Brewers manager takes unwarranted shot at Dodgers fans after brutal sweep

On Sunday, the Brewers topped off a rude welcome to the second half for the Dodgers when Milwaukee converted a series win into a series sweep with a 6-5 victory over LA. The Brewers now hold first place in the NL Central, tied with the Cubs; the Dodgers have the same honor in the NL West, but with a worse overall record and a 2-8 mark over their last 10.

Nothing has been going right for the Dodgers lately. Key position players are either slumping or injured (Mookie Betts is having the worst season of his career, and Freddie Freeman just got hurt again on Sunday), and we all know what the pitching situation looks like. During the series finale, LA's defense completely fell apart too, as two errors in the fourth caused the game to knot at three apiece.

Meanwhile, the Brew Crew have been on a relentless hot streak and are on a 10-game winning streak, which includes two sweeps of the Dodgers. Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy was probably feeling himself, but in complimenting his team after the sweep, he also took a completely unprovoked shot at Dodgers fans.

"[We're] a bunch of guys nobody's ever heard of," he said. "No disrespect to the great fans of Japan baseball, but they can't name five guys in our lineup. And that's just a credit to hungry, hungry players. ... I'm still proud of our club and what they did, and how they competed in big situations. A bunch of average Joes."

Brewers manager Pat Murphy called Dodgers fans "the great fans of Japan baseball" after sweep

There were a lot of different ways Murphy could've credited his players that wouldn't have included dragging Dodgers fans into it, much less by trying to disparage the Dodgers by calling them "Japan baseball." He clearly just wanted to find a way to shoehorn in what he probably thought was an incredibly clever zinger that was, in actuality, kind of an iffy thing to say.

The Brewers are, in fact, star youngster Jackson Chourio and a bunch of nobodies, but every single one of them managed to collect at least one hit off of Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers bullpen on Sunday. They also left eight runners on base, but the Dodgers still couldn't get around them, even with an early 3-0 lead.

Hats off to the Crew, we guess, but maybe someone should remind Murphy that his team hasn't made it past the NLDS in their last five postseason appearances.