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Byline: Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY Major League Baseball announced its Manager of the Year winners Tuesday, with Stephen Vogt of the Cleveland Guardians and Pat Murphy of the Milwaukee Brewers [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY PHOENIX - Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Rhys Hoskins knows that March 23 is approaching, and the reminders will be painful. It will be the one-year [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY The worst-kept secret in baseball is now official. The New York Mets have hired David Stearns to become their new president of baseball operations, agreeing [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY There was a time, just a few years ago when the pandemic hit, when Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich was one of the greatest [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY PHOENIX - Those lost passports are now safely secured in a brightly colored folder in their home. There will be not be another postponed [...]

Byline: Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY Network In this pandemic-driven 'safer-at-home' age of togetherness, imagine having three children ages 18 months and younger. And, oh yeah, two other [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY They are rich. They are famous. Only, they're not acting like the rich and famous. Brewers stars Ryan Braun and Christian Yelich happen to [...]

Byline: Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY Network Before being lost for the remainder of the season with a fractured right kneecap, was Brewers right fielder Christian Yelich heading [...]

Byline: Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY Network MILWAUKEE - Christian Yelich is putting on the best performance at home since Macaulay Culkin got left behind at Christmas. Yelich [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY PHOENIX - There might not be a more valuable pitcher in the game. Certainly, no one had a greater impact on his team's success. [...]

Byline: Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY Network LOS ANGELES - Christian Yelich isn't a 'dog ate my homework' kind of guy. No excuses for failure. No baseball gods [...]

Byline: Gary D'Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY Network MILWAUKEE - Granted, it was a small sample size and they were Brewers fans. But of the 40 or so people [...]

Byline: Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - David Ortiz had just turned 27 when Minnesota released him in December 2002, thinking the first baseman-DH was starting to get expensive [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA Today PHOENIX - Josh Hader has the look of a Southern California surfer with the dirty-blond, shoulder-length hair and ink-stained arms, but he's from a [...]

Byline: Kevin Santo, @Kevin_M_Santo, USA TODAY Sports When Travis Shaw was first called up to the major leagues, his father's message was simple. 'There's gonna be some ups and downs,' [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun watches the strangers come into their clubhouse, pulling teammate Eric Thames aside and taking him into a private [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports Eric Thames walked into the loud Milwaukee Brewers clubhouse after his historic evening and started to strip off his uniform when a stranger [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports It is the most awkward and anxious spring training of their careers, spending their careers in one organization but knowing they no longer [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, @GabeLacques, USA TODAY Sports It's the aim of every team to win the final game of the season. So what's a manager to do when his franchise [...]

YOU'D THINK YOU'D WIN TWO GAMES IN A ROW BY MISTAKE.' Brewers general manager Doug Melvin, after replacing manager Ron Roenicke with Craig Counsell. Since September, the team had won [...]

Brewers fire Roenicke after 7-18 start to season The Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ron Roenicke after the team started the season with a Major League Baseball-worst 7-18 record. President and [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports Milwaukee Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress has never met Josh Hamilton but knows everything about him. He has never used drugs with Hamilton but [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports It's nothing personal, but the Milwaukee Brewers won't shake your hand. Why, they refuse to even shake one another's. It's so bizarre that [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports It is nearly 2 in the morning Tuesday when Milwaukee Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez finally dresses at his locker. He drags his body [...]

HE TOOK OUT A LOT OF THE THORNS, BUT THERE ARE SOME MORE IN THERE.' Brewers manager Ron Roenicke, on pitcher Francisco Rodriguez stepping on a cactus. TODAY'S NAMES TO [...]

Byline: Jorge L. Ortiz, @jorgelortiz, USA TODAY Sports The questions varied, but Ryan Braun's message remained the same: 'I made a mistake.' In his first meeting with the national news [...]

Byline: Jorge L. Ortiz, @jorgelortiz, USA TODAY Sports The National League hits leader has his name mispronounced all the time. He was projected by scouts as a possible major league [...]

Byline: Sarah McLellan,, Bob McManaman, and Jorge Ortiz Some Arizona Diamondbacks looked at the suspension of Ryan Braun on Monday and wondered what might have been. They lost the 2011 [...]

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young Award in 2009 with the Kansas City Royals. He has never won a postseason game but is far and [...]

Byline: Compiled by John Tkach from staff, wire reports Ali to attend Games' opening ceremony LONDON -- Muhammad Ali, whose coming-out party was the 1960 Rome Olympics and who stunned [...]

Milwaukee Brewers starter Zack Greinke was scratched from his scheduled start Wednesday against the St. Louis Cardinals. The right-hander has been the subject of trade speculation, but there was no [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY There was no emotion in his voice, no anger in his eyes Monday, just the overwhelming sense of vindication. Ryan Braun, who averted a 50-game [...]

Byline: Christine Brennan When Ryan Braun, the baseball player now best known for testing positive for synthetic testosterone, was exonerated last week on a technicality, he arrogantly decided to pick [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY National League MVP Ryan Braun won his appeal against Major League Baseball but is still trying to establish his innocence. The Milwaukee Brewers left fielder, [...]

Byline: Jorge L. Ortiz Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun can defend his National League MVP award from the start of the season. Braun became the first MLB player to have [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Major League Baseball fumed as National League MVP Ryan Braun celebrated Thursday and baseball's drug-testing program suddenly became a target for scrutiny. Braun won an [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAYMilwaukee Brewers reliever Francisco Rodriguez, believing his former agents deceived him, might file a grievance or lawsuit against them this week, his attorney told USA TODAY.Attorney [...]

Byline: Mike Dodd By the time Milwaukee Brewers pitchers and catchers take the field for their first spring training workout in about two weeks, they'll know how big a setback [...]

Byline: Steve Gardner From the developments so far this offseason, there's a pretty good chance the Milwaukee Brewers offense in 2012 won't be as prolific as the one that led [...]

Byline: Seth Livingstone, USA TODAY The sounds of backs and hands being slapped reverberated through the Milwaukee Brewers clubhouse 15 minutes after the team's season had ended. Heads were high [...]

Byline: Mike Dodd, USA TODAY Three hours before first pitch of an elimination game for his 96-win team, Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke held a longer-than-normal briefing with the news [...]

Byline: Mike Dodd, USA TODAY Entering the 2005 amateur draft, the Milwaukee Brewers were looking for a third baseman and liked their chances. Five of the top seven picks that [...]

Byline: Seth Livingstone, USA TODAY The Milwaukee Brewers figured to have two major factors in their favor entering their National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. After Monday's [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY There may be no one having more fun this postseason than Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Nyjer Morgan. That is, aside from Tony Plush. 'Let's just [...]

Byline: Mike Dodd, USA TODAY Rule 1 when facing the Milwaukee Brewers: Try to contain Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder. Rule 2: Refer to Rule 1. The Arizona Diamondbacks know [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale with Mark Attanasio Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio talked to USA TODAY's Bob Nightengale: Q: What was it like watching your team win the home-field advantage while [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale PHOENIX -- The conversation took place two years ago in a hotel elevator in New York, but Milwaukee Brewers ace Zack Greinke says he never thought it [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale PHOENIX -- He's a former bartender and cellphone salesman. He's a wannabe hockey player from Canada. He's a film critic who put Roger Ebert to shame with [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale PHOENIX -- The Milwaukee Brewers are going through their spring training physicals just like every other team, but with a twist. There are work stations set up [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale ANAHEIM, Calif. -- They stood proudly on the field Tuesday, knowing they were representing their team in all of its glory. They also know it might be [...]