As is usual in September for teams going nowhere, the 1970 Brewers called up a few guys from the minors to give them an opportunity to be ar...

On September 4, 1970, two dead-end teams were playing out the string in front of a disinterested collection of less than 12,000 people in a...

When rosters expanded in September of 1970, the Brewers were quick to make some moves.  One of the moves made no difference on the field b...

On August 7, 1970, the Brewers purchased Dick Ellsworth's contract from the Cleveland Indians. Ellsworth hurried to Kansas City from Cle...

On August 5, 1970 , Wisconsin native Gene Brabender got knocked out of the box early in the game -- getting hammered by the Chicago White So...

It's about time that I get back to writing about one of my favorite interests: the history of the Brewers. Today, we get to Brewer #39, ...

Incredible as it seems, the 1970 Brewers reached the 38th player deployed for the team before the end of June. That seems incredible to me, ...

On June 9, 1970, Marvin Milkes reached out to the San Francisco Giants and lined up a small deal. It was so small that it was not even a tra...

In this series of biographies, I've talked a number of times about how Marvin Milkes seemingly started making moves simply for the sake ...