The Milk and the Moment: Aaron Ashby and the Brewers’ Relentless Postseason Gamble
This baseball postseason has a face, and it belongs to Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy. He stands on the bottom step of the dugout, staring 25 yards into the distance, while two voices argue on opposite shoulders about Aaron Ashby. The good angel whispers that Ashby works every day and deserves a break. The bad angel snarls like a cranky farmer that the team needs the milk now.
Time after time, the bad voice wins. And so far, the Milwaukee Brewers are winning with it.
The Brewers entered this World Series up two games after consecutive one-run victories over the Tampa Bay Rays, a championship motif built on letting opponents score first before slowly, inexorably catching up and passing them. Then the bullpen closes the door. More specifically, Aaron Ashby closes it.
