CHICAGO -- Thirty years ago, Rob Deer hit the most meaningful of his mammoth home runs, Dale Sveum delivered his only walk-off homer and a 16-year-old local kid named Craig Counsell celebrated in the stands with 29,356 other fans on a sunny Sunday afternoon at County Stadium.
Wednesday marks the 30th anniversary of that game -- April 19, 1987. Or, as it is known to every Brewers fan over a certain age, the Easter Sunday Game.
"Obviously it was a really beautiful day, Easter Sunday in Milwaukee, must have been like 80 degrees," said Sveum, now the Royals' hitting coach.