No cheap seats today: a statue of Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker will be unveiled at a special ceremony today at Miller Park. The statue will be revealed at its home near Miller Park’s Home Plate Plaza. Bob Costas will serve as emcee. Uecker’s statue will join those of Hank Aaron, Robin Yount and MLB Commissioner […]
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Kapco Park approved for play
Despite concerns the final design didn’t match what was promised, Mequon officials gave final approval to Kapco Park, the new home of Concordia U (Wis.) and Lakeshore Chinooks baseball. The ballpark was originally pitched as a $3.5-million, 1,200-seat facility, with a million dollars coming from Kapco President Jim Kacmarcik. Since then Kacmarcik has put together a summer-collegiate […]
Planning commission: We expected more from Kapco Park
The Mequon Planning Commission will review the state of affairs at Kapco Park at Wisconsin’s Concordia University, as officials there acknowledge what was built doesn’t match the original design. The ballpark, which will also house the Lakeshore Chinooks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), was originally pitched as a $3.5-million, 1,200-seat facility, with a million dollars coming from Kapco […]
New for 2012: Lakeshore Chinooks
A Mequon (Wis.) team co-owned by former Milwaukee Brewers greats Robin Yount and Bob Uecker, the Lakeshore Chinooks, will be entering the summer-collegiate Northwoods League in 2012. The team will play at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon, located north of Milwaukee. The team will be owned by Kapco Inc. of Grafton; Kapco is also building a […]
Seven-foot-tall Bud to invade Miller Park
Bud Selig, the man who brought baseball back to Milwaukee, will be honored with a statue at Miller Park. Before Bud the Commissioner there was Bud the Businessman, the used-car dealer who plucked the pitiful Seattle Pilots out of bankruptcy court, arranged to have new logos hastily sewn on used uniforms, and set up shop […]