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Pat Murphy's full postgame press conference after the Milwaukee Brewers won their first World Series title in franchise history over the Tampa Bay Rays! Murphy opens up about the hate mail after Game 4, calls Jacob Misiorowski "Forrest Gump" and says he's "not even scratching the surface." He reveals he told William Contreras before the game he'd be World Series MVP, and calls Aaron Ashby "one of the MVPs for sure." Plus: Sal Frelick's hand, why nobody picked the Brewers, and a Glory Days finish straight out of Springsteen. Subscribe to Brewers News Today! #ThisIsMyCrew #Brewers #MLB #WorldSeries #PatMurphy #MilwaukeeBrewers #BrewersNews
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Pat Murphy's full postgame press conference after the Milwaukee Brewers won their first World Series title in franchise history over the Tampa Bay Rays! Murphy opens up about the hate mail after Game 4, calls Jacob Misiorowski "Forrest Gump" and says he's "not even scratching the surface." He reveals he told William Contreras before the game he'd be World Series MVP, and calls Aaron Ashby "one of the MVPs for sure." Plus: Sal Frelick's hand, why nobody picked the Brewers, and a Glory Days finish straight out of Springsteen. Subscribe to Brewers News Today! #ThisIsMyCrew #Brewers #MLB #WorldSeries #PatMurphy #MilwaukeeBrewers #BrewersNews
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00:00So the World Series champion, Milwaukee Brewers.
00:02Pat, you like the sound of that?
00:04That sounds great.
00:05Sounds great.
00:05Really grateful.
00:07Yep.
00:07Well, congrats to your whole family.
00:09We'll get started.
00:09Who has the first question?
00:11We'll start with Ron.
00:13At this moment, does all your previous lives in Claremont and Eugene and Tri-Cities just
00:22seem like a weird path that took a long time to get you here?
00:26Yeah, you know, again, I just try to look forward.
00:30I'm really thankful for everything I've experienced, and I think all those experiences help us.
00:35But I'm just thinking about 2026 and the group of guys that made the commitment, you know,
00:42as boss would say, to be the last man standing, you know.
00:45And that's what I focus on right now.
00:49They went after it.
00:50They were on common mindset.
00:52They cared about each other.
00:53They set standards.
00:54They were undaunted when things weren't going well, like last night.
00:58Undaunted.
00:59Came back today and we're focused.
01:00What do you think this means to you and how you'll look back at it versus if you had never
01:05gotten this?
01:07Yeah, I'm at that age where, you know, when I retire someday, or maybe never, but when
01:14I retire someday, you know, maybe I'll look back on it and enjoy it.
01:17Right now, you know, it's about these guys, getting these guys in a good routine.
01:21You know, my kid's playing in the Mexican Winter League, so to go see him play, you know, be
01:28around my grandkids.
01:31And, yeah, that's really what I'm thinking about right now.
01:34I'm just really, really grateful, really thankful that we did it.
01:38You know, like who believed it, you know, but there were so many things that led up to it
01:42now that I look back and see that, you know, the years of getting eliminated or being beaten
01:48last year by the Dodgers, that was a blessing because we learned from it and we grew and we
01:53came in with a different attitude.
01:54We came in with a spirit about us, you know, and we weren't going to be denied.
02:00And what happened yesterday, you know, we weren't going to be denied.
02:04I got a bunch of hate mail last night and a bunch of people saying what an idiot I am
02:09and all that kind of stuff.
02:10And that's great for you.
02:12You know, that motivates you sometimes to be able to experience that and disregard it
02:19and do your thing the way you do your thing.
02:23Congrats on the win.
02:25Just curious, growing up in central New York, about an hour and a half from Cooperstown,
02:29just wondering, did you ever dream when you were younger of being a World Series champion?
02:33And now that you are, what might you say to some of these other young guys that have that
02:37same dream?
02:37Yeah, I mean, that's just it.
02:40You know, like people can talk about dreams or whatever, but it's the thoughts that you
02:45put your mind on something, you have a vision.
02:49And when you have a vision when you're young, it might not be the exact vision of winning
02:54a World Series champion as a manager.
02:56I didn't have that vision, you know, but I had visions and I followed them and I wouldn't
03:01be denied.
03:01I didn't let what other people said keep me from going after things, you know.
