{"product_id":"opening-day-in-milwaukee-9781476689647","title":"Opening Day in Milwaukee","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Opening day in Milwaukee is an event like no other in baseball--all the pomp and reverence for the return of the season, with a tailgate party like only Brewers fans know how to throw. Each opener creates treasured memories, like Hank Aaron''s return to Milwaukee, Sixto Lezcano''s walk-off grand slam, the momentous opening of Miller Park, Lorenzo Cain''s game-saving grab or the debuts of a couple of kids named Yount and Molitor. Chronicling a half-century of baseball lore, this book relives 53 home openers and the traditions, oddball characters, unlikely heroes and Hall of Fame legends they featured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike a baseball tucked snugly in the palm of a glove, this book is a perfect fit for any true blue fan of the Brew Crew. Matthew Prigge's \u003ci\u003eOpening Day in Milwaukee\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertaining, insightful, and sentimental history of the Brewers. As someone born in late February 1970, just weeks before the team's first home opener, I found myself reliving the different stages of my own life as I turned the pages. So much has changed over the last half-century, but the Brewers have been a constant source of joy for so many of us. Every year comes another opening day, another fresh start, another connection to the past and to the future, and another reason to hope – on and off the diamond.\"—Andrew Maraniss, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eStrong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOpening Day in Milwaukee\u003c\/i\u003e is a neat way to tell the history of a baseball team, one special game at a time. I'm not a Brewers fan, but that didn't stop me from having more fun than Bernie Brewer sliding into a vat of beer!\"—Jeff Katz, author \u003ci\u003eSplit Season:1981\u003c\/i\u003e and former Mayor of Cooperstown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One. The Seventies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two. The Eighties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three. The Nineties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four. The Aughts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five. The Teens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six. The Twenties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix: The Opening Day All-Timers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742571626839,"sku":"9781476689647","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476689647.jpg?v=1758385312","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/opening-day-in-milwaukee-9781476689647","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}