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Charming, cantankerous Pat Murphy at age 67 leads Brewers to first World Series title

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Pat Murphy was rushed from the ballpark six years ago, stricken with a heart attack. "This ambulance driver was like, `Sir, can I have your next of kin?'" the Milwaukee Brewers manager recalled. "I'm like, Bro, next of kin? I'm not going anywhere.'" On Wednesday night he was leaving the ballpark a World Series champion. Charming, cantankerous, inquisitive and endearing, this barrel-chested baseball lifer has rebounded from an NCAA scandal two decades ago and then his medical emergency, leading the Brewers to a five-game World Series win over the Tampa Bay ...

Milwaukee's William Contreras wins World Series MVP with .381 average, 10 ABS overturns

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Venezuela's flag draped around him, flashing a wide smile and filled with pride, William Contreras was willing to boast. "I don't want to offend any of the other catchers in the league. The last thing I want to do is offend any of them," he said, speaking through a translator. "But sitting up here today, champion of the world, I feel like I'm the best catcher in the league. Again, that's no disrespect to any of them. That's the last thing I want to do. But today I feel like I'm the best catcher in the world." Contreras became the eighth catcher voted the ...

Waisanen takes fifth in Marine Corps Marathon

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Andrew Waisanen, a native of Hancock, competed in the Marine Corps Marathon Sunday, Oct. 25, in Washington, D.C. He finished the 26.2-mile with a time of 2:51:00, averaging a split time of 6:32 minutes per mile, which allowed him to place 216th overall amongst the 24,973 runners who competed in the race. In his specific category, Males 45-49, he placed fifth out of 1,215 participants. As a marathon runner, Waisanen has competed in races in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Duluth, Minnesota, Chicago, Boston, Massachusetts, and London.

Huskies hockey taking a breather during bye week

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HOUGHTON — Through eight games this season, the No. 13 Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team is 6-2 overall. They swept then-No. 14 Minnesota to start the season, and swept Alaska at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena, but have split on the road during each of their first two road series. In their ...

Brewers beat the Rays 4-1 in Game 5 to win the first World Series title in franchise history

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time. Hey, Milwaukee: grab a brat, raise a beer and prepare for that parade. To borrow a line from Bob Uecker, your title drought is up, outta here, gone. Young ace Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings, rookie Cooper Pratt had two more hits and two RBIs, and Milwaukee beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to set off a long-awaited celebration among thousands of Brewers fans in attendance at Tropicana ...