03:05I learned from them.
03:06I wasn't afraid to learn.
03:08I wasn't afraid to be wrong.
03:09I wasn't afraid to stick my foot in my mouth.
03:12I'm still continuing to do that from time to time.
03:15But it's acting in spite of that fear and keeping going that enables you to then think
03:22about like, hey, Cooperstown will remember the 2026 Brewers.
03:26And just a quick follow-up.
03:28Do you think after the rookie's performance, there might be a new Cooperstown brewing up
03:32in Milwaukee?
03:33Yeah.
03:34Coop was special, man.
03:36And you chart that kid and how he lives his life.
03:41You see what he's about.
03:43He's got a ton to learn.
03:45And I know guys listening to this that play with him will chuckle.
03:48He's got a ton to learn.
03:49But they trust him.
03:50Because he is undaunted.
03:52And he's focused.
03:54And he's focused on the right stuff.
03:55And yeah, you can't replace that.
03:58Congrats, Murph.
03:59Thanks, Tyler.
04:00You guys are very open about our way.
04:03You know, win our way.
04:04You see it everywhere.
04:05And you scoff and everything, but it worked.
04:07Why did it work?
04:09Yeah, I don't like it like the Brewer way or the, you know, our way.
04:14I don't personally relate to that.
04:17Because I think we're just doing it the way we need to do it.
04:20We're establishing standards amongst our group of 26.
04:25It ended up being 58 players this year that suited up for us.
04:28But we're establishing our standards and holding each other accountable to those standards.
04:33And it's not different than Tampa.
04:36I have great respect for Kevin and the group he's put together.
04:39They had an incredible season.
04:41But I don't think it's that different.
04:43I think it's just that undying.
04:45I said this.
04:47The Padres could have easily beaten us.
04:49They were every bit as good as us.
04:51And we had Uke knock that ball down.
04:53And then we had Churio's incredible walk-off hit against Miller.
05:00Or we might not have got out of the first round or whatever that was, the second round.
05:06But, you know, they were committed to it.
05:08And we did the little things.
05:09And we stayed in the moment.
05:11And, you know, I'm not saying it's luck.
05:13I'm just saying there's a lot of teams every bit as good as us.
05:16And I think what the difference was, these guys believed.
05:20And they paid attention to detail.
05:23We weren't great at a lot of things.
05:26But we were relentless.
05:28When Mizorowski came up last year, as soon as people saw him, they knew he was special.
05:32But he took a huge leap this year to be the last pitcher standing, essentially.
05:36Last man standing.
05:38Right.
05:38I love it.
05:38I mean, for a 24-year-old kid who throws that hard, how difficult is that?
05:43And how, I guess, proud of him are you of it?
05:45Yeah, no question.
05:46Miz is, you know, I joke and label him Forrest Gump because he just goes about his day,
05:52D, D, D, and just, I'm going to do it.
05:53And he just does it, you know.
05:55But he worked really hard.
05:57He worked really hard developing who he was.
05:59He worked in the weight room.
06:01He got himself better.
06:02And I got news for you.
06:03He's not even scratching the surface with how good this kid can be.
06:06It's not even scratching the surface.
06:07He's got so much more to work on.
06:10And he kind of has an inkling of that.
06:13He won the trust of the players this year.
06:16He just won the trust.
06:17They saw him work.
06:19They saw him come in 30 pounds heavier.
06:21They saw the work he does in between his starts.
06:24And he won the trust of the ball players.
06:26And when you win that trust, I don't care how talented you are, when you win that trust,
06:29you can help us.
06:30Sal Freelich, you know, he's a guy that you trust him.
06:34He probably broke his hand today and couldn't feel his hand for three or four innings.
06:38But you just trust him, you know.
06:40And I said, when this last out is recorded and we're the last man standing, Sal Freelich will be on
06:46the field.
06:49That's because of who he is.
06:52Pat, considering what you just said, how fitting is it that Mizorowski got to be the winning pitcher on the
06:56night that the Brewers win their first World Series?
06:59Yeah, I think it is fitting.
07:00He had an incredible year for us.
07:02And it isn't easy for a young kid, you know, with that much, you know, expectation every time he goes
07:07out.
07:07If he doesn't touch 105, people are like, what's wrong?
