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August 7, 2004, Falling...
For the first time this season,, the Brewers lost five games in a row. They are 15th in the NL in runs, hits, total bases, home runs, RBIs, times shut out, and slugging percentage. And, a reminder of the Hernandez days, the Brewers lead the league in strike outs with 871.

August 5, 2004, Victor, Victor
For the first time since 1931, two pitchers named Victor started a MLB game.

August 4, 2004, If you Build it, We wil come
When the Brewrs were winning, the fans were coming. Now that the team has stopped winning, so have the fans. Today's game drew the smallest attendance since June 22.

July 29, 2004, Another Sellout
For the ninth time this season, Miller Park has been sold out. This is more than the last two years combined.

July 1, 2004, The First 100
The Brewers played the 100th game of the season and the 100th game against the Cubs. The Cubs lead the all-time record 51-49. Interstingly, the Brewers have an identical record for the first 100 games: .490.

July 26, 2004, Go Podsednik
Podsednik stole his NL leading 40th stolen base.

July 25,2004, Our Second Hall of Famer
Paul Molitor was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Milwaukee Brewer.

July 22, 2004, Falling...
For the first time since May 9, the Brewers are below .500.

July 22, 2004, Falling...
For the first time since June 6, the Brewers are at .500.

July 10, 2004, A Big Night!
The Brewers reached the one million fan mark 9 games earleier than last year.

The club's four stolen bases matched a franchise record.

For the first time since 1985, two Brewers pitchers enter the All Star break with 9 wins: Davis and Sheets.

The Brewers will enter the Break with a winning record for only the eleventh time in the club's history.

July 5, 2004, What a Crowd!
The Brewers had the second largest attendance ever!

July 4, 2004, Good News, Bad News
The Brewers will have two All-Stars for the third consecutive year. Congrats to two-time All Star Ben Sheets and to a deserving nod to Dan Kolb!

The Brewers were swept out of Pittsburg ending their 5 game winning streak while giving the Pirates a nine game winning streak. What is up with the Pirates? This is the longest losing streak the Brewers have had this season.

July 2, 2004, It's the Way We Play
In 75 games, the Crew have won 41 games. It took them 101 games to win the same amount last year.

July 1, 2004, What a High
The Brewers are seven games above .500 for the first time since May 1998.

June 22, 2004, Perfect in LF
Following a sweep of the Rockies which gave the Brewers a 15-10 June the Brewers have, for the first time in 1979, gone the first three months of the season without a losing record in any of those months.

June 22, 2004, Perfect in LF
Jenkins has gone 199 consecutive games without an error!

June 21, 2004, Sports Illustrated
Congrats to Brady Endl of Jefferson, WI. The Senior from UW-Whitewater was drafted by the Braves after setting numerous school pitching records.

Albert Chen reports that the Brewers are a surprise team of 2004, but not to expect anythin until "maybe next year." Apparently the 25 team executives SI polled agreed.

June 20, 2004, If you build it, we will come...
For the second time this season, the Brewers had a 10,000+ walk up crowd. The total attendance was 40,223 - the second largest of the season.

June 20, 2004, Streak ends at 16
Overbay's second hitting streak of the season ends at 16.

June 16, 2004, What a Save!
In the year since Kolb was promoted to Milwaukee from the minors, he has converted 40 of 43 save chances.

June 8, 2004, Another Strike Out Record
The Brewers struck out 26 times against the Angels and WON in a 17 inning game, 1-0, tying a MBL record.

June 4, 2004, Way to go, Po'
Podsednik was the first Brewer to hit back-to-back leadoff homers since Ronnie Belliard did it on June 17 and 18, 2000

Ovebay tied a franchise record by walking four times during the game.

June 3, 2004, Iron man no more
Sexson is out for the season making the trade with the lowly D'backs sting for Arizona fans even more.

May 29, 2004, A + for Obermueller
Obermueller was the first pitcher to drive in three runs since Ruben Quevedo did so against the Pirates on July 2, 2002.

May 27, 2004, The stealing spree is over
Podsednik was caught stealing for the first time this season, ending a franchise record of 23 consecutive steals dating back to last year. He leads the majors with 22 steals.

