, a groundball to Juan Castro at short, who threw it to first baseman David Cromer , ending the contest at p.

With soaring attendance at County Stadium, the grandstands that were single decked down the foul lines were double decked by the season, increasing the capacity to 43, Trees were planted in the batters backdrop in centerfield and a picnic area known as the Braves Reservation was added between the outfield bleachers in By attendance at County Stadium began to drop and when new owner, William Bartholomay, purchased the club in he began looking to move the team.

On March 5, the Braves announced they would move to Atlanta after the season. Without baseball, the Packers were the only main tenant and they only played half of their games at County Stadium.

Selig was able to get White Sox owner Arthur Allyn to bring his club to County Stadium and play 20 home games throughout the and seasons where they were a hit at the box office.

MLB did not grant Milwaukee an expansion franchise in and Selig purchased the financially struggling Seattle Pilots and moved them to Milwaukee for the season. County Stadium became known for its mascot Bernie the Brewer, his beer barrel, chalet and slide that was added in behind the bleachers in centerfield. In the s the stadium was enlarged to seat over 52, fans as the upper deck was expanded over the uncovered lower grandstand to the foul poles. The pressbox was remodeled and a new scoreboard was also installed.

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