It is fitting that the Brewers turned in a classic four hour 26-run slugfest in Cleveland tonight.  Milwaukee's last year in the AL was 1997 and that year Cleveland was the site of both the All-Star game and the World Series.  Yes, National League ball is pure and strategic while the AL is contrived and barbaric.  Nevertheless, watching the game made me nostalgic for the good ol' days and it made me think of all the things I miss from the American League:

The Evil Empire that was the Oakland A's

Powder blue road uniforms

Quality shortstops

The California Angels

Red Sox-Yankees not being that big of a deal

Speaking of Angels & Red Sox, whatever happened to Dave Henderson?  He hit two of the most famous postseason home runs in '86 but has been all but forgotten

Boston finding a way to choke in October

The Twins never losing at home in the World Series

The Twins never winning on the road in the World Series

Heck, the Twins in the World Series period

Detroit's record after 40 games in 1984: 35-5...pretty much could've ended the season right there

Texas bringing up some young, can't-miss prospect who would sure enough would miss (Pete Incaviglia, anyone?)

Those hideous Chicago uniforms with "SOX" plastered in the middle...so ugly, yet I couldn't look away

The NBC Game of the Week, I didn't grow up in a big league city, so it was a treat getting a random Orioles-Royals game on a Saturday afternoon

Three titans that defined Seattle in the mid-90's: Chris Cornell, Windows 95 and Edgar Martinez

1999 Pedro Martinez: 23-4, 2.07 ERA, 313 Ks in only 29 starts (I know it was after the Brewers left but just look at those numbers.)  Vintage.

And yes, four hour baseball games