Philly fans' survival guide to Milwaukee

Philadelphia Inquirer, The, October, 2008 by Derrick Nunnally Inquirer Staff Writer

MILWAUKEE - Yo, Philly: Think you got sports problems? Pause for a moment on this brink of sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers and trying to jostle that no-championships-in-25-years monkey off a four-sport-city's back. Take a moment instead to consider the pro sports landscape of this rust-belt city in Wisconsin, where a few things might look familiar.

A long losing drought? Check and double-check. These Brewers haven't even sniffed the playoffs since their thoroughly mustachioed American League forebears went to the World Series in 1982. Yes, they lost that, but this desperate city takes what it can get. Last fall, there was a big 25th anniversary party for that team. Basketball championships? Not since '71, before Oscar and Kareem left town. Football? Their home team is the...