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1 day ago · My interest was especially piqued when Robin Yount discussed the film at length when he was in the booth for his 50th-anniversary game a few weeks ago. ... [Yount], Paul [Molitor], Vuke [Pete ...
1 day ago · In his final year before free agency, he is leading the Brewers with 29 home runs and 100 RBIs, and he boasts a 120 OPS+. Other than Robin Yount, he’s been the best to play shortstop in Milwaukee Brewers history. The question is who takes over for Adames. The Brewers have two very capable options.
1 day ago · The crowning achievement of Yount’s career was during that 1982 season. Yount helped the Brewers to their first World Series appearance in which they lost to the Cardinals in seven games. Yount became the first player in MLB history with two four-hit games in one World Series. Yount batted .414 with a home run and six RBIs in the 1982 World ...
2 days ago · In six postseason games for Milwaukee in 2021 and 2023, Adames posted an excellent .375/.400/.458 slash line. And this season, he has consistently delivered in the clutch. Collectively in 2024 ...
3 days ago · He is three away from breaking that record. Adames is also just the second shortstop in Brewers history with a 100-RBI season. The first, of course, was Robin Yount. Adames has also tied an interesting Major League record with 13 three-run home runs so far this season. The first player to hit that many three-run bombs was Ken Griffey Jr. in 1996.
4 days ago · A two-time MVP, Robin Yount took a while to come into his own. Over his first six seasons, Yount averaged six HR per season and hit .270. Then, from 1980 to 1983, Yount earned three All-Star nods, hit 79 HR, and won his first MVP. In his first MVP season, Yount led baseball in hits (210), doubles (46), SLG (.578), OPS (.957), and hit .331.
3 days ago · Most major leaguers are lucky to spend a decade with a team. Bob Uecker has earned 54 (and counting.) The Brewers broadcasting legend’s Milwaukee roots go back as far as he does: Uecker was the first Milwaukeean to play for the city’s first baseball team, the Braves, from 1962-63. After retiring from playing the game, Uecker returned to Cream City to call it. And the rest, as they say, is ...