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On opening day April 6, 2001, President George W. Bush and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig had first pitch honors for the stadium. [46] [47] The park hosted the 2002 MLB All-Star Game, which ended infamously in a tie.
The team moved into American Family Field, then known as Miller Park, in 2001, [10] but they did not play their first Opening Day game at the new stadium until five years later. In that game, held on April 3, 2006, Milwaukee defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates , 5–2; starter Doug Davis did not figure in the decision.
The Brewers opened the 1999 season intending to bid farewell to their old park. On July 14, three construction workers at the Miller Park site were killed in the collapse of the site's "Big Blue" crane while attempting to install a 400-ton roof panel. A good part of the construction site was also damaged as a result.
With a 1–0 win over the New York Mets, the Cincinnati Reds set the modern-day National League record with their 175th consecutive game without being shut out, breaking the mark of 174 set by the 1992–93 Philadelphia Phillies.
February 8, 2001: Tony Fernández was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. [4] February 24, 2001: Marquis Grissom was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Devon White. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ruddy Lugo (June 1, 2001) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade. [5]
Teamwork, a bronze sculpture by Omri Amrany, was installed at Miller Park in 2001 to honor the three workers. [8] The Brewers postponed their home game against the Kansas City Royals scheduled for the day after the accident out of respect for the victims and wore an Ironworkers Local 8 memorial patch on the left breast of their jerseys ...
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The 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 4th season in Major League Baseball and their 4th season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West. They looked to improve on their 2000 season.