Author: Mike Weiss

Riveting baseball is being played as the American Association is nearing the end of the regular season. Here are five clutch takeaways for your local cream city nine. 1) After a rough August, the race for the north division has tightened https://twitter.com/AA_Baseball/status/1427656908559814661 Since July 30th, the Milkmen are 7-10 in which they have been on receiving end of sweeps by the Winnipeg Goldeyes & the Lincoln Saltdogs. While Milwaukee was able to sweep the Houston Apollos over this last weekend, the fact remains that other division opponents have been able to get back into the race. Meanwhile, the Chicago Dogs are…

The first team to 40 wins on the season? Your Milwaukee Milkmen Milwaukee has been on a tear in the last couple of weeks including series victories over division foe Chicago. They now sit on top of the division standings entering the final month of play. https://twitter.com/AA_Baseball/status/1420058903698714624 While the offense has been stellar, it is the starting pitching and back end of the bullpen that have been as equally impressive. Rookie Nate Hadley has taken the baton from 2020 closer Payton Grey and has been lights out as Milwaukee’s closer. In 32 innings, owns an earned run average of 1.16,…

Milwaukee Milkmen endure first rough stretch of the season You know the saying: the baseball season it is a sprint, not a marathon. When you do find yourself in amidst of a long sprint, eventually, you cool down and need to drink a tall glass of Milk. This is the best way to describe the last two weeks for the other local cream city nine. The Milkmen rose to the top of the league after playing some phenomenal baseball. They however cooled off and endured a tough nine game stretch in their schedule. The Milkmen would drop 6 of 9…

More Baseball for the state of Wisconsin The Milkmen are no longer the only independent team in the state. Joining them in the Association Association next season is the Lake Country DockHounds. The team as of Tuesday broke ground on their new ballpark and released their new logo! Check it out: https://twitter.com/DockHounds/status/1409983736708571138 Explanation Matt Muller from OnMilwaukee.com gives a little more detail for the logo: The logo features the team’s dog mascot Louie B. Sluggin – named after the iconic Louisville Slugger baseball bat – with a baseball in his mouth, holding his namesake while hanging out on a dock and…

The Bucks and Brewers aren’t the only ones playing well! Check out this Milkmen Recap. Adam Brett Walker has the Milkmen on fire in the month of June! Milkmen Recap Milwaukee has seen a lot of winning the past couple of weeks. The Bucks are so close to getting to their first NBA finals appearance since 1974. The Brewers have taken advantage of the lighter part of their schedule and are atop the National League Central division. Now, all of this is great and we should enjoy it BUT do not miss the special things happening twenty minutes Southwest of…

The Milwaukee Milkmen are 8-5 in their last 13 games It is no secret why the Milwaukee Milkmen have been playing well as a team over the last two weeks. The offense has been doing a lot of damage to opponent pitching by scoring early and often. And hitting cleanup in their lineup is none other then the 6’6” left hitting first basemen, David Washington. https://twitter.com/MKEMilkmen/status/1399922480182087693 Where did this guy come from? Drafted in the 15th round of the 2009 June amateur draft from University City High School (San Diego), Washington would break into the big leagues in 2017. He…

The Brewers hosted the Diamondbacks for a four game series! Check out the big moments and performances from our Brewers weekend recap! Hot Brewers sweep away the snakes  The Arizona Diamondbacks came to Milwaukee for a four-game series against the Brewers. The Diamondbacks are in a free fall. They have lost a remarkably awful 13 consecutive games on the road going into Thursday. The Brewers, winners of four of their last five games, would try to avoid being snake bitten and use this part of their schedule to climb in the central division. And that they would do: through the…

Milkmen Recap Two weeks into 2021 American Association season & the Milkmen have a 6-6 record and sit in 4th place of the North division in the “way-too-early” standings. However, their .500 record does tell not us the whole story of their solid play thus far. In 12 games, the other cream city nine own a +14 run differential. Four of their six losses came late in highly contested games. The offense, as well as starting pitching, is key to the early success for the Milkmen as many contributors from last year’s championship team are already carrying the load with…

Pop-quiz time: The last Milwaukee baseball team to win their league’s championship was…. The 1982 Brewers? Well, you are half right. Just missing the World Series title. 1957 Milwaukee Braves? So close, but props for knowing your Milwaukee baseball history. As of 2020, This honors belongs to the Milwaukee Milkmen, champions of the American Association of professional baseball. You may be thinking…”An independent team? Why would we care about that title?” If you are a fan of baseball, Milwaukee, and Wisconsin sports in general, I invite you to keep reading and consider the unfolding story of The Milwaukee Milkmen: The…