Since 1982 was the last time the Brewers made it to the postseason, I thought I’d remind everyone of what happened that year.  Through some surfing, I’ve accumulated the following list of items you might find interesting:

• President: Ronald Reagan
• Vice-President: George Bush
• Ma Bell forced to split up
• The word “Internet” first used to describe the connected pieces of ARPANET
• Commodore-64 released
• Time Magazine names the personal computer its Man of the Year
• Compact Discs introduced
• Falkland Islands War
• John Hinckley found not guilty because of insanity in Reagan shooting
• Liposuction introduced
• Vietnam Memorial erected in Washington D.C.
• First artificial heart transplant takes place, the receipent lives 112 days
• Delorean Motor Company goes bankrupt
• Cats opens on Broadway
• Space shuttle Columbia launched on first mission
• Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat in concert
• Unemployment hits 10%, highest since 1940
• Dow breaks 10,000 for first time
• MS-DOS first licensed
• USA Today founded
• Graceland opened to the public
• EPCOT opens at Walt Disney World (On October first no less — Happy Birthday EPCOT!)
• Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release “Ebony and Ivory”
• Scott Fahlman posts the first recorded instance of the emoticon to an online bulletin board
• The TV sitcom Cheers premieres
• Yuri Andropov is selected to succeed Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union
• The Weather Channel airs on cable TV for the first time
• Queen Elizabeth grants Canada full political independence from the United Kingdom
• Michael Jackson releases “Thriller”
• E.T., Tootsie, Star Trek II, Poltergeist, Gandhi, First Blood, Conan the Barbarian, Tron, Blade Runner & Fast Times at Ridgemont High were all in the theaters
• Knight Rider airs for the first time (funny this year they brought it back)
• Cal Ripkin started his Iron Man streak
• University of California executes “The Play” on a kickoff return to defeat Standford as time runs out
• Paul Lynde, John Belushi, Randy Rhoads, Satchel PAige, Henry Fonda, Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, and Bess Truman passed away
• Prince William, Danica Patrick, Jessica Biel, Kelly Clarkson, LeAnn Rhimes, Ian Thorpe, Apolo Anton Ohno and Kirsten Dunst were born
• Lastly, the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 in game 7 to win the World Series

My God its been a long time!  The game starts today at 2:00 CDT in Philadelphia.  The wait is almost over.  The Brewers will finally play in October again!  Enjoy it Brewers fans!  You’ve hung in there, paid for a ballpark and now they’re finally in the playoffs.  Ahhhhh…that’s nice.

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