Pat Murphy’s weekend in New York came with a little more Hollywood sparkle than a typical baseball victory lap.
The Milwaukee Brewers manager, along with Christian Yelich and Brice Turang, made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” and showed up during the “Weekend Update” segment with the Commissioner’s Trophy. Murphy even leaned into the moment with Bobby Moynihan’s recurring Drunk Uncle character, telling him, “I’m the manager, and that’s kind of like being the drunk uncle of the team.”
Murphy didn’t make the official afterparty, but he still wound up in rare company. On “The Show” podcast with Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman of the New York Post, he said he spent time with Lorne Michaels, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams.
“We all went up in Lorne Michaels’ office with Yelich and Turang, and we just sat there,” Murphy said. “Seven of us sat there, no beverages, just sat there and conversed.”
That room also produced a memorable keepsake. Murphy said he handed Hanks his game hat from the World Series.
“I gave Tom Hanks my game hat from the World Series,” Murphy said. “And he said, ‘I’m not taking it off.
I’m wearing this. So it’s going to get paint on it.
It’s going to get garbage on it. The next time you see it, it’s going to be dirty.
I’m not putting it on a shelf.’”
Pat Murphy didn't go to the SNL after party but he did get the chance to talk to Tom Hanks, Stephen Spielberg, JJ Abrams and Lorne Michaels.
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Hanks had another reason for paying close attention. Murphy said the actor told him he was preparing for a role that involved coaching pitching and wanted to study his mannerisms.
“Hanks, he’s going to be a pitching coach in a movie or something like that. So he said he was studying my mannerisms,” Murphy said.
“And he goes, ‘Ah, I really didn’t get much from you. You just have the same face for nine innings.’”
The podcast also revisited Murphy’s viral hot-mic jab at the New York Yankees. During the on-field celebration after Milwaukee’s title-clinching Game 5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, he was caught calling them a “horses**t Yankees team” while joking with first baseman Jake Bauers.
Michaels, who is a big Yankees fan, brought up the comment with Murphy, who said he wanted to make his respect for Aaron Boone clear.
“Aaron Boone, I’ve gotten to know him, and I really, really like him,” Murphy said.
For Murphy, it’s been a whirlwind stretch after guiding the Brewers to the first World Series championship in franchise history.
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