CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 The MLB playoffs took a Shakespearean turn on Thursday, courtesy of Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy.<\/p>\n
With Freddy Peralta going to the mound for Milwaukee for Game 4 of its NL Division Series against the Chicago Cubs, Murphy was asked if the All-Star right-hander had been overlooked when it comes to baseball\u2019s best pitchers.<\/p>\n
The 66-year-old Murphy, a top contender for NL Manager of the Year after he won the award last year, said he didn\u2019t know how much credit Peralta received in the media because he reads \u201ca lot of Shakespeare and things like that\u201d in his free time.<\/p>\n
After declaring that the William Shakespeare reference was a joke, Murphy jumped into a few lines from \u201cHamlet\u201d \u2014 Shakespeare\u2019s famed tragedy.<\/p>\n
Well, a rough few lines, at least.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be, or not to be, that is the question. Whether it\u2019s nobler in the minds to suffer the slings and arrows of begotten fortune, or bear arms \u2014 I\u2019ll stop,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cWhat is that, Hamlet? Was that pretty good?\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked for his favorite Shakespearean tragedy, a smiling Murphy responded: \u201cI\u2019ve got to go with `Hamlet.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
While Shakespeare made no mention of baseball, which was invented several centuries later, Claudio in \u201cMuch Ado About Nothing\u201d comments: \u201cThe barber\u2019s man hath been seen with him, and the old ornament of his cheek hath already stuffed tennis balls.\u201d<\/p>\n
Baseball\u2019s resident bard \u2014 Dodgers bullpen coach Josh Bard \u2014 was unavailable for comment, given Los Angeles was on the field facing the Phillies in the other Division Series.<\/p>\n
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