Article: Garner takes trip into former life

Garner takes trip into former life

He chats with old friends, bosses on return to stadium

By TOM HAUDRICOURT

of the Journal Sentinel staff

Saturday, July 8, 2000

One of the first arrivals in the Milwaukee Brewers clubhouse Friday afternoon was Phil Garner.

Apparently, old habits are hard to break.

Making his first trip back to the ballpark he called home for nearly eight seasons, Garner showed up early at County Stadium to say hello to old friends. He even stopped by to chat with club president Wendy Selig-Prieb, who pulled the plug on his managerial career here last August.

"I accumulated a lot of fond memories here," said Garner, who was dismissed in the midst of the club's seventh ...

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