Brewers’ Pat Murphy remembers almost leaving for Cubs with NSFW mic drop story

The Milwaukee Brewers’ NLDS win over the Chicago Cubs carried a little extra satisfaction for their fiery manager, Pat Murphy . After celebrating one of the franchise’s most emotional postseason triumphs , Murphy reflected on how close he once came to switching sides. Before taking the Brewers job that would redefine his career, he nearly followed Craig Counsell to Chicago.

Now, with the Brewers on top and the Cubs sent home , Murphy’s behind-the-scenes story has taken on a new layer of irony. The wild tale , complete with NSFW flair, has become part of Brewers folklore, a reminder of how different things could have been.

As baseball fate would have it, everything hinged on timing. Murphy had already spoken with the Cubs organization after Counsell’s shocking exit. He expected to