e Brewers and Cubs have been in a rivalry since they first met on June 13, 1997 when interleague play was introduced and then on June 15th, 1998 they met for the first time as division rivals.
The rivalry of these two teams all kind of started because of the Packers and Bears hatred for each other so the idea of a Wisconsin team against an Illinois team will always spark a flame. It’s rare for Brewers fans and Cubs fans to get along at a game because they have so much built up anger towards each other.
When Craig Counsell, a former middle infielder and manager for the Brewers, left the team to go coach for the Cubs last year, it left the city of Milwaukee confused and upset.
“It’s kind of crazy that a former player and coach for a team leaves to go coach for the division rival team,”senior Jacob Spormann said.
What makes this rivalry so good is that the stadiums are so close to each other. It is around an hour and a half drive from stadium to stadium which makes it easy access for both fanbases to attend games home or away when they play each other. It is pretty common to see the crowd be almost 50-50 in the stadium with the fan ratio mostly because of the distance.
“They are a great rivalry because they are in the same division and play each other. And because we are only an hour away from the other stadium so it’s easy to take over with the other fans,”senior Isaiah Nickel said.
When the Brewers and Cubs meet up to play each other every year it almost always sells out. The fans of both teams have such high demand so when they are set to play each other the prices are absolutely jacked for tickets, souvenirs, and anything that has a price on it. Some say it is stupid how they raise prices but in reality it’s not just baseball it is also a business.
“They do this because they know it will be packed so it’s easy to make lots of money,” Nickel said.
