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And the best news coming out of this celebration? Was it the fact that the Brewers are going to wear those hideous 90's uniforms for a game against the Nationals?
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Ben McDonald was totally awesome.
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No. Amazingly, that's not even the best part of the celebration.
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The best part is that they are going to do some sweet bobbleheads commemorating a great moment in each of the past four decades:
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1970's - "Hall of Famer Hank Aaron hitting his 755th and final home run as a Brewer"
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1980's - "Cecil Cooper’s base hit that was the tying and winning runs in Game 5 of the 1982 American League Championship Series"
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1990's - "Yount recording his 3,000th base hit"
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2000's - "CC Sabathia getting the final out of the final regular season, playoff-clinching game in 2008."
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Now I'm not old enough to quibble with the 1970's bobblehead choice, although Hank Aaron is probably not best remembered as a 42-year-old Brewer. And frankly, I don't remember much of the early part of the 80's either.
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But how about some other great moments in Brewers history in those other decades that were left on the cutting room floor?
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1980's:
- 1988: Dale Sveum breaks his leg in a gruesome collision with Daryl Hamilton, wrecking his professional career. That would be a sweet bobblehead.
1990's: .
- 1990: Brewers and Mariners participate in an epic baseball brawl which lasted about 30 minutes, involved the bullpens emptying twice, and is recounted in some detail here. A perfect commemorative bobblehead opportunity. I think a bobblehead of Tom Trebelhorn trying to avoid getting spiked during a brawl would make a super bobblehead.
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- 1991: Sal Bando is given the General Manager job.
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Now I'm not old enough to quibble with the 1970's bobblehead choice, although Hank Aaron is probably not best remembered as a 42-year-old Brewer. And frankly, I don't remember much of the early part of the 80's either.
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But how about some other great moments in Brewers history in those other decades that were left on the cutting room floor?
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1980's:
- 1988: Dale Sveum breaks his leg in a gruesome collision with Daryl Hamilton, wrecking his professional career. That would be a sweet bobblehead.
1990's: .
- 1990: Brewers and Mariners participate in an epic baseball brawl which lasted about 30 minutes, involved the bullpens emptying twice, and is recounted in some detail here. A perfect commemorative bobblehead opportunity. I think a bobblehead of Tom Trebelhorn trying to avoid getting spiked during a brawl would make a super bobblehead.
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- 1991: Sal Bando is given the General Manager job.
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- 1997: Mediocre, light-hitting CF Chuckie Carr swings through a take sign, and then explained his actions to manager Phil Garner by saying "that's not Chuckie's game. Chuckie hacks on 2-0." A similarly mediocre blog later celebrated the event.
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- 1999: Rafael Roque is the Opening Day starter for Milwaukee. Let's read that again together. Rafael Roque is the Opening Day starter for Milwaukee.
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- 1999: Rafael Roque is the Opening Day starter for Milwaukee. Let's read that again together. Rafael Roque is the Opening Day starter for Milwaukee.
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2000's:
- 2002: Reliever Mike Dejean freaks out on manager Jerry Royster when he tries to pull him, arguing with the skipper for nearly 30 seconds and refusing to give him the ball after loading the bases in the 9th inning. Royster and Dejean, nose to nose? I'd like that bobblehead.
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- 2002: Jose Hernandez is held out of the final four games of the season, in order to avoid setting a major league record for most strikeouts in a season.
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- 2003: Brooks Kieshnick becomes the first player in MLB history to hit a home run as a pitcher, a pinch hitter, and a designated hitter in the same season. The toolbox needs a bobblehead.
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- 2004: Chad Moeller hits for the cycle.
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I think these were all bobblehead-worthy moments for the Brewers in the last 3 decades. What did I miss?
