The Bernie Brewer character became the Milwaukee Brewer's mascot in 1973, appearing as a cheerful man with a big moustache. A beer-barreled chalet was built for him inside the stadium where he led the crowd cheering. Following each home run and every victory by the Brewers, he would slide down and plunge himself into a huge beer mug in celebration. This was and still is the best home-run celebration of all time.
Bernie Brewer was a fixture at Brewers home games until 1984, when the Brewers re-built the bleachers, replacing the chalet with a sound tower and sending Bernie into retirement. By popular demand, Bernie Brewer came out of his retirement in 1993, when the fans voted for his return. Bernie was brought back not as just a mustachioed man in lederhosen, but a full-body costume of a man, including large foam head. The chalet was then rebuilt (it had been in storage) above the left-center field bleachers.
At Miller Park, the current home of the Milwaukee Brewers, Bernie Brewer has his own "dugout" atop the bleachers behind left field, but is missing the famous beer barrel and beer mug that the brewer fans adore.
We, www.TrueBrewCrew.com & the fans of the Milwaukee Brewers, are asking the Milwaukee Brewers organization to bring back Bernie Brewer's famous beer barrel and beer mug. Keep Bernie's current dug-out and slide but build a beer barrel beneath the dugout (around the green metal structure) and the beer mug below it for Bernie Brewer to slide into after each home-run and victory.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
