Jake Bauers ended the World Series the way every player dreams about, catching the final out. What happened next gave Milwaukee’s championship celebration a little extra edge.
Bauers handed the ball to Pat Murphy, and the Brewers manager did not waste the moment. Murphy fired off a blunt jab at the Yankees as the two shared a postgame exchange.
“You're gonna be a rich fer," Murphy told Bauers. "Just remember when you're on that horse s Yankee team and you're all playing for yourselves...just remember this is way we used to do it."
The comment landed in the middle of a Brewers title run built on chemistry, buy-in and a roster with a smaller payroll than the usual heavy hitters. Milwaukee’s World Series win stood out as a rare case of a lower-payroll club getting to the top, and Murphy’s group leaned into that tight-knit identity all season.
Murphy’s reference to New York could have been aimed at a couple of different things. Bauers is expected to cash in as a free agent this offseason, and Milwaukee is unlikely to bring him back, so the line may have been aimed at whichever team ends up signing him.
There’s also the Yankees connection itself. Bauers spent 2023 with New York, finishing parts of two seasons in that organization, so Murphy may have been taking a swipe at the club that let him go. The Yankees’ 2023 season was their worst in three decades, which only adds another layer to the remark.
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