Brewers 1982

Covering the Milwaukee Brewers throughout the 1982 season, in real-time, as it would have happpened.

Dave Concepcion

NL Silver Sluggers Announced

Mike Schmidt
Schmidt won his third consecutive Silver Slugger.

AL Award Winners

The National League managers and coaches have spoken, and the annual Silver Slugger Awards have been announced to recognize the most prolific hitters in the league at each position.

Anyone get left off here? What about Lonnie Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals in the outfield? He hit .307 with 68 stolen bases. Or Jack Clark, who hit 27 homers and drove in 103 for the San Francisco Giants? Bill Buckner of the Chicago Cubs hit .306 and drove in 105, but it’s tough to argue with Al Oliver. It’s tough to argue with any of the winners, for that matter.

Pos: Player, Tm AVG HR RBI H 2B 3B SB
P: Don Robinson, PIT .282 2 16 24 5   0   0
C: Gary Carter, MON .293 29 97 163 32   1   2
1B: Al Oliver, MON .331 22 109 204 43   2   5
2B: Joe Morgan, SFG .289 14 61 134 19   4   24
3B: Mike Schmidt, PHI .280 35 87 144 26 3 14
SS: Dave Concepcion, CIN .287 5 53 164 25   4   13
OF: Dale Murphy, ATL .281 36 109 168 23 2 23
OF: Leon Durham, CHC .312 22 90 168 33 7 28
OF: Pedro Guerrero, LAD .304 32 100 175 27 5 22

NL Dominates AL Again

National League 4, American League 1
Box Score

Robin Yount
Robin Yount played the entire game, but went hitless.

MONTREAL — Considering the Brewers were represented in this year’s All-Star Game by four players (Robin Yount, Cecil Cooper, Ben Oglivie and Rollie Fingers), you’d think that at least one of them would provide us with some juicy memories.

Nope.

Instead, it was yet another relatively easy win for the National League, knocking off the American League for the 11th straight time and 19th of the last 20. It’s not even fair.

I could put you to sleep with details of Brewers exploits. Yount went 0-for-3 with a walk, but struck out to end the AL’s first inning rally with runners on first and third. Cecil Cooper recorded his first All-Star hit in that same first inning, but it was a soft chopper for an infield single. Ben Oglivie had one at bat and flied out to right. Rollie Fingers pitched a scoreless eighth, but allowed two hits.

Snore. At least this game didn’t matter.

After the AL took a 1-0 lead in the first on a sacrifice fly by Reggie Jackson that scored Rickey Henderson, the NL struck back with a two-out, two-run home run by All-Star Game MVP Dave Concepcion over the left field fence off of Dennis Eckersley.

“It was a slider up and in and I don’t think it broke,” said Concepcion. “I was able to hit it really good.”

Indeed. While the two runs were all the NL would need, they scored another on a sac fly… in the….

…snore…

I’m sorry. This is just getting to be such a tired story. Nineteen times in the last 20 games? Eleven in a row? Give me a freaking break. I’m tired of hearing about it. I’m tired of writing about it. It’s painful to watch.

“All of this stuff about the National League being better will probably come up again next year,” said Yount. “Hopefully, I’m here to listen to it.”

Hopefully.