40th Anniversary of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers team that won the American League Championship
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers get together 40 years after winning the American League. Panel includes: Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Ted Simmons, Rollie Fingers, Baseball Commissioner Emeritus and former Brewers Owner Allan H. (Bud) Selig and the iconic Bob Uecker. Brian Anderson hosts.
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I grew up a die hard Brewers fan. In '92 when the Brewers couldn't afford to keep Paul Molitor I was only 16 and had lost my love of MLB after that. I rooted for Molitor when he won the World Series with the Jays but that was it. When I was ten years old I remember at County Stadium jumping on top of the Brewers Dug Out during the Game and stuck my head under and saw Paul Molitor. I asked him or his autograph and he took my card and said "I'll be right back". I climbed off the dugout and about a minute later Paul came out with my card signed and gave it to me. Really made my day! After the game Don Mattingly stayed 30 minutes after the game signing autographs and I was able to get his as well.
Sal Bando screwed up there. He said Molitor was nothing but a DH and didn't deserve 3 million a year. Big pick up for Toronto!
My Father who is amazing and a great ball player named me after Robin Yount. I've idolized him ever since. I was able to get an autograph from him that says to Robin from Robin Best wishes. I always wanted to ask him if he'd say hi to my Dad so I could return the favor a bit. Thanks for the memories.
The best play I recall Robin Yount ever making was when Pitcher Juan Nieves was closing in on the Brewers first ever No Hitter. In the 9th inning I recall a hitter getting a great knock on the ball and it was surely going to be a hit and Robin Yount running full speed dives sticks his arm out as far as he can and stabs that ball sealing the deal for the first Brewer NO HITTER!!! I won't speak about the pitcher that pitched that game as his story had a terrible ending.
It was the morning of April 7th, 1970 and I was sitting in Ms. Duval's third-grade classroom at St. Augustine’s grade school when a knock on the door interrupted the class. My father, a factory worker and dedicated Pabst Blue Ribbon enthusiast, had come to pull me out of school for the day. He had scored two left-field bleacher seats for the inaugural game in Milwaukee Brewers history. We played hooky together, but the Brewers lost 12-0 to the California Angels. Still, at 9 years old, I became an avid fan. That day sparked a tradition of skipping school to attend countless Opening Days.
I vividly remember driving west at the intersection of Oklahoma and Clement Avenue when Bob Uecker called the moment Cecil Cooper hit the go-ahead two-run single that clinched the AL pennant and the Brewers’ only trip to the World Series in 1982. The driver in the car traveling east pumped her fist in the air at the exact same time I did! The heartbreak of losing Game 7 to the Cardinals left a literal mark-a hole punched into the paneling of my bedroom wall.
There hasn’t been anything quite like the relationship between Milwaukee and that 1982 team since. It was a season filled with great characters and unforgettable memories.
Oh my lord, 40 years. I'm grateful to remember all these players and this season. So good to see them all.
Ted Simmons is so spot on. Intelligent man…great ball player. HOF
Went to the final playoff win against California against Reggie Jackson , Don Baylor ; Rod Carew ; then watched all World Series games in Milwaukee
( Old county stadium )
Special team !
Both teams we're really incredible .
Paul Molitor at 3rd , Robin Yount at SS .
Fantastic watching this great team play baseball !
Game 7 WS - that really was truly incredible ; One of the best that I have ever watched !
Take me out to the ballgame .
Old school team ,players
These men have terrific stories !
Bravo
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I'm a White Sox fan, but the Brewers from around this time are one of my favorite teams ever. Just a great team to watch. Great players who were also great characters. For all the sluggers, though, my favorite guy was Mike Caldwell. He was such a tough SOB on the mound and had the best pick-off move I've ever seen. I'm not the baseball fan I once was, and one of the things that most pissed me off, more than the strikes and steroids, was when they moved the Brewers to the National League. Bud Selig thought he was just too precious to be in the American League, when, by their style of play, the Brewers were purely an American League team. The NL can have the Astros back. The Brewers belong in the American League! I wonder how Brewers fans feel about this.
The one thing I will always remember about this team was, even when they were losing a game, you always had the feeling that they would come back and win the game.
As an old soul Brewers fan for 1982, that team gives me goosebumps for sure even Robin Yount quite interesting player to me.
