Building the Brewers

<p> When the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta after the 1965 season many impassioned fans grew indifferent to baseball. Others--namely car dealer Bud Selig--decided to fight for the beloved sport. Selig formed an ownership group with the goal of winning a new franchise. They faced formidable opposition--American League President Joe Cronin lawyer turned baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn and other AL team owners would not entertain the notion of another team for the city.</p><p> This first ever history of baseball's return to Milwaukee covers the owners teams and ballparks behind the rise and fall of their Braves the five-year struggle to acquire a new team the relocation of a major league club a week prior to the 1970 season and how the Brewers created an identity and built a fan base and a contending team.</p>