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Miller Park packed for Brewers-Cubs By BILL GLAUBER bglauber@journalsentinel.com Posted: July 28, 2008 It was a midsummer classic. The kind of game that was so important that tailgaters shut down their grills early to race into the stadium to catch the first pitch. The kind of drama that transformed Milwaukee's rowdiest bar - that would be the Miller Park concourses - into a place where fans ...
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ShysterBall —
... : Thank goodness ESPN didn't inflict this game on us. I mean, it only included multiple lead changes, a gutsy, 130-pitch performance from CC Sabathia, and a ninth inning rally by the Cubs to serve as the dramatic opening salvo to a critical series with serious playoff implications. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel called it "a riveting contest," that contained "big hits, big plays and a big finish," and apparently Brewer fans were absolutely nuts the whole game, putting an end to the notion of Miller Park being "Wrigley North." But again, thank God I didn't have to ...
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From the JS:
Tania Ruiz, 21, of Milwaukee was at her first Cubs-Brewers game and could hardly believe what she saw and heard.
"This is awesome," she said. "But we need fewer Cubs fans around here."
And everywhere else, for that matter.
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