Milwaukee Brewers 1989 Significance?

November 10, 2011 11:13 AM

I have a baseball hat that was recently given to me by my brother on his trip through Wisconsin. It is a Milwaukee Brewers Cooperstown Franchise hat which has a "1989" stamped on the back. I have no idea the significance of the 1989 year and the Brewers. I have conducted some rough Google searches, but I couldn't find anything definitive. Anyone have any info? Thanks.
posted by dbirchum to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (4 answers total)

Best answer: 20th anniversary, probably. The Seattle Pilots started playing in 1969 and, after being purchased by a car salesman that would later become commissioner of baseball, moved to Milwaukee the next year.
posted by milkrate at 11:17 AM on November 10, 2011

Yeah, 20th anniversary is the only really notable thing about their '89 season.
posted by xedrik at 11:18 AM on November 10, 2011

Did they play in the exhibition Hall of Fame game that year? I'm coming empty searching for the participants in 89.
posted by COD at 4:08 PM on November 10, 2011

The only other thing I can think of is that some changes were made to the uniform in 1990, so it might have been the last year of that design.
posted by drezdn at 2:26 PM on November 11, 2011