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One of the items on my "Cubs Wish List" is to get to a series in Milwaukee.  Miller Park looks very nice and when the Cubs play at Miller, there are usually more Cubs fans than Brewer fans--looks like a lot of fun.  This is the year my wife and I are going to go.  I keep checking the Brewer website for info on single game tickets and it keeps saying "Single Game Tickets information coming soon."

I'm sure many of the people on BCB have been to Miller Park for a game or series.  We live in Nebraska, so I'm not familiar with Milwaukee or how the Brewers go about selling their tickets, but I'm sure the Cubs games are the toughest ones to get.  Do the Brewers sell single game tickets similar to the Cubs way of doing it (online--having to wait in that I'net waiting room)?  We are planning on getting to 3 or 4 of the games during that series July 6-9 in Milwaukee.  Does anyone have any advice for me?  Thank you for your input!

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They won't be hard to get...
...none of the games sold out last year.  Even when they were selling out they weren't selling out as soon as they went on sale.  Be prepared to take some (well-deserved) ribbing from Brewers fans if the Cubs look at all like last years team.

by jolietconvict on Jan 20, 2006 10:44 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Last year
Tickets went on sale the day after the Cubs single game tickets went on sale. They're much easier to get, but I'd buy as soon as possible if you're worried about getting good seats. Beyond that, Miller Park is a great place to see a ballgame. The dominance of Cub fans there when we're playing makes me think of it as "Wrigley Field North."

by Perkins on Jan 20, 2006 10:57 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Tailgate
I have been to several games at Miller Park and have seen the Cubs a couple of times up there.  The above posts fit my recollection of acquiring tickets.  

One other thing though.  While the quality and quantity of sausages on sale in the park are great, one of the traditions of the Brewers fans is to tailgate before the game.  Not sure how you were planning to get there but if driving is an option and you have a small grill you can bring along, it's a very festive atmosphere in the lots before the game.  They have plenty of places to dispose of the hot coals too.  If you can't do the grill, then just pick up some sandwiches and a cooler of beverages.  Should you decide to go this route, the website usually has information about when the lots open for tailgating.

by blueisthecolor on Jan 20, 2006 11:22 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Fun Time at Miller
As mentioned above, when the Brewers put tickets on sale you can usually get them without too much problem.  Going to Miller Park is a great time.  It's amazing how spacious the park seems even with 40,000+ there.  No lines at the concessions or bathrooms!

by SonnyJ9 on Jan 20, 2006 11:45 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

i second this
Miller Park is a blast. I'll be back this year and probably every year.

by Slaky311 on Jan 20, 2006 11:51 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I third this!
Our family had a GREAT time at Miller Park last year. My boys, 11 and 6, made friends with the kids sitting around us and the fans were all very friendly. The park is beautiful; tics easy to get; concessions and bathrooms plentiful, clean and uncrowded. Parking was easy and getting to and from the park was a breeze compared to going to Wrigley.

by teacher tom on Jan 22, 2006 4:12 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Also at Miller Park...
... they have a location in the parking lot where you can buy/sell extra tickets at face value or below. If you go to a game without tickets, you may be able to find some there.

by Al on Jan 20, 2006 1:02 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Are these tickets
that are returned to the Brewers, or is it fans just trying to get rid of some extra tickets?

by cubbie08 on Jan 20, 2006 2:30 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

It is...
... the latter.

by Al on Jan 20, 2006 2:34 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

miller
i like miller park, but i don't think its as nice an atmosphere as some of the newer generation parks. its got kind of a warehouse feel, and i still feel wierd watching baseball indoors--though usually they keep the roof open.

the best part of the park is the tailgating--there aren't many baseball parks where its easier to do or more celebrated than there. and the cubs series really packs the parking lot with people. its lots of fun, and the brewers and cubs fans get along very well, in my experience. nothing like cubs/sox or cubs/cards.

opening day and the cubs games are generally the only ones that come close to selling out. there is a saturday night game and a sunday day game the first weekend in july. i would bet those would sell out the first day of sale, or close to it. if yo0u want to go one of those days i'd get in right away.
for the other cubs games, the outfield bleachers and primo tickets usually sell out fairly quickly. but you can still get other tickets weeks later. the upper deck behind home plate and on the baselines is a nice value and has good sitelines. i usually go after the "field outfield box" seats. they are between third base and the foul pole. decent price and great view/close to the field.

by tomas21 on Jan 20, 2006 4:08 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Tomas is right...
... about the "field outfield box". Those are just beyond the bases, less expensive than the closer-in boxes, but you can get pretty close to the field and they are good seats.

