1970: April 7th – The Milwaukee Brewers play their
first game (as The Brewers) in Milwaukee’s County Stadium. (The team had recently relocated from
Seattle and, incredibly, had played thru spring training as The Seattle Pilots!) When the decision came down that the move to Milwaukee had been approved, things were hastily put together so that the team was ready to appear before 37,237 opening day fans. (Make that 37,237 very disappointed fans ... The Brewers lost to The California Angels by a score of 12-0!) They would go on to lose 97 games that season.
The move was SO last minute that The Brewers didn't even have uniforms yet! As such, they had to play in their Seattle Pilots uniforms until their new Brewers uniforms arrived!
Milwaukee had not hosted a Major League Team since The Milwaukee Braves relocated to Atlanta in 1965. Meanwhile, as more of a marketing ploy to show that Milwaukee fans would still turn out to see a major league team if the city hosted one, The Chicago White Sox played nine games there in 1967 ... and eleven more in 1968 (which prompted rumors of a move to Milwaukee which, of course, never happened.)
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