07:10You know, he maintained that 100, I think, through all five and two-thirds, pretty much.
07:16And he hadn't done that lately.
07:18But he was focused beyond belief.
07:19He knew the responsibility.
07:21He knew the standard we set.
07:22He knew that we were going to be the last man standing at some point.
07:25Whether it was tonight or two days from now, he knew we were going to be the last man standing.
07:30Just one more.
07:31Obviously, he didn't pitch tonight, but Aaron Ashby, what he did for you guys in the postseason, you probably don't
07:36get here without him.
07:37There's no question.
07:37He was one of the MVPs for sure because he took the ball every night, didn't make an excuse, wasn't
07:43worried about his numbers, wasn't worried about his role, wasn't worried about saves or holds or anything like that.
07:49He was worried about one thing, the Milwaukee Brewers winning.
07:51And when you've got guys on your team like that, it's special.
07:56Pat, how happy were you to see William Contreras get rewarded with the MVP and get the recognition across the
08:03wing that he deserved?
08:04Yeah, ask him.
08:05I told him before the game, you will be the MVP of the World Series because people recognize it.
08:12I don't know who votes on it.
08:13I don't even know who votes on it.
08:14Rights holders, media.
08:16All right.
08:16Well, here's the thing.
08:18I knew they were watching baseball and they know baseball.
08:20And I knew those people recognize what that kid did for us.
08:25And there was no doubt in my mind.
08:27And, yeah, he's special.
08:29And he's learning, you know what I mean?
08:31He's still a young player.
08:32He's learning.
08:34Yeah, I'm excited about his future, that he built a belief system that he knows, you know, I'm a good
08:40player.
08:41I don't need to prove anything to anybody anymore.
08:45Pat, you can hear upstairs.
08:47There's still a throng of people from Wisconsin going crazy.
08:53I'm sure they're going crazy all over Milwaukee.
08:56What do you think this parade is going to be like?
08:59Wow, I haven't even thought about it.
09:01When is the parade?
09:02Do we know?
09:04Huh?
09:06Friday?
09:07Parade?
09:07Do you have a baseball game?
09:09We might have to miss the parade.
09:12Do you have practice Friday?
09:15You don't?
09:17You can't miss a game for the parade.
09:19I don't know if I have any or not.
09:21All right, we'll decide later.
09:25Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, just for the city, for the people that have, you say, yeah, they've
09:31been waiting so long.
09:32That's one thing.
09:32But it's more about their undying commitment to this team.
09:38And it started growing and growing throughout the year, grew last year, and then you see what it means to
09:45them.
09:47And that's what – it's not just the city of Milwaukee.
09:49It's the whole state of Wisconsin.
09:51And I hope they're proud.
09:53I hope they're proud of these guys, and I hope they realize how special this group is.
09:58Because we didn't get a rating – we didn't get picked to win the division by one outlet.
10:02We didn't get picked to win over 85 games by anybody.
10:06I don't know if Las Vegas – I don't follow the line there.
10:09But they didn't pick us.
10:11So – but those fans of ours, they picked us.
10:15And the guys felt the energy, and they played accordingly.
10:20Murph, when you were a college coach, did you ever envision this?
10:25I really didn't.
10:26You know, I really didn't.
10:27You know, they had a way of pushing me out of college baseball.
10:33That's for another time.
10:34But I had a great experience, 25 years into college, and just a great experience that I've learned and learned
10:40and learned.
10:40I wasn't a very good coach.
10:43I had a lot of wins, maybe, but, you know, there was so much I had to grow.
10:46And kind of getting pushed out of college baseball helped me have to change and grow and do all those
10:51types of things that has led to being able to represent the Brewers.
10:58What did Jacob learn in the last year where he could get by the last month and succeed without the
11:04swing and miss that he's used to?
11:06Right.
11:06Well, credit Tampa because they know how to not swing and miss, and they commit to that contact.
11:12But Jacob is learning the whole time.
11:15He's way past his, quote, innings limit, you know.
11:19But he didn't let that spook him.
11:21He went out there and had to learn a little bit more about himself.
11:23But his desire, the biggest thing he had, and this is unquestionable, the biggest thing he had, he knew the
11:29guys in the room trusted him.
11:32Relied on him and trusted him.
11:34And he lived up to that standard.
11:36And that's the beauty of it.
