Sal Frelick

Frelick recounted that his Boston College baseball coach persuaded him to focus on baseball rather than play football too.

“I think you're a baseball player um i think you can play professional baseball which is something i never thought about”

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Frelick said Murphy requires every Brewers hitter to be able to hit opposite-field ground balls on command.

“Murph literally says you can't play on our team unless you can hit a backside ground ball like on command pretty much”

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Frelick described Pat Murphy as a manager who treats baseball management as relationship-building.

“he always says, you know, baseball, especially managing is a relationship game”

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Frelick said Christian Yelich genuinely wants to compete in the Home Run Derby before retiring.

“He's still got a few years for sure, and I do know that he does really want to do it before he retires”

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Frelick said the Brewers wanted to face the Dodgers again out of bitterness over being swept the previous year.

“everyone kind of felt this just, like, bitterness from getting swept by them last year that we really did, you know, want to face them again”

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