Milwaukee Brewers Fans Can Vote for Coin Flip Selection

What will Gord do?

09/06/2007, MILWAUKEE -- Tomorrow afternoon, the Milwaukee Brewers will participate in coin flips with the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs to determine home field for potential one-game playoffs in the event of a tie for the Central Division title. The Milwaukee Brewers will have the option of making the "heads-or-tails" call in the coin toss with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Brewers Assistant General Manager Gord Ash will make the official call for Milwaukee via a conference call with league and team officials. And while it will be Ash making the call, the people's choice will rule.

Beginning this afternoon and continuing through 12:00 p.m. Friday, the Brewers are asking fans to go to brewers.com to cast their preference for a call of heads or tails. The majority will rule, and the selection receiving the most fan votes will be relayed by Ash to league officials.

The idea for the fan vote originated with Brewers Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Melvin.

"Through their support, the fans have helped us build the league's top home record and created what we believe is baseball's biggest home field advantage," said Melvin. "This is the fans' opportunity to get involved in the strategy of making the right call and keeping the Brewers at home."

The coin flip is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. tomorrow afternoon.

Source: MLB

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