Other good seats are the "club" level (the 200 level) right behind the plate. Though this is an "upper" deck, it's not all that high, and the sightlines are excellent.

by Al on Jan 20, 2006 4:10 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

The Club is...
the 300 level, the 200 level is loge. Both are pretty good.

Looks like the Brewers have their own "premium" game pricing. Guess which games get the tickets marked up?

http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mil/ticketing/seating_pricing.jsp

by bison on Jan 20, 2006 4:45 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

The best seats...
...for the price at miller park is the loge diamond box. Last year they were priced around $35 and in my opinion they're probably the best seats in the house. I've really enjoyed the atmosphere at the park also, nice ballpark. The only problem I have with Miller park is that you can only get to the park off of the highway.
cubsfan4life

by cubfan4life on Jan 20, 2006 4:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Milller Park
I have sat club level, upper deck (two rows from top to be exact) and 8 rows behind the Cubs dugout. It's a fun park to watch a game at. I did the sausage race last year. For those of you who enjoy running, it is the coolest 5k Ive done or heard of. You run through the stadium at one point and then after the race you get a brat. I had my picture taken with the brat while eating a brat and he confessed to me that he was a cubs fan. You also get tickets to the game for that day. Good opportunity for tailgating. ooh quick sidenote: Today I met a girl who claimed to be friends with the girl who was the sausage that randall simon hit with the bat a couple years ago.....the basic point of that rambling is that I like miller park
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by mike on Jan 20, 2006 5:03 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

5K eh?
I'm intrigued. How does one get to do this sausage race?

by Perkins on Jan 20, 2006 5:17 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

he's referring to the...
..."fun run" type of even they have every year.  Not the sausage races held during games.  You can get info on the "fun run" event on the Brewers website.

by jolietconvict on Jan 20, 2006 6:17 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Man
From reading these comments, it sounds like Bud Selig's plan to create a Cubs/Brewers rivalry is failing miserably.  Too much love going on here.  :-)
Baseball can be summed up in one word--you never know--Joaquin Andujar

by Josh77 on Jan 20, 2006 5:50 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

It's hard to create...
...a rivalry when the fans of each team can kind of feel sorry for eachother. Besides alot of the Brewers fans I've run into up north have been pretty decent people.
cubsfan4life

by cubfan4life on Jan 20, 2006 5:55 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Most are...
I did have a guy call me "gay" and a "fag" last year because I was keeping score.  He was drunk...

But he got an earfull from me when Neifi made that GREAT play to help teh Cubs win and Dempster came in for a 1+ inning save.

by mannytrillo on Jan 20, 2006 6:18 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Was that the June 20th game?
When Dempster went in with one out and one on in the 8th, induced a DP, and then retired the side in the 9th?

by Perkins on Jan 20, 2006 8:07 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

YEah...
GReat game...  Lee and ARAM hit HR's in the first inning.  Maddux got the W and Demp a 1.2 IP Save.  Neifi made a game saving DP against Miller in the 8th.  Just a great all around game.

by mannytrillo on Jan 20, 2006 11:30 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Heck yes
Probably the best game I got to go to last year. Loved how it seemed like the whole park was on its feet for Dempster to get the last K.

by Perkins on Jan 20, 2006 11:49 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Cubs - Brewers
I went to a Cubs-Brewers game before they were moved to the NL and it was really funny talking to the Brewers fans. We talked about how they really hated the Sox. I imagine that is changed a bit, but there still is definitely not a hatred there.
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by mike on Jan 20, 2006 10:56 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Sox-Brewers
There used to be alot of violence between the two teams fans in the past.  In the early 80's, a couple of guys from my hometown were killed in one of these fights which occured on the way back to IL.

by greggie44 on Jan 22, 2006 8:34 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Miller Park...
...a great place to see a game, especially, as mentioned before, if you can tailgate. We did it far more often when they had County Stadium, but they have not discouraged it yet.
Yes, it is a different feeling inside. Very strange. You sit there and you feel enclosed in, but then you look up and the roof is open. We have been there, mostly when they have played the Cubs, when the roof has been open, closed...the "sliding glass doors" in the outfield open, closed.
As a side bar, my daughter and I were there (County Stadium) when Sammy hit homers 64 and 65 on 9/23/98 and they blew a 7-0 lead. Everybody blamed the outfielder (I forget his name right now) for losing the game, but it was the manager who left the pitcher in too long.
"Made his major league debut on September 17 and stayed in the lineup for 424 games, a record start-up."

by letsplaytwo on Jan 20, 2006 6:17 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Man, from what I hear....
... there must have been 100,000 people at that game, because everyone I know has told me they were there!

