Shaikin: Why ‘Average Joe’ Brewers beating big-market Dodgers would be good for baseball

Shaikin: Why ‘Average Joe’ Brewers beating big-market Dodgers would be good for baseball

By Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times Pat Murphy, the gregarious manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, was in no hurry to wrap up his news conference Sunday. He compared Mookie Betts playing shortstop to Stephen Curry playing forward. He anointed Freddie Freeman as his favorite player even though “he’s ruined Brewers history many times.” He read off names from an eight-year-old Dodgers scouting report that included Yasiel Puig, Rich Hill and Curtis Gra…