The Milwaukee Brewers’ Bizarre Origin Story

The Milwaukee Brewers are two wins away from their first World Series championship. But did you know the Brewers almost didn't become the Brewers? In 1969, the Seattle Pilots played their first and only season in Major League Baseball. By spring 1970, the team was bankrupt, and a Milwaukee businessman named Bud Selig stepped in. What happened next was one of the strangest franchise moves in baseball history. With just six days between the announcement of the move and Opening Day, the Brewers didn't even have time to get new uniforms. They reused the Pilots' uniforms, changed the lettering, and...