Pat Murphy may have grown up in Upstate New York where people learn to be tough and blunt, but after spending 11 years and counting with the Milwaukee Brewers, he has become Midwest Nice. He carried himself like a true Wisconsin native when speaking about the upcoming National League Championship Series showdown with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“They’re just tremendous guys… but, we want to kick their butts,” the two-time reigning NL Manager of the Year said before Sunday's Game 1 collision in American Family Field, per longtime MLB reporter Hazel Mae. Maybe there is still some Big-Apple bravado in him, after all.

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