The World Series Champion Brewers Started in Seattle as the Pilots

LOVERRO: World Series champ Brewers' roots can be traced back to not-so-memorable season in Seattle

The Brewers began as the Seattle Pilots, a team that played in the Pacific Northwest for the 1969 season with a roster that included a former New York Yankees ace who, when he wasn't on the mound, was jotting down notes for what would become perhaps the greatest baseball book ever written.

The World Series champion Brewers started in Seattle as the Pilots

The Mariners are yet to win a World Series, but the team formerly known as the Seattle Pilots just did. And that's not the only local connection to the World Series.