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August 9, 1996
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Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee Brewers Aug. 16-18 Milwaukee County Stadium

$4-$15 (414) 933-9000 MILWAUKEE Where there's smoke . . . there's Milwaukee County Stadium.

Great billows of wafting clouds mark the beginning of every Milwaukee Brewers home game as thousands huddle over barbecue grills in the stadium parking lot. It's one of the most unusual party scenes in all of baseball.

The cookout has been going on for decades outside the '50s-era sheet-metal park, America's last kitschy stadium. Thousands of Chicagoans make the trip to County Stadium, 100 miles up the road, when the Brewers battle the White Sox.

The teams will play a four-game series Aug 16-18. Friday carries a ...

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