Subject :MILWAUKEE - Retiring Commissioner Bud Selig will have a number retired in his honour by the Brewers,
MILWAUKEE - Retiring Commissioner Bud Selig will have a number retired in his honour by the Brewers, the team brought to Milwaukee 44 years ago. Patrick Mahomes II Womens Jersey .Brewers owner Mark Attanasio made the announcement on Friday, saying the retirement of jersey No. 1 would be the first in a series of honours for Selig. A Milwaukee native, Selig bought the Seattle Pilots out of bankruptcy in 1970 and moved them to Milwaukee.This means a great deal to me, Selig said.Selig said of his accomplishments in baseball he was most proud of bringing the Brewers to Milwaukee.People dont understand how almost really unbelievable it was, he said before Milwaukee hosted the Chicago Cubs Friday night. We were passed over in National League expansion, in American League expansion.We thought we had the White Sox bought, he said. In Seattle, (then commissioner) Bowie Kuhn tried to keep them there. I would have tried to do the same thing.The Pilots ended up in bankruptcy court. Selig bought the franchise and moved it to Milwaukee eight days before the 1970 season began with a game against the California Angels at County Stadium.We lost to Andy Messersmith, 12-0, he said. I was walking down feeling pretty good and beginning to understand that this was going to change. A man stopped me and said, You wanted a team in the worst way and thats what you got. I knew then that the honeymoon was not going to last very long.The 1970 team finished 65-97 and the Brewers didnt have a winning season until 1978. The team has appeared in just one World Series, losing in a seven-game series to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982, when the Brewers still were in the American League.Selig ran the team until 1992, when he became baseballs acting commissioner. Attanasio bought the franchise from Seligs family in 2004.The team dedicated a statue in Seligs honour outside Miller Park in 2010.It didnt seem to be enough, frankly, Attanasio said.Logan Schafer, who spent much of the season in the minor leagues, currently wears No. 1 for the Brewers. The team said it would hold a ceremony next year to officially retire the number for Selig.Selig, whose office is in Milwaukee, has visited 21 stadiums during his farewell tour. His final stop will be Saturday at Fenway Park in Boston.This one is particularly sensitive and particularly emotional, Selig said of visiting Miller Park. Tanoh Kpassagnon Chiefs Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Patrick Mahomes II Chiefs Jersey .C. Lions. The clubs former starting quarterback, assistant and head coach returned Thursday as its receivers coach.EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Los Angeles Lakers guard Nick Young will be out for about eight weeks after surgery on his torn thumb ligament.The Lakers say Young had successful surgery Monday.He tore the radial collateral ligament in his right thumb last week in training camp while guarding Kobe Bryant during a drill.Young was the Lakers leadingg scorer last season, his first with his hometown team. Patrick Mahomes II Jersey. . He scored 17.9 points per game while mostly coming off the bench, entertaining Lakers fans with his freewheeling style during the clubs worst season in a half-century.Young re-signed with the Lakers in July, agreeing to a four-year, $21.5 million deal. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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