Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Take Me Out to the Ballgame The Brewers are on their way to the World Series, sweeping the Dodgers! Milwaukee hasn’t won a World Series since 1957 against the Yankees. A lifetime ago! The three B’s, beer, bowling and baseball define my city of origin, Milwaukee. And yes, I indulged in all three of them. Not at the same time, of course. But definitely beer was an accompaniment to bowling and baseball. We had never had a major league baseball team until spring of 1953. Milwaukee acquiring the Braves was huge national news and I, as an uninformed 18 year old was on the train coming home from California where I had spent a few weeks with an aunt and uncle in Hollywood. I was close to being a celebrity because I was from Milwaukee and on my way back there. I think that I was the youngest person on the train except for the new recruits on their way to Great Lakes Naval Station. What did I know?! Absolutely nothing about major league baseball! But my boyfriend at the ti...