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Adam McCalvy

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MLB.com Brewers beat writer and author of The Milwaukee Brewers at 50. http://amzn.to/2NjKGO2

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 41m

You’ve seen young Austin Murphy on the dais for dad’s press conferences all season. On Wednesday, he fielded his first question.

If you’re a Brewers fan feeling blue after Games 1 and 2, maybe his answer will lift your spirits.

You can watch the exchange here: www.mlb.com/news/pat-mur...

Austin's powers? Murph's kid thinks Brewers will prevail

LOS ANGELES -- A national audience is getting to know some of Brewers manager Pat Murphy’s quirks as Milwaukee pushes deeper into the postseason, including his habit of having any unfamiliar faces int...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 46m

There are different ways to build a contender, as Andrew Friedman and Matt Arnold learned in Tampa Bay. How playing baseball Etch A Sketch sent them on a course to meeting again in the NLCS. www.mlb.com/news/longtim...

How playing baseball Etch A Sketch formed the NLCS GMs

LOS ANGELES – It’s become a Spring Training tradition for old friends Andrew Friedman and Matt Arnold, who go back to the mid-2000s as young executives with the plucky Rays. Every March, they meet for...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 8h

Game 3 FAQ: www.mlb.com/news/brewers...

Brewers-Dodgers NLCS Game 3 FAQ (Thu., 6 p.m. ET, TBS)

MILWAUKEE -- The Dodgers have played eight postseason games this year. They have won seven. On their current course, they appear set to cruise to a second consecutive National League pennant. Not so f...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 8h

The Dodgers are getting it done with little production from Shohei Ohtani, writes Paul Casella. www.mlb.com/news/shohei-...

Red-hot Dodgers offense getting it done ... without Ohtani?

MILWAUKEE -- It's been hard enough to beat the Dodgers this postseason even with Shohei Ohtani mired in one of the worst offensive slumps of his career. Imagine how much harder that task becomes if th...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 8h

While the Brewers ride “TBA” as far as they can go in this series, the Dodgers have two more star starting pitchers lined up for Games 3 and 4. www.mlb.com/news/tyler-g...

Dodgers line up Glasnow for NLCS Game 3, Ohtani for Game 4

MILWAUKEE -- The Dodgers have set their rotation for when the NL Championship Series shifts back to Dodger Stadium. Tyler Glasnow will start Game 3 on Thursday, followed by Shohei Ohtani in Game 4 on ...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 8h

Sal Frelick kept Max Muncy in the ballpark in Game 1. Muncy struck back in Game 2 to set a Dodgers record. www.mlb.com/news/max-mun...

Muncy breaks Dodgers' postseason HR record -- after missing by inches in G1

MILWAUKEE -- For a franchise that has had no shortage of superstars -- both past and present -- it's now Max Muncy who sits alone atop the Dodgers' all-time postseason home run leaderboard.

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 8h

Nine wild facts about Yamamoto’s gem from Sarah Langs: www.mlb.com/news/stats-f...

9 wild facts about Yamamoto's unbelievable outing

What an outing from Yoshinobu Yamamoto. A day after Blake Snell went eight innings for the Dodgers and faced the minimum, Yamamoto turned in the first complete game we have seen in the playoffs since ...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 8h

No one had thrown a complete game in the postseason in eight years. Yamamoto changed that at the Brewers’ expense. Sonja Chen on L.A.’s latest gem: www.mlb.com/news/yoshino...

Masterful Yamamoto throws 1st postseason complete game in 8 years

MILWAUKEE -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto watched as Jackson Chourio sent the first pitch he threw sailing into the visitors' bullpen in right field. As the Brewers' home crowd erupted in jubilation at their te...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 8h

No one could have exactly predicted Jackson Chourio’s offensive excellence in the postseason. But the scouts who signed him aren’t surprised, and one of them, Luis Pérez, explained why. With @bastianmlb.bsky.social — www.mlb.com/news/jackson...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 8h

Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominated a Brewers offense that scored the third-most runs in the Majors this season. Now what? Anthony DiComo’s game story: www.mlb.com/news/dodgers...

Kickin’ it old school with dominant starters, LA heads home up 2-0

MILWAUKEE -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto shifted his weight in the visiting dugout, stretching each leg in turn, glove already fitted onto his left hand. He fixed his gaze on the field then climbed back onto i...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 8h

NLCS Game 2 thread for baseball fans and brave souls.

The Brewers got capable outings from Priester and Peralta — and lost both games. Now they face crises on two fronts: Scoring runs, and covering innings in L.A. with no more fully built-up starters. www.mlb.com/news/freddy-...

Peralta does his part, but more plate struggles put Crew in tough spot

MILWAUKEE -- Pat Murphy remembers sitting with Freddy Peralta in Spring Training and laying down a challenge. For years, Peralta was part of a triumvirate of Brewers starting pitchers with Corbin Burn...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Pat Murphy was asked this afternoon about missing a chance to "steal" Game 1 after Blake Snell shut them down for the first eight innings.

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Game 2 FAQ with @AnthonyDiComo and @SonjaMChen. Look for updates when the lineups are set today. www.mlb.com/news/dodgers...

