Pat Murphy Jokes With Brewers Charter Pilot About Knuckleball
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy playfully remarked to the pilot of the team's charter flight to Florida that he didn't know the pilot (who is the uncle of pitcher Quinn) threw a knuckleball.
Dothan, AL, October 25, 2026 —
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy made a playful remark to the pilot of the team’s charter flight to Florida, saying he did not know the pilot threw a knuckleball. The pilot is the uncle of pitcher Quinn, according to the available account.
The brief description does not provide the date of the exchange, the pilot’s name, or Quinn’s full name. It also does not say whether the remark was made before, during or after the flight, or provide additional details about the conversation. No direct quotation of Murphy’s exact words was supplied.
The account characterizes Murphy’s comment as playful and identifies the knuckleball as the subject of his remark. It does not offer further information about the pilot’s baseball background or explain whether the pilot had previously discussed throwing the pitch with Murphy. Those details were not provided and cannot be confirmed from the information available.
The exchange connects the team’s travel to Florida with a personal relationship between the pilot and Quinn, a Brewers pitcher. Beyond that connection and Murphy’s remark, the description contains no information about the flight, the team’s schedule or any response from the pilot or Quinn. The available details therefore establish only the central point: Murphy said he had not known the pilot, Quinn’s uncle, threw a knuckleball.
Story summarized from the original created by RONALD BLUM, Associated Press on www.wdhn.com, see more information here.
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