11:37And of all the catchers you've been, what personality, what makes William the leader he is in that clubhouse?
11:44Yeah.
11:45William leads a little differently.
11:47I've got to be honest.
11:47It's very effective.
11:49But like I said, you know, he's our pit bull.
11:52So don't just walk up and pet him.
11:54You know what I mean?
11:55There's a chance you get nipped, you know.
11:58But him and I have developed a relationship, and it's taught me a lot.
12:02It's taught me a lot.
12:03And, yeah, I mean, this guy's a great.
12:07This guy's going to be – think about his first four years in the big leagues or five years now
12:11in the big leagues.
12:11Think about what he's achieved.
12:13And he's disappointed that his numbers aren't better.
12:15He's disappointed that he isn't, you know, gold glove or whatever, which is – you know, I don't know how
12:20all that's picked, and it's none of my business.
12:22But, you know, that guy's as good as there is back there.
12:25And he proved it.
12:27Huh?
12:30Well, Tyler, you know, I learned that, you know, you've got to love all your players, you know.
12:35And the ones that are toughest to love need the love the most, you know.
12:43The ones that are toughest to love need the love the most.
12:47And he's a guy that needs the love, and it has to be real.
12:50So you have to make the adjustment.
12:52You can't BS him.
12:53You have to make the adjustment.
12:54Like, I understand this guy, and you've got to learn to love him.
12:57And that's what I committed to.
12:58And he's not the only one, you know.
12:59If you commit to that as a – because the job as a coach, like, you're of service.
13:04And you can't just pick who you want to play.
13:07You know what I mean?
13:07You have to – there it is.
13:09This is my team.
13:09This is the best guy for the job.
13:11But he's really hard to get along with, maybe.
13:14Then you have to figure out that effective way.
13:17That doesn't mean be easy.
13:18That doesn't mean kiss his butt.
13:20That means you have to figure out that effective way.
13:23And, yeah, I'm very thankful.
13:25He taught me that.
13:28Murph, your team had this incredible finishing kick.
13:31I mean, you went 11-2 in October.
13:35You've lost three games in the last six weeks.
13:37You've lost five games since Labor Day.
13:40When was Labor Day?
13:41Labor Day was September 6th, right?
13:43September 7th.
13:44That's a long time ago.
13:46What's the date today?
13:47Today is October 28th.
13:49Wow.
13:5029th, actually, now.
13:51We had a lot of days off.
13:54But do you think that your guys smelled it at that point?
13:58That they understood that they had a chance to do what they did tonight?
14:03I think they had it in mind.
14:05I don't think all of them were clear enough on what it was going to take.
14:09Yelly kept speaking it into existence.
14:12He kept saying, hey, you know, we're going to win the World Series.
14:14And everybody kind of snapped their head like, you believe that?
14:17You know, did you see us play last week?
14:19You know, that type of thing.
14:20But the Padre Series did something for us.
14:23You know, it really did.
14:24The Padre Series, you know, because they're every bit as good as we are.
14:29And they could have won the World Series, too.
14:32But things went our way a little bit.
14:34And we did some clutch things.
14:37Jackson's walk-off hit, again, changed the course of.
14:42But it was the at-bats before that.
14:44The Yelly Walks, Dolan Base, Sanchez.
14:47You know what I mean?
14:47Like, you think of those at-bats we had.
14:51Now we get two bases loaded and Jack-Jack puts together in a bat of a lifetime.
14:57That really changed the course there.
14:59People said, hey, you know what?
15:00This might be meant to be.
15:03And once that happened and we went into L.A., we weren't walking in there to just play patty cake.
15:10You know, we were walking in there with a mission and it worked out.
15:13I got one more.
15:14When you show a little faith, is there magic in the night?
15:20See, the boss is going to say, this guy's sickening, man.
15:24He keeps, I had a whole thing written, you know, point blank.
15:28You know what I mean?
15:28Like, I had to go down Thunder Road, you know.
15:31We were born to run, you know.
15:34But last night there was a little darkness on the edge of town, I promise you.
15:39But today is glory days.
15:41Today is glory days.
15:42I was going to say, no retreat, no surrender.
15:43No retreat, no surrender.
15:45All right.
15:46Congrats.
15:46Thanks, guys.
15:47Thank you very much.