Milwaukee Brewers Going PC

Brewers.MLB.COM ^ | 07/28/2006 | Some PR Flack for the Brew Crew

[GoBucks2002]

MILWAUKEE -- On Monday, the Milwaukee Brewers will open a six-game, seven-day homestand which includes visits by two National League Central rivals. Highlighting the homestand is "Cerveceros Day" on Saturday, July 29...

On Saturday, July 29, the Brewers will celebrate "Cerveceros Day" at Miller Park. The Brewers will pay tribute to Hispanic baseball by wearing uniforms that read "Cerveceros" ("Brewers" in Spanish) across the chest. Brewers great Teddy Higuera and Milwaukee Braves legend Felix Mantilla will be honored by the Brewers and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in a pre-game ceremony. Throughout the ballpark, there will be mariachi bands, bilingual announcements and a number of surprises fans won't want to miss. In addition, the first 15,000 fans age 17-and-older will receive a "Cerveceros" cap, courtesy of Culver's...

[GoBucks2002]

Was watching the Reds game and wondering about the odd script on the Milwaukee uniforms....

[Jeff Chandler]

Baseball been bery, bery good to me.

[SkyPilot]

I am surprised their name wasn't changed to "The Environmentalists" or something like that years ago.

To be named after beer manufacturing in today's PC world is remarkable.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

not looking good for our Reds.

[GoBucks2002]

not looking good for our Reds.

You mean, Los Rojos?

Es mal. Es muy mal.

[Mike Darancette]

I would be more impressed with free Corona Beer for the fans.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

we need a comeback.

[TheRobb7]

This sounds like a Tuesday Morning QB ping from NFL.com.

THe guy who wrote that column had PC names for all 32 NFL teams.

"Potomac River Drainage Basin Indigenous Persons" for Washington Rediskins....

[GOP_Raider]

Milwaukee Brewers Going PC

Shouldn't they have gone with Linux instead?

[Lando Lincoln]

I think in this case, it is called "marketing".

[Richard Kimball]

They also made Green Bay give their team name to the 49ers.

[TheRobb7]

"They also made Green Bay give their team name to the 49ers."

Great, now I won't be able to eat fudge for MONTHS!!!

[cripplecreek]

The Tigres beat the Gemelos again tonight.

[AlexandriaDuke]

Don't forget that lousy commie Selig playing kissyface with Castro !!!!!

That was about the same time they ran Marge Schott out of baseball. Phonies!

[dfwgator]

Los Rangers did the exact same thing. And Los Rangers are about to lose again to Los Royales.

[dfwgator]

So will we ever see the San Diego Padres wear "Priests" on their uniforms?

[IslandJeff]

Isn't Higuera still on the disabled list?

[KarlInOhio]

"They also made Green Bay give their team name to the 49ers."

Great, now I won't be able to eat fudge for MONTHS!!!

[Frank_2001]

Would that be "Cerveza Fria"?;)

[Mike Darancette]

Would that be "Cerveza Fria"?;)

Si!

[stephenjohnbanker]

Wonder whatever happened to Garret Morris?

[stephenjohnbanker]

ROTFL!

[gnarledmaw]

"I would be more impressed with free Corona Beer for the fans."

I understand the healthy "dislike" of a rival sports team but why would you wish ill will on the fans?

[L.N. Smithee]

It sounds like the Brewers are doing what my slip-sliding away Giants did last year; creating unis in Spanish, and paying tribute to Latino players from the team (Hall-of-Famers Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda, Felipe, Matty, and Jesus Alou, etc.)

This is something that MLB stepped up last year after the controversy over the dearth of Hispanics among the finalists for the All-Century team. Last year, MLB announced the nominees for the Latino Legends Team.

The Brewers don't have close to the Hispanic heritage the Giants or many other teams do, so why would they do this? Because while Bud Selig doesn't own the Brewers anymore, his influence is still felt. His daughter used to run the team until 2004, when in another seemingly PC move, they selected a black man to President of the organization.

Let me interject at this point that I am a black man myself.