In this week’s “Conversations with Clayton,” I had the pleasure of chatting with Chris Zantow, the author of Building the Brewers: Bud Selig and the Return of Major League Baseball to Milwaukee, which will be released by McFarland in 2019. Chris and I discuss what inspired him to write the book, his research process and playing baseball on the Wii, among other subjects.
Clayton Trutor (CT): What inspired you to write this book?
Chris Zantow (CZ): In early 2015 I was rewatching the excellent documentary The Seattle Pilots: Short Flight Into History, which led me down a rabbit hole of casually searching for information about the young Milwaukee Brewers franchise.