Matthew J. Prigge is a librarian and freelance writer from Milwaukee. He is a regular contributor to Milwaukee Magazine. This is his fifth book.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiIntroductionChapter One. The SeventiesChapter Two. The EightiesChapter Three. The NinetiesChapter Four. The AughtsChapter Five. The TeensChapter Six. The TwentiesAppendix: The Opening Day All-TimersChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“Like a baseball tucked snugly in the palm of a glove, this book is a perfect fit for any true blue fan of the Brew Crew. Matthew Prigge’s Opening Day in Milwaukee is an entertaining, insightful, and sentimental history of the Brewers. As someone born in late February 1970, just weeks before the team’s first home opener, I found myself reliving the different stages of my own life as I turned the pages. So much has changed over the last half-century, but the Brewers have been a constant source of joy for so many of us. Every year comes another opening day, another fresh start, another connection to the past and to the future, and another reason to hope – on and off the diamond.”—Andrew Maraniss, New York Times best-selling author of Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South

Matthew J. Prigge is a librarian and freelance writer from Milwaukee. He is a regular contributor to Milwaukee Magazine. This is his fifth book.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiIntroductionChapter One. The SeventiesChapter Two. The EightiesChapter Three. The NinetiesChapter Four. The AughtsChapter Five. The TeensChapter Six. The TwentiesAppendix: The Opening Day All-TimersChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“Like a baseball tucked snugly in the palm of a glove, this book is a perfect fit for any true blue fan of the Brew Crew. Matthew Prigge’s Opening Day in Milwaukee is an entertaining, insightful, and sentimental history of the Brewers. As someone born in late February 1970, just weeks before the team’s first home opener, I found myself reliving the different stages of my own life as I turned the pages. So much has changed over the last half-century, but the Brewers have been a constant source of joy for so many of us. Every year comes another opening day, another fresh start, another connection to the past and to the future, and another reason to hope – on and off the diamond.”—Andrew Maraniss, New York Times best-selling author of Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South

Matthew J. Prigge is a librarian and freelance writer from Milwaukee. He is a regular contributor to Milwaukee Magazine. This is his fifth book.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiIntroductionChapter One. The SeventiesChapter Two. The EightiesChapter Three. The NinetiesChapter Four. The AughtsChapter Five. The TeensChapter Six. The TwentiesAppendix: The Opening Day All-TimersChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“Like a baseball tucked snugly in the palm of a glove, this book is a perfect fit for any true blue fan of the Brew Crew. Matthew Prigge’s Opening Day in Milwaukee is an entertaining, insightful, and sentimental history of the Brewers. As someone born in late February 1970, just weeks before the team’s first home opener, I found myself reliving the different stages of my own life as I turned the pages. So much has changed over the last half-century, but the Brewers have been a constant source of joy for so many of us. Every year comes another opening day, another fresh start, another connection to the past and to the future, and another reason to hope – on and off the diamond.”—Andrew Maraniss, New York Times best-selling author of Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South