SAN FRANCISCO – As Pat Murphy prepared to face the San Francisco Giants, his mind wandered to unconventional game-planning – specifically against the opposing shortstop.
“I thought about the first pitch to Willy,” Murphy said. “If there's nobody on base, just throwing it underhand. Just give him the cookie.”
Murphy and the Milwaukee Brewers won’t do that when Willy Adames strolls to the plate against his former team for the first time Monday night at Oracle Park. Well, probably not.
But the manager’s point remains nonetheless, even if the first pitch to Adames is a fastball dotting the outside corner and not a lollipop: The Brewers’ starting shortstop of the previous four seasons left an impact on the organization that deserves to be recognized.