I became a Brewer Fan in '86 and Robin Yount, Jim Gantner and Paul Molitor were like family members in our household. I have 2 brothers and between us 3 boys those 3 guys were like Uncles to us but we only ever got to see them at the games. Loved the 80's Brewers teams all of them!
Good squad. Run power pitching. Just 1 game short. Back when they played day time WS games too.
Loved that.
I went to game 3 of the ALCS in 1982, and game 5 of the World Series. Great memories 😊
Poor Ted Simmons. So many years playing for the Cardinals. Only to watch them win that serries.
LOL 😂
God I hated these guys as a Sox fan but what a lineup and Robin Yount from 18 years old on, was the standard bearer for a city and a team that never had the monetary advantages that would have got them over the hump. That’s baseball history with that group. Just incredible memories for any baseball fan
I was lucky enough to get tickets to both the ALCS and the World Series in the center field bleachers. I saved my ticket stubs. The ALCS was $5 and the World Series was $8. Great memories, especially Game 5 of the ALCS. All the games were electric, but that game had something extra.
My fondest memory was the fact that Milwaukee celebrated bigger than St Louis did.
Where is Gorman???????
At one of the bars with Vukovich!
They only wanted the Cooperstown hall of famers for this.
I'll probably be banished as I'm a Twins fan from MPLS. Nevertheless, as an 11 year old during the 82 season I loved this Brewer team. That lineup was unreal and they scored 891 runs. Given the era, that was a crap load. Would have loved to have seen Cooper and Benji at this function.
This team also had a team batting average of about .280. Power,speed,hit and running ability, and bunting. They had it all on offense.
Brewers fans won't banish Twins fans, however if you also like the Vikings.......
@@johnperrigo6474 :). I hear that as I'm guilty as charged. As you may suspect, my shrink is enjoying the good life off my patronage!!
This is beyond badass!
I was 22 when the 1982 World Series took place, I'm a Cardinal fan, but enjoyed the Series, remember so many special moment's. Lonnie Smith stealing home and being denied, Willie McGees catch, I think one sight I'll never forget, Tenace being a Cardinal, leaning over the fence, talking to Rollie Fingers in the Milwaukee bullpen, teammates from the Oakland A's talking as friends, kind of put a human element to it. It went 7 games, could of went either way, almost a shame someone had to be on the losing side, because both teams were very good teams with class players.
I was always an American League fan, and the two World Series losses that still bug me to this day are 1971, Orioles losing to the Pirates, and 1982, the Brewers losing to the Cardinals. The rest, you win some, you lose some, but those two I really wanted to win.
Mike Hegan hit a clutch homer in Boston late in the year…I don’t know why I remember it….but as it was
That was Ned Yost in Sept. in Fenway.
Robin Yount with a ponytail! Awesome!
Simmons has some Christopher Walken stoicism about him. I hope this celebration gels our current '22 club and we do great things. Trades happen, but you still gotta play the same way for Counsell and the fans.
Good old Brewers. Remembering that one team that almost won it all *Yawn*. This franchise will always be stuck in reverse
Have to agree there! One World Series appearance in over 50 years. Major disappointment.
Almost had another World Series team this year. Thanks Stearns
Cecil Cooper .352
That was 1980
Don Sutton was the oldest player on the team.
why did Brewers leave the American league?
Selig saw dollars for the Brewers. Bottom line. Cub and Cardinal fans would come out in droves to Milwaukee to see their teams.
@@curthennig9448he also said he didn't like paying for a DH
@@DavidMcdonald-df8tb That's true and he allowed Molitor to leave after 1992 and then Paul went on to have a tremendous year with Toronto in 1993. GM Bando only wanted to pay 2 million and Toronto gave him 3.5 mil. Really killed Milwaukee's chances in 1993.
Didn’t Hader blow two consecutive playoff closing games the last two years?
Just saying.
Great players but they didn’t win the World Series, and we are contending this year and we traded away the best closer in Baseball 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Probably would have won if Fingers wouldn't have gotten injured.
Selig--the man who ruined baseball
Simba is still kicking himself for being traded and missing out on World Championship
No he's NOT!
@@millypoo7713 Darrell Porter sends his regards