I didn't decide to go that day till the day before, so I went -- and sat -- by myself. What a day, and what a loss -- but remember, had it not been for that loss, we'd never have had the amazing wild-card tiebreaker game the following Monday.

I know, weird logic, but that's how it felt.

by Al on Jan 20, 2006 6:23 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

100,000...no...
...but it was full. The reason I went to that game was because of my daughter. It was a short time before her wedding and she wanted to go with dad to one more Cub game with me (bless her Cubbie heart...I guess I raised her right...still a die-hard Cub...a Ryno fan..I brought her to her her first game when she was 2 like I did with the boys...have to get them on the right track early). Sorry for the continual nostalgia.
"Made his major league debut on September 17 and stayed in the lineup for 424 games, a record start-up."

by letsplaytwo on Jan 20, 2006 7:02 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Ooops forgot...
...on that day when the outfielder lost the ball in the wind, he wasn't the only one to do so(his came at a critical time...so he suffers forever). In fact, my daughter and I were sitting in the bleachers and we were laughing all game because we would look up at the center field flag over us and (literally) it was blowing in...blowing out... blowing to left...blowing to right...every few seconds. I have been to hundreds of games and have never seen it like that.
"Made his major league debut on September 17 and stayed in the lineup for 424 games, a record start-up."

by letsplaytwo on Jan 20, 2006 6:25 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Brant Brown
was the unfortunate guy's name.  If you can get ahold of the clip, hearing Ron Santo at the time was absolutely hysterical.  

Here's the transcript:

HUGHES: "Two down, the Brewers have the bases loaded, and a 2-2 count on the hitter. Here's the pitch. Swung on. Fly ball to left field. Brant Brown going back. Brant Brown ... drops the ball!"

SANTO: "Oh, nooooooooo!"

HUGHES: "He dropped the ball!"

SANTO: "Nooooooooo!"

HUGHES: "Three runs will score, and the Brewers have beaten the Cubs."

All wil be fixed in 2006

by DSZ on Jan 20, 2006 6:32 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Brant Brown...
...yes, that was the name. I still feel sorry for the guy because it was brutal out there, he wasn't the only one to misjudge the ball that day, we had an excellent perspective (bleacher seats)to see what was happening that day. I love Ron Santo (we were there the day his number was retired and the sun came out and shone on home plate as he spoke and then disappeared when he was done) but I think that was one time he may have affected a players career.
"Made his major league debut on September 17 and stayed in the lineup for 424 games, a record start-up."

by letsplaytwo on Jan 20, 2006 6:40 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

"affected a player's career"
i wonder how don young feels about santo.

by dc60123 on Jan 20, 2006 8:23 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes...
...good point...but I still love the guy (Santo)...especially his got to win attitude...his heart is in the right place...but like all of us our emotions sometimes get in the way.
"Made his major league debut on September 17 and stayed in the lineup for 424 games, a record start-up."

by letsplaytwo on Jan 20, 2006 9:00 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

THANKS DSZ...
...those were great memories...unfortunately the kind we would not prefer.
"Made his major league debut on September 17 and stayed in the lineup for 424 games, a record start-up."

by letsplaytwo on Jan 20, 2006 9:51 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

later on...
I saw Brant Brown a few years later. He was playing first base for the Schaumburg Flyers. As I recall he went 0 for the day and had an error at 1st. He also was hitting in the low .200's.
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by mike on Jan 20, 2006 11:00 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

A Milwaukee Resident
for the past 5 and a half years, I lived about 30 blocks from Miller Park and saw many Brewer Cub games and Brewers game themselves (can't beat half price tickets with a college ID on Friday night).  Anyways, if you can walk, I would recommend parking in the parking lot off of Bluemound Road on the North Side of the stadium, across I-94.  You can get out of there much, much easier and get right back on 94 pretty easily in both directions.  I haven't measured it, but I usually park for Cubs games off of Broadway and it's probably the same distance to Wrigley as from that back parking lot.

by MerigoldBowling on Jan 21, 2006 11:25 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Is the tailgaiting
good in that Bluemound Road lot?

by cubbie08 on Jan 22, 2006 9:20 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

yes
that's where i've always gone to tailgate also. its just as fin as the other lot, and a lot easier to get in and out of.

by tomas21 on Jan 23, 2006 9:41 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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