The Brewers won their first series against the Dodgers in Milwaukee since 1998.

May 20, 2004, Streak ends at 18
Overbay's hitting streak ends at 18.

May 16, 2004, KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Sheets strikes out a Brewers record 18 batters!

May 14, 2004, Keep attendance down
The Brewers have yet to win a home game when the attendance is over 25,000 fans.

May 8, 2004, The Kid II?
Scott Podsednik stole his 18th consecutive base dating to last season, including 17 straight this season, breaking Hall of Famer Robin Yount's club record.

April 30, 2004, What's a Walk?
Sheets has gone 5 starts (32.67) innings without walking a batter.

April 28, Spivey Leads 2Bs in RBIs:
Junior Spivey improved his major league-leading RBI total for second basemen to 16.

April 28, What a comeback:
Never have the Brewers come from 9 runs down, but tonight they had the biggest comeback in the majors since Cleveland fell behind by 12 runs before defeating Seattle 15-14 on Aug. 5, 2001. It completed the first sweep of the season.

April 26, A Milwaukee First:
Never in the history of a Milwaukee baseball team has the hometown team hit for the cycle in their home park. Chad Moeller ended what not even the Milwaukee Braves could not do. Moeller became the first Brewers player to hit for the cycle since Molitor did in 1991. No Milwaukee Brewer or Brave ever hit for the cycle in County Stadium!

The Brewers also had the second lowest attendance since going into Miller Park. Attendance, however, is still above last years's figure by more than 10,000 fans.

April 23, Hometown Hero:
Whitefish Bay native and Mequon resident, Craig Counsell hit his first game ending hit.

April 20, Welcome Back Richie:
Richie Sexson returns to Miller Park as a Diamondback and Doug Melvin is feeling good as the Brewers take 2-3 in the series where Sexson goes 1-12 including a fifteen inning game on April 22 - the longest in the majors this year.

April 16, 2004, It's Over Already?
The Brewres lost to Houstin in just one hour and fifty eight minutes, the shortest game of the season so far.

April 12, Bonds Hits 660*:
Bary Bonds hit his 660th home run to tie godfather Willie Mays for third on baseball's career list. Milwaukee's Matt Kinnee was the lucky pitcher as the Brewers participated in the third season opener.

April 10, First win of 2004:
Sheets had a carrer high ten Ks to get his and Miller Park's first win of the season. Sheets is the first Brewer to have double digit strike outs since Jamey Wright struck out 12 Astros on August 31, 2001.

April 9, Home Opener:
The Brewers lost there home opener and are now 2-2 in Miller Park openers. The Brewers blasted two balls over the wall for 11 home runs in their first five games.

April 7, Already Better than '03:
A 3-1 start is much better than last years 0-6. The Crew have also matched last seasons wins against the Cardinals, outscoring them 30-25. The predicted worse three teams lead the NL Central with the Brewers on top. Let's hope they can keep up the good work!

April 6, On a Roll!:
Geoff Jenkins hit two triples to match a franchise-record to move two games above .500 for the first time since June 26, 2001. The Crew are on top of their division for the first time since May 8, 1995, when they were 8-3 atop the American League Central.

April 5, Opening Day 2004:
The Brewers open on the road for the ninth year in a row with Ben Sheets starting for the third consecutive year. Sheets is the first pitcher since Teddy Higuera (1985-88) to receive this honor. The Brewers won the game, putting them above .500 for the first time in over two years! Also, President Bush through out the first pitch.

April 4, Bambi Remembered:
George Bamberger passed away at the age of 80 today. As the manager of Bambi's Bombers in the late 70's and again in the late 80's, fans should remember him as one of the best coaches ever!

April 2, This Day in History:
Two years ago today was the last time the Brewers were above .500 when they began their 106 loss season 1-0.

March 29, A Positive Sign?:
The Brewers clinched their first winning Spring Training season since 1995. They finished the exhibition schedule atop of the Cactus league with a 18-12 (.600) record, the fourth best in MLB, and second best in the NL behind the Expos.