I saw a very cool Brewers' stars and stripes cap this morning at Moda3 and wondered what the deal was and if the team would be wearing them.
A news release from the Brewers today answered my question.
As part of Major League Baseball's "Welcome Back Veterans" initiative to honor America's servicemen and women, the Brewers will join Major League Baseball in wearing red Stars and Stripes caps on Memorial Day at Miller Park.
The red cap features the "M" logo in red, white and blue colors.
The Brewers play at home against the St. Louis Cardinals in a 1:05 p.m. start on Monday. The Stars and Stripes caps will be available at Miller Park in the Brewers retail stores.
In 2008, MLB donated $3.4 million, which includes auctions of licensed products and the donation of sales from the Stars and Stripes caps to Welcome Back Veterans.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
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