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Brewers fans remember the heartbreakersCNNSI.com looked at a few of the transactions that made Brewers fans shout, "Say It Ain't So." Then we opened the mailbag and let users vent on those and other dirty deals from over the years. Here is a sampling of your reactions:
I must say that I was completely disappointed, frustrated and angered by what Bud Selig did to the Brewers' franchise when he basically kicked Paul Molitor out of town. Molitor will go on to be a first-ballot Hall of famer, and can be regarded as one of the best hitters of all time. It is unbelievable that an owner who put up his own money to bring a team to Milwaukee would be so cheap as to try and lowball a consistent and record breaking ballplayer.
I've been a fan of the Brewers for many years, and I still am today, but I felt a sense or relief when Molitor won the World Series with the Blue Jays. I hope that Selig watched that Series and realized that it possibly could have been his team there, if he let professionals run his team and not a greedy, egocentric owner. I didn't see Yount being lowballed, or McGwire, or Bonds, or really any other Hall of famer that came off an impressive year. Selig needs to quit baseball all together. The guy hasn't got a clue.
One more addition to your Gorman Thomas review. I remember when he was traded, but my big memory is when the Indians came to Milwaukee for the first time after the trade. I was sitting in the left center bleachers in County Stadium and Gorman came up to bat. My whole section gave him a big welcome back, and then to our pleasure he got on base. This was only the appetizer to his Milwaukee reunion, though. To my amazement, an older, fatter, and slower Gorman stole second base. I went crazy in the stands (along with everyone else). It was one of my favorite moments in County Stadium, even though it was a visitor that succeeded. I still remember Gorman getting up after his head-first slide and brushing off his beer gut, what a memory. Brian Laird, Los Angeles
The biggest wiff of all, letting the sweet swing of Paul Molitor move on.
Ryan Franke, Menomonee Falls, Wis.
Losing Paul Molitor was one of Wisconsin's most embarrasing moments. We had no control over Kareem. We lost Mollie due to our own stupidity.
So instead of idolizing Aaron, Yount and Molitor forever in Wisconsin -- now we have to pray Molitor will wear a Brewer Jersey into the Hall ...
I bet he doesn't.
Five years from now, your Brewers article will include the day they signed Coors-inflated, oft-injured Jeffery Hammonds.
I still dislike Milwaukee for STEALING the Seattle Pilots in 1970. I learned to love baseball that year. It didn't matter if they were terrible (they were), or they played in a minor league park (Sicks Stadium). They were my team. What they were was a bunch of lousy players hanging out in seattle. How could they have had Ray Oyler batting .165. They were such a bad team, you had to love them. And they had one of the greatest baseball books written about them "Ball Four"
After the 1992 season, when the Brewers lost the pennant race to the eventual champion Blue Jays, Paul Molitor signed with Toronto. That left Robin Yount by himself to finish his career and a Milwaukee team that has never recovered. I was in sixth grade and Paul Molitor's daughter went to my school. I saw him at school during the free agency and was in awe. I wrote him a letter begging him to not sign with another team. He did, and he got his ring and World Series MVP. And a twelve year old boy and a city was heartbroken.
To me and many other Milwaukee Brewers fans a real heartbreaker was when Paul Molitor left for Toronto after 16 years in Milwaukee. Not only did it mean that the Brewers' best hitter and one of the great hitters of all-time was leaving Milwaukee, but it also meant the end of an era in Milwaukee. The trio of Molitor, Robin Yount and Jim Gantner who had played together for one team for 16 years, longer than any other trio in baseball history, would be broken up. It truly was a sad day for me.
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Brewers fans never recovered after Paul Molitor walked away. Stephen Dunn/Allsport