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Milwaukee County Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Milwaukee, ... In Chicago that season, the Sox drew 539,478 fans to their remaining 72 home dates. [24]
May 8, 2018 · On May 15, 1968, the California Angels came to Milwaukee to play the White Sox in the first regular-season game at County Stadium since the Braves' last home game on Sept. 22, 1965.
- Chris Foran
- Assistant Entertainment Editor
- Why The Move to Milwaukee?
- How Does This Connect to The Rockies 2018 Travel Schedule?
- Were The Sox Planning to Move permanently?
Interestingly, 1968 wasn’t the first time the Sox played a “home” game up north. The first time the Pale Hose played 94 miles north was because the Braves (previously of Milwaukee) were moved to Atlanta. The Brew City wanted a baseball team, so the people fighting for a team asked the Sox to play the Twins – this game took place in 1967. More than ...
The first regular season game the Sox played at home in Milwaukee was against the California Angels. Because of this odd home game, the Angels became the first MLB team to play four consecutive games in four different cities. The started the four-game road trip finishing up a series in Minnesota on Sunday, May 12. Then, the team traveled to Chicago...
No. The plan wasn’t to move the Sox but to get MLB baseball back in Wisconsin. And, the Sox simply needed to do something to draw fans in a season that stunk. The White Sox did not play in four different cities during that stretch. They played in Oakland against the A’s on May 12. Then, they returned to Comiskey for one game against the Angels befo...
- Kristen Bentley
When County Stadium sat empty, relaxed in the Menomonee River Valley two miles west of downtown Milwaukee, there was an unremarkable nature about it. If you were looking for a wow factor, you weren’t going to find it amid the ordinary double-deck structure, the symmetrical playing field, the sea of parking spaces that surrounded it or the boxy facade with the stadium name spelled out in ...
W ith its dull gray exterior, cramped concourses and obstructed-view seats, Milwaukee County Stadium is an old park without an old park’s character. It opened on April 6, 1953, for an exhibition game between the Milwaukee Braves and the Boston Red Sox. It held only 36,011 fans at the time, and only 28,111 of them sat in permanent seats.
Jul 18, 2017 · Courtesy David J. Foran. An empty County Stadium is shown hours before the start of the exhibition game between the Twins and the White Sox on July 24, 1967, in this photo by Milwaukee Journal and ...
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In 1967, Braves minority owner, and future Commissioner of Baseball, Bud Selig, brought the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twin to County Stadium for an exhibition game. The game attracted 51,000 fans, so Selig was able to convince the White Sox to host nine games in Milwaukee in 1968.
