Brewers championship run inspires fans to get tattoos
By Renee Aldana
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DEERFIELD, Wisconsin (WKOW) — Some Milwaukee Brewers fans are getting tattoos to commemorate the team’s World Series run.
For one local tattoo artist, Brewers fever is bringing in a flood of new customers. Katie Long owns Wild Violets Beauty in Deerfield and says a friend gave her the idea to offer Brewers-themed flash tattoos.
“This week actually was kind of a slow week. It was starting out really slow, and I was like, man, I’m gonna have to tell my husband this week is kind of dead,” Long said.
Long says as soon as she posted her flash sheets, it went viral, gaining more than 100,000 views. She’s done more than 30 Brewers tattoos so far. Long said she has booked at least 40 new clients since posting the designs. Fans have traveled from as far as Elkhorn, about an hour away, to get the tattoos. “I had the lady say she wanted to come three hours, and I was very honored, but a part of me was like, ‘You don’t need to go all that far away,'” Long said. “But it’s been amazing. It’s been an adventure. I did not expect this to happen.”
Long said many clients are season ticket holders who want to commemorate the playoff run. One woman told Long she and her son bond over Brewers games and secured tickets for all four potential home games if the series goes to seven. Jason Frane has been a fan his whole life and says he’s been waiting 42 years for the Brewers to be in the World Series. “Every time I look at it, I can remember the feeling of the Brewers getting to the World Series and turn into a little kid again,” Frane said.
Frame says getting the tattoo ranks among the most emotional moments of his adult life. “My kids were born, and then that moment… probably the only three times I’ve cried as an adult,” he said. “People are so pumped. They are loving it,” Long said. “Everyone and their mother are wanting tattoos. They are wanting to get in. They love the little sausages. People are just so excited. So they want to commemorate that by coming in and doing tattoos.”
From Brewers logos to little racing sausage designs, fans are finding all different kinds of ways to celebrate a run they won’t soon forget. Long says she’ll be doing these flash tattoos as long as people want them.
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