CHICAGO – From a room discreetly tucked away behind the right-field concourse at Wrigley Field, Pat Murphy turned a question about his starting pitcher that night into a recitation of Shakespeare.

“To be or not to be, that is the question,” the Milwaukee Brewers manager began. “Whether it's nobler in the minds to suffer the slings and arrows of begotten fortune, or bear arms – I'll stop. What is that, 'Hamlet?'"

That play, Murphy went on to inform the group of reporters a couple hours before first pitch in Game 4 of the National League Division Series, is his favorite Shakespearean tragedy.

Not long after, his team moved to within one more loss away from a tragedy of their own.

On the afternoon of Oct. 8, the Brewers walked into the visiting clubhouse at Wrigley leading the series, 2

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