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1985
At Milwaukee‚ Tom Seaver of the White Sox sets a ML record by making the 15th of his 16 opening day starts. Seaver works 6 2/3 innings in beating the Brewers‚ 4-2‚ and upping his overall record is 7-2 for opening day starts. The Brewers will beat Seaver in next year's opener. The victory is his 298th.
That's a lot of Opening Day starts.
1978
The Brewers complete a stunning season-opening‚ 3-game sweep of the Orioles by scores of 11-3‚ 16-3‚ and 13-5. Sixto Lezcano‚ Gorman Thomas‚ and Cecil Cooper provided the Brewers with a grand slam in each game to set a ML mark.
This was the start of Bambi's Bombers.
1974
New Padres owner Ray Kroc‚ watching his team losing their 4th straight‚ 9-2‚ in their home opener‚ takes to the public address system in the 8th inning: "Ladies and gentlemen‚ I suffer with you. . . . I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life." While he is speaking a streaker runs across the field. San Diego scores 3 but loses to Houston 9-5. Hearing of the incident‚ Commissioner Kuhn will make Kroc apologize to the fans.
Padre fans deserved a break that day.
1953
August Busch buys Sportsman's Park for $800‚000 from Browns owner Bill Veeck. Busch gives a 5-year lease to the Browns‚ turning the tables in a manner of speaking‚ since the Cardinals had been tenants of the Browns since 1920. Busch initially renames the stadium Budweiser Park‚ but in response to protests about the commercialization of his ballpark‚ he renames Budweiser Park‚ Busch Stadium. The following season his company comes out with a new beer‚ Busch Bavarian Beer.
The Browns didn't last very long as tennants.
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