<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Other team information </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Theme Song </Th> <Td> Go, Go You Pilots! by Rod Belcher </Td> </Tr> <P> The American professional baseball team now known as the Milwaukee Brewers spent their first season, 1969, as the Seattle Pilots in Seattle, Washington . The Pilots played home games at Sick's Stadium and were a member of the West Division of Major League Baseball's American League . On April 1, 1970, they moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin . </P> <P> The "Pilots" name originated from the owner's part - time job as a harbor pilot and the city's association with the aviation industry . The team colors were royal blue and gold (with accessory red in the logo: helm and baseball seams). Seattle had long been a hotbed for minor league baseball and was home to the Seattle Rainiers, a successful team in the Pacific Coast League (PCL). At the time, Seattle was the third - biggest metropolitan area on the West Coast . The Cleveland Indians briefly considered a move to Seattle in 1964 but opted to stay in Ohio . In 1967 Charles Finley looked to move his Kansas City Athletics to Seattle, but ended up moving the Athletics to Oakland, California . There was no real competition from other professional teams at the time . While Seattle had landed the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s SuperSonics in 1967, the NBA was not as popular as baseball was at the time . The NFL would come to the city in 1976 with the addition of the expansion Seahawks . </P>

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