Brewers manager delivers epic quote straight from Hollywood script after sweep of vaunted Dodgers

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy had an epic quote after his team beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS to advance to the World Series.

Pat Murphy reflects on the Brewers' historic NLCS sweep & World Series berth

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy reacted to his team's historic sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS and discussed what it meant to lead Milwaukee to its first World Series appearance since 1982.

Any team can beat any team on any given day, regardless of how many Cooperstown-bound players are in the opposing lineup.

The Milwaukee Brewers certainly proved that point, as they swept the vaunted Los Angeles Dodgers to advance to their first World Series in 44 years. The baseball world widely expected the Dodgers, with a rotation full of aces and a lineup full of future Hall of Famers, to win their third consecutive World Series title. The Brewers proved them wrong.

"They may have a bunch of Hall of Famers, but we have a bunch of gamers. And the gamers won this week," Murphy said after the Brewers' win.

The Brewers payroll pales in comparison to the Dodgers. Los Angeles' $339 million payroll ranks second in baseball, more than double the Brewers' $146 million payroll, which ranks 19th in the sport, according to Spotrac.

"We didn't come in to play potty cake," Murphy said. We were hungry and as long as the playing field is even, we're going to come in and give it our best shot to win. "That's exactly what we did."

The Dodgers swept the Brewers in the NLCS last season, which is why many thought a similar result was on the horizon this year. Not Milwaukee

"I think the Dodgers realized we came in here with a little different attitude this year." Murphy said.

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Unlike the Dodgers, the Brewers may not have any surefire Hall of Famers in their rotation or lineup, but they're not giving up.

NLCS MVP Jake Bauers almost retired from baseball two seasons ago, only continuing to play because his wife was expecting a child and needed health care benefits. The 31-year-old has since emerged as a mainstay in the Brewers' lineup, working in game-changing at-bats against All-Star pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Blake Snell.

The Brewers fell behind 4-0 after Shohei Ohtani's three-run blast in the second inning, but the team never wavered.

"There was never any doubt in that dugout what was going to happen tonight. "We knew we were going to win that game."

Aaron Ashby, who did his best Houdini impression by holding off several Dodgers baserunners in scoring position, recorded a three-inning save in the clinching win.

"Playing with that chip on our shoulder," Ashby said. "You never know what to expect coming into a series like that last year (against the Dodgers). You don't know how bad it can be, and then it was just as bad. And we came out and survived, and we came back this year, and those guys played their tails off."

The Brewers are hoping the offense their 'Players' have can translate into four more wins. They will play the Cleveland Rangers or the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series. The Rangers lead the Rays 2-1 in the ALCS and Game 4 is scheduled for Friday.

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