MILWAUKEE -- Pat Murphy saw the incoming FaceTime from a number with a 732 area code.

When The Boss calls, you answer.

Murphy swiped to accept the call, and then, suddenly, there on that little phone screen, was his hero.

“Hey,” Bruce Springsteen said nonchalantly. “I hear you and I have some connection.”

This call was a “Long Time Comin’.”

Murphy’s Springsteen fandom has coursed through his career, is tattooed on his arm (“No Retreat, No Surrender”) and has been highlighted during the Brew Crew’s run to their first World Series appearance in 44 years. When the Brewers clinched their NLCS triumph over the two-time defending champion Dodgers, Murphy cited the Springsteen song “Last Man Standing” in his clubhouse speech to the club.

“We have to be the last man standing,” he said that night.

Turns out, Springsteen himself was watching. He asked his assistant to track down Murphy. And sure enough, Wednesday morning, the call came.

Murphy said he was oddly not nervous.

“It was easy as you and I talking here,” he said, still in awe of the experience.

In a press conference during the NLCS, Murphy had been asked about Springsteen. He told the story of how seeing a show during The River Tour in 1980 had turned him into a fan. He said that he had opportunities to shake The Boss’ hand backstage after the shows but that he didn’t want to meet Springsteen like that. He wanted to have a real conversation with the man whose life and music has meant so much to him.

Finally, Murphy doesn’t have to wait “for a moment that just don’t come,” as Springsteen sings in “Badlands.” He had his chance.

“I said, ‘Bro, you have impacted me incredibly,’” Murphy said, before adding with a laugh, “although I don’t think I called him bro.”

Murphy has taken to naming his teams each year after a Springsteen song. He’s had a team he called “Thunder Road.” Another he called “Prove It All Night.”

This year’s squad is “Last Man Standing,” and this Fall Classic appearance is their chance to live up to that billing.

Murphy said Springsteen, who for the record is a Yankees fan, didn’t ask him any baseball questions.

“He didn’t ask if Miz [Jacob Misiorowski] can throw that speedball by ya,” Murphy joked. “But I told him we’ve got one last chance to make it real.”