Baseball and the Brewers: Bud Selig's Legacy and the city of Milwaukee

Bud Selig loved baseball

America Family Field Tour

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Born in an era where America's pastime was to head to the ballpark, Bud Selig was a fan from a young age.  His passion for baseball brought Major League Baseball to Milwaukee, as well as it's famed stadium.

We headed to Milwaukee to see a Brewers game for an end of school year celebration.  This year, we added on a tour of American Family Field before our game that evening.  As a lifelong Brewers fan, the tour was a walk down memory lane for DC.  There's a nostalgia to baseball for most people.  The sights, sounds, and smells fill your mind even when you walk an empty stadium.  

The American Family Field tour starts with a movie name the Bud Selig Experience.  There, Bob Uecker explains the history of baseball in Milwaukee from County Park to the current American Family Field (Miller) Stadium.  Even though I did not grow up near the city of Milwaukee, I also had memories of my own family, and the stories I heard of my immigrant Italian great-grandmother catching a bus to see a game in the city.  The movie transports you to an era in which the city desperately wanted baseball, and how hard so many fought to make it happen.  Mr. Baseball's narration makes the entire experience a trip well worth it.

From there, the tour takes you to a variety of places not normally seen by most.  The views of the field from various points are pretty incredible.  

The highlight of the tour was the radio broadcast room, where Mr. Bob Uecker still calls home games to this day.  DC grew up listening to Mr. Uecker, still does to this day, and could not have been more humbled to be able to take a moment to sit in the spot where history is made every game day.  Mr. Uecker still uses paper call sheets and his eagle eye to call games, while entertaining radio lovers in between pitches.  This moment alone made the tour incredibly worth it.

From there, we headed down to the field level.  We saw the interview room and the outside of the clubhouse before heading out onto the field.   American Family Field offers both an incredible view and the added bonus of a roof that closes for inclement weather.  Baseball is always playing!

Overall, the tour was $15 a person and lasted just over an hour and a half.  It was well worth the time, and most major league parks have tours like this to offer.  

​Go Brewers!