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Connie Mack, Milwaukee Brewers Make Baseball History

John Krasnan and Rod Gehrig found themselves in 1898, with John throwing close to 90 mph and Rod catching him. Rod’s swollen hand got the message—and so did Connie Mack, manager, part-owner and backup catcher for the Western League’s Milwaukee Brewers Mack saw a prospect; Rod saw an ice pack!

Two years later, Mack helped create the American League at Milwaukee’s Republican House, across from where Teddy Roosevelt would later be shot at Third and Kilbourn. Milwaukee was one of the original eight American League teams, but poor attendance sent the Brewers to St. Louis after one major-league season. Mack went to Philadelphia, managing the Athletics for 50 seasons and setting records for wins and losses that still stand.

New Milwaukee Library and Museum Snowball Fight

Dave Holm, Dennis Lucchesi and Jeanne Zinser Gottschalk came to visit Milwaukee’s brand-new Library and Museum—but never made it past the snow around the Washington monument.  Snowball fights required careful ammunition selection.

Milwaukee’s horses deposited well over 100 tons of manure every day, much of it churned into the mud, slush and frozen ruts of Grand Avenue (later Wisconsin Avenue). Cleanup wagons hauled it away—pulled, naturally, by more horses.

Dennis chose from the wrong snowbank.

The new building had been selected from 74 proposed designs, including one rejected submission from a young Frank Lloyd Wright. So Wright and Dennis both suffered rejection.

Wright had better luck with later designs. Dennis was never to be trusted with snowballs again.