From 1971-'78, the Brewers sent a total of 12 players to the All-Star Game.

Eight of them never made it into the box score.

If you wanted to see guys like Marty Pattin, Jim Colborn, Bill Travers, Jim Slaton and Don Money during those years, you had to catch the pre-game introductions because the Milwaukee heroes of the time were obscure players from an obscure franchise.

Through most of the 1990s, Brewers players were added to the all-star roster on an "as needed" basis, filling holes on the squad because rules mandated that each team had to have a representative.

Times definitely have changed.

The fact that the Brewers will have four representatives at the All-Star Game next Tuesday night in San Francisco speaks volumes about the importance of winning and just how far the franchise has come in the eyes of the baseball establishment. The Brewers tied the New York Mets for most representatives.

"I love it," manager Ned Yost told reporters when the selections were announced Sunday. "It makes my year. This is like being knighted. When you get elected to the all-star team, you get a title that stays with you forever."

Yost has taken part in several all-star games as a coach and he describes them with the same kind of fervor that Springsteen fans use when describing epic concerts to the uninitiated.

"If you've never been to an All-Star Game, you may think ‘It's not a big deal,' or ‘I'd rather have a couple days off,'" Yost said recently. "Once you've been to one, you realize that it is a very big deal. There is nothing like the All-Star Game. Once you've been to one, you want to go back every year."

First baseman Prince Fielder, the first Brewers player voted into the starting lineup since Paul Molitor in 1988, will be joined by teammates Ben Sheets, Francisco Cordero and J.J. Hardy.

"We're going to be well-represented," Yost said. "We're proud of that."

Here is a year-by-year look at previous Brewers all-stars:

2006 - Carlos Lee (LF), Chris Capuano (P), Derrick Turnbow (P)

2005 -- Carlos Lee (LF), Ned Yost (Coach)

2004 -- Dan Kolb (P), Ben Sheets (P)

2003 -- Richie Sexson (1B), Geoff Jenkins (OF)

2002 -- Richie Sexson (1B), Jose Hernandez (SS)

2001 -- Ben Sheets (P)

2000 -- Bob Wickman (P)

1999 -- Jeromy Burnitz (OF)

1998 -- Fernando Vina (2B)

1997 -- Jeff Cirillo (3B)

1996 -- Greg Vaughn (OF)

1995 -- Kevin Seitzer (3B)

1994 -- Ricky Bones (P)

1993 -- Greg Vaughn (OF)

1992 -- Paul Molitor (1B)

1991 -- Paul Molitor (3B)

1990 -- Dave Parker (DH)

1989 -- Dan Plesac (P)

1988 -- Paul Molitor (2B), Dan Plesac (P)

1987 -- Dan Plesac (P)

1986 -- Teddy Higuera (P)

1985 -- Cecil Cooper (1B), Paul Molitor (3B)

1984 -- Jim Sundberg (C)

1983 -- Cecil Cooper (1B), Ben Oglivie (OF), Ted Simmons (C), Robin Yount (SS)

1982 -- Cecil Cooper (1B), Ben Oglivie (OF), Robin Yount (SS)

1981 -- Ted Simmons (C), Gorman Thomas (OF), Rollie Fingers (P)

1 980 -- Cecil Cooper (1B), Paul Molitor (2B), Ben Oglivie (OF), Robin Yount (SS)

1979 -- Cecil Cooper (1B)

1978 -- Larry Hisle (OF), Don Money (2B), Lary Sorensen (P)

1977 -- Don Money (3B), Jim Slaton (P)

1976 -- Don Money (3B), Bill Travers (P)

1975 -- Henry Aaron (OF), George Scott (1B)

1974 -- Don Money (3B), Darrell Porter (C)

1973 -- Davey May (OF), Jim Colborn (P)

1972 -- Ellie Rodriguez (C)

1971 -- Marty Pattin (P)

1970 -- Tommy Harper (3B)