Pat Murphy Angers Fans Again With Dodgers Jab as He Keeps Making Brewers "Unlikable"

Pat Murphy Angers Fans Again With Dodgers Jab as He Keeps Making Brewers "Unlikable"

The Milwaukee Brewers pulled off something special when they defeated the Cubs in a thrilling winner-take-all Game 5 of the NL Division Series, clinching their first playoff series victory since 2018. The win punched their ticket to the NLCS. Standing in their way? The former World Series champions, the Dodgers. Prior to the series, Brewers manager Pat Murphy played the underdog by stating, “Most Dodgers players can’t name eight guys on our rost…

Shaikin: Why ‘Average Joe’ Brewers beating big-market Dodgers would be good for baseball

By Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times Pat Murphy, the gregarious manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, was in no hurry to wrap up his news conference Sunday. He compared Mookie Betts playing shortstop to Stephen Curry playing forward. He anointed Freddie Freeman as his favorite player even though “he’s ruined Brewers history many times.” He read off names from an eight-year-old Dodgers scouting report that included Yasiel Puig, Rich Hill and Curtis Gra…