Full Transcript for Duane Kuiper talks championships!

00:00:00 Speaker 1: Watching the Milwaukee Braves in 1957. Then Kipe went and rang the bell at the Warriors game in a Valkyries hat. So, my God, Kipe, we got about 10 million things to talk about. Oh, by the way, there's a Hall of Fame ballot, too. So, good morning, Dwayne. 00:00:12 Speaker 2: Welcome back to Murph and Marcus. How are you? 00:00:14 Speaker 3: Hey, Kipe. Yeah, a lot of stuff going on, but that's good. That's what makes the world go around. So, it's good. I can't imagine living in another place where it would be boring. Right, right. 00:00:27 Speaker 1: Can you give us an anecdote or story from your family back in Wisconsin? Did they fall to their knees weeping? Did they go to the parade and sing with Daniel Vogelbach? Did they run around the farm shooting off fireworks? 00:00:41 Speaker 3: Well, a lot of, I mean, a lot of cousins and nephews, nieces, and then one sister and And, you know, and her, and that would be our immediate family. And, uh, those are the, my sister's the one who had the tickets. So they kind of spread the wealth among, you know, the, the grandkids and their own kids, but they meant to go to every game and, uh, every game that was in Milwaukee. Uh, and they got caught up and they got caught up in, in the frenzy that the whole state got caught up in and it was really, really fun to watch. You know, we see it with the Packers and we don't see it that much with the Bucks. I saw it as a kid when Abdul Jabbar was there and Oscar Robertson was on that championship team. I think, did I hear that the Valkyries, the quickest to win as an expansion team, the Bucks were second, next. So that's when I was growing up, when they had that expansion team and they were lucky enough to be able to get the draft rights to Lou Elcindor at that time. So we saw it with the Bucs, but I remember a little bit of it as a kid. I mean, I was only seven when they won in 57. But I didn't think he was going to explode like this. I mean, the whole state really was just absolutely nuts. I mean, that's a lot of people. When you think about it in that, that's not a big town, uh, 750,000 for a parade. That's a lot. And, uh, and they certainly enjoyed it. And I have one quick story about my sister. They, they had already made plans to fly to Arizona, uh, they've got a place there as, as you know, because I stay there during spring training and, uh, and they got there and their TVs weren't working. Bummer. So they had to find a bar to watch the, the, uh, the championship game, which was fine. Uh, I think people in Wisconsin probably have that reputation where they might rather watch a game at a bar than their home. But, uh, But anyway, they had a great time and, you know, so thoughtful that they were actually able to go to the games because a lot of people think, you know, we're never going to be part of a World Series team and then let alone get a chance to watch that team win. 00:03:30 Speaker 4: Kipe, I've got to ask you, as a broadcaster and obviously with your connections to Milwaukee, you know how much of an impact Bob Uecker had on that organization. What were your thoughts on the way that Pat Murphy was doing the bit with the text messages after every game and the way they kind of kept him and honored him within this World Series celebration? 00:03:47 Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought what they did was pretty cool. And look, that doesn't work if the players and, you know, the manager don't, buy into the fact that they want to keep Uke and his name involved in this. And I thought they did a great job. And I'm sure his family was thrilled. I saw they had a special car for his family in the parade. And you know what? I mean, it's not fake. I mean, they love this guy. And why not? I mean, he spent his whole life in Milwaukee and most of his Well, a lot of his career in Milwaukee is a player, but certainly his personality was perfect for that state. His personality was perfect for anywhere, but especially in Wisconsin. 00:04:42 Speaker 2: So much fun and so glad your whole family got to enjoy it. We all enjoyed it. We all enjoyed them knocking off the Dodgers. My gosh. 00:04:48 Speaker 1: We asked Zach Manassian earlier today, is there, you know, everything, pro sports is a copycat league. When a team wins a championship, you try to steal something from them or mimic what they did. Is there any way, if you're the Giants front office, you're looking at the Brewers and saying, we need to do more of that? 00:05:07 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, I think what the Brewers do is, one, is they're fairly patient with guys that they see a big upside on. And I'll give you an example of that. And I talked to Zach yesterday. It is the Ashby kid who was sensational. As far as I'm concerned, he was as much as the MVP in that postseason as anybody. He's the left-handed reliever. They signed him like 11 years ago. So all of a sudden now he's a star. Well, how many organizations wait that long? Organizations get impatient. You know what? If this guy's not going to do something in a couple of years, You know, we're going to try something else. So I give the Brewers credit. I mean, especially in that case. I mean, they don't win. Well, they might, but they don't win as many games if they don't have him. A left-handed reliever that throws 100. I mean, he's got other pitches. Come on. And you know what? Murph, they got that. And they also have this ability to Like the shortstop, you know, all of a sudden, you know, they let Adonis go and they got a guy to play short, but then they find this other kid, uh, and this Cooper kid, he was fantastic and they stayed with him. He had some, some slumps defensively, but you know what, they hung in there with him. So hanging in there with these younger guys, knowing what formula they wanted to have on how to score runs. And the formula they had on how to win games, going about their starters and relievers, and they stuck with it. And they won a lot of games. Sweeping the Dodgers