Do the Milwaukee Brewers think that their fans are wimps?
I was at the Brewers game last night, and it was a little breezy walking in from the parking lot, so I went back to the car and got a light jacket. When I got to my seat on the first base side, I took the jacket off, figuring I may need it later. (Side note which I have to add but really is out of place in this rant: The lady that sang the anthems last night pretty much nailed it. She sang O Canada in French, and hit the Star Spangled Banner pretty well. Kudos. Now if I could just remember her name....)
Then they closed the dome. I was stunned. Many times last night, I looked at the closed roof in disbelief.
Have Brewers fans become such sissies that we can't handle baseball on a slightly cool, summer's evening? I gave Brewers management the benefit of the doubt on some day games in May (when it is 60 in the sun, but probably 45 in the shade). But having the dome closed last night has shown me the horrifying prospect of the Brewers becoming a dome team first, and only open air when conditions are perfect.
(Rambling here...) During the last few years of County Stadium, at one point during each game, the PA would ask "If we were in Miller Park right now, would you want the dome open or closed?". I never attended a game where the crowd wanted the dome closed. I remember being at a game in August 1997 at County Stadium in which they gave all attendees a pin commemorating the Milwaukee Braves 40th anniversary of their World Series win. It was a Sunday afternoon game that was delayed four hours by rain, and when it started at 5:00 PM it was unseasonably cool and still drizzling. Certainly this rainy day - after a four hour rain delay - would have been a push for a dome. Negative. The crowd wanted the dome open.
Wisconsin fans are hearty (see also Fans; Packers; Green Bay). Certainly I understand closing the dome during inclement weather, or when it is truly cold. But I think that the Brewers have crossed that line last night. It was a line I had been fearing for seven years, and I don't think the line will push back. I just see it getting worse.
Man up, Milwaukeeans! Let's let the Brewers know how I feel. Hopefully, at least one of you (I am looking at you, John from New Berlin) agrees with me.
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