100 Years Ago Today

December 11, 2011 by Ted Leavengood · 1 Comment

In early December 1911, Washington Nationals president Tom Noyes welcomed his new manager Clark Griffith to town for the first time. Griffith was given a posh new office in the Southern building and no sooner had he looked over his new digs, than he was off to the winter meetings to hunt for talent during […]

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Those Thrifty Milwaukeeans

February 14, 2010 by Dennis Pajot · 1 Comment

Being born and raised in Milwaukee I know we have a reputation for being thrifty, frugal, financially conservative (O.K., cheapskates!). But I found it goes back well over one hundred years. The Western League Brewers built a new park on the cityâ€™s north side at 17th and Lloyd Streets in 1895. By the next year […]

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