Dodgers-Brewers NLCS Game 2 FAQ (8 p.m. ET, TBS)

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers have built their reputation on proving people wrong. The Dodgers have built theirs on being exactly who everyone expects them to be. Upon winning National League Championship ...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

What to watch for in NLCS Game 2. www.mlb.com/news/2025-nl...

What to watch for in NLCS Game 2 after a wild nail-biter to open the series

Game 1 of the NLCS had one of the craziest plays you will ever see and one of the most dominant postseason starting pitching performances of this century. Until the bottom of the ninth, it looked like...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

The Brewers added Tobias Myers to the roster for the NLCS and declined to answer whether Nick Mears is healthy. Something to monitor as this series moves along. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...

Brewers add Myers to NLCS roster, leave off Mears

MILWAUKEE -- Right-handed reliever Nick Mears was dropped from the Brewers’ roster for the start of the NLCS as the club opted instead for Tobias Myers to provide length for a best-of-seven series aga...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Jackson Chourio says his hamstring is better every day. Plus, why the Brewers are on high alert about tipping pitches in this series. Notebook: www.mlb.com/news/jackson...

Chourio's hamstring almost 100%; Uribe brings DR pride to clinch

MILWAUKEE – The longer the Brewers play into the postseason, the more Jackson Chourio feels like himself on the basepaths. Chourio has been able to start every game in left field since re-aggravating ...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the most unusual doble plays in history, from @HarriganMLB. www.mlb.com/news/crazy-b...

These are some of the most unusual double plays in history

Although double plays are commonplace during baseball games, many are far from common. One such double play came in an unbelievably high-stakes situation, namely in Game 1 of the 2025 NLCS, when the B...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Another day, another ace set to take the mound for the Dodgers in Game 2. Yoshinobu Yamamoto. www.mlb.com/news/yoshino...

Yamamoto looks to turn page, get back to basics in NLCS G2 start

MILWAUKEE -- When Yoshinobu Yamamoto takes the mound on Tuesday night, he's hoping his hair color won’t be the only thing that looks a bit different.

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not a must-win Game 2 for the Brewers, technically. But winning behind Freddy Peralta on Tuesday is imperative.

“We basically have one and a half starters available or maybe a total of two starters available,” Pat Murphy said. www.mlb.com/news/freddy-...

Crew turns to most trusted arm for Game 2

MILWAUKEE – Given the current state of the Brewers’ rotation, the games started by ace Freddy Peralta feel like they carry a little more weight. Applying the “must-win” label on his outings might seem...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Blake Treinen has had a trying season for the Dodgers, but he came up huge when the Brewers knocked out rookie Roki Sasaki. The Brewers hope they’ll get another chance. The Dodgers hope this was the start of a turnaround. www.mlb.com/news/blake-t...

'Grateful' Treinen repays Roberts' faith with clutch K to finish Game 1

MILWAUKEE -- After being picked up by his teammates several times during a trying season, Blake Treinen was just happy to return the favor. The Dodgers were an out away from winning Game 1 of the Nati...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Murph loves Freddie Freeman as much as any opposing player — except when he’s hitting against the Brewers in the postseason. Flashbacks to the 2021 NLDS, writes @Paul_CasellaMLB. www.mlb.com/news/freddie...

That's Freddie! Brewers' nemesis adds another postseason homer in NLCS opener

MILWAUKEE -- Given his eventual World Series heroics, it may be easy to forget that Dodgers superstar Freddie Freeman got off to quite a slow start last postseason.

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Pat Murphy has been with the Brewers for 10 years and he’d never seen an outing as good as the one Blake Snell threw at Milwaukee on Monday. @SonjaMChen has most more on an all-time postseason gem: www.mlb.com/news/blake-s...

Snell (8 scoreless, 10 K's) faces the minimum in near-perfect G1 start

MILWAUKEE -- When Blake Snell is on, his teammates tend to describe him as such: He knows what he wants to do on the mound, and he makes it happen.

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Sal Frelick said it best after a “grounded into double play” we’ll never forget.

“What the [bleep] just happened?”

Here’s what else both sides were saying: www.mlb.com/news/near-ho...

What just happened?! Near HR robbery causes chaotic double play

MILWAUKEE -- Sal Frelick stood in center field, his eyes wide, arms out and hat still on the ground, looking as momentarily confused as everyone inside American Family Field or those watching Game 1 o...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

“Getting on the road in an environment and taking the first one, it’s huge,” Freddie Freeman said. “You can’t understate that at all.”

Game story from @AnthonyDiComo: www.mlb.com/news/dodgers...

After Snell's 1-hit start, Dodgers fend off late rally to take NLCS opener

MILWAUKEE -- The inevitability of the Dodgers is a concept their opponents would rather not consider. This year’s National League Championship Series pits the defending champs against a Brewers team t...

Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Lunchtime reading: NLCS Game 1 coverage from MLB dot com.

The game that got away and a ninth of “what ifs?” Yes, Brice Turang was thinking the same thing you probably did about leaning into that inside sweeper. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...

Turang's quick dodge in 9th inning atop Brewers' list of 'what ifs'

MILWAUKEE – Certainly no one faults Brewers second baseman Brice Turang for getting out of the way of the breaking ball sweeping toward his back knee in the ninth inning of the Brewers’ 2-1 loss to th...