I'm not from Milwaukee, never been there, but....

[MichaelSoE]

Photo from the 1957 World Series


When I became of age to realize there was such a sport as baseball I began to root for the Braves. I had no concept of regional loyalty to a team, only that these guys were the hot team. The Champs. So I wanted to root for them. I mean, after all, who wants to root for a loser?

Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Warren Spahn ... they became my heroes.

As I grew older, my interest in sport waned but I never forgot the Braves. Every year as the World Series would roll around I would check to see if the Braves were playing and in 1995 I watched them win their 3rd title.

RIP Hammerin' Hank