Cubs fans are cringing at Brewers' creepy attempt to create a touching moment

Give the Milwaukee Brewers and manager Pat Murphy credit. They had a heck of a run in the second half of the season that was good enough to surge past the Chicago Cubs and become the first MLB team to qualify for the playoffs. They absolutely get credit for that, no hate in that respect. What Murphy did right after his team clinched a berth, though, is incredibly weird.

Murphy, who has a track record of saying and doing odd things like keeping pancakes in his pocket and talking trash about his opponents, clearly knows how to motivate his players. However, when he pulled out a "letter" as part of the clinching celebration that he and the Brewers claimed was from Bob Uecker, things went from very touching to very creepy, very fast.

The letter started "Howdy boys, never a doubt you would get this invitation. You did it by believing. Really miss you guys and I wish I was there." Which certainly sounded like Uecker and definitely could have been written just before his death if he knew he was sick. It's also not unheard of in movies and television shows that a terminally ill person would write a letter saying goodbye if they know they won't be around when a significant accomplishment occurs.

And yes, once the letter started talking about what position God picked him to play in heaven, it should have been a hint that this wasn't really a letter from Uecker. The Brewers later admitted that the letter was written by Murphy in the "style" of Uecker. But that doesn't make it better. In fact, it makes it worse.

Chicago Cubs rival manager's latest letter decision comes off as ghoulish

Imagine, when the Chicago Cubs clinch their first postseason in a full season since 2018 in the next day or two, and Craig Counsell reads a letter "from Ryne Sandberg." He would rightfully be torn to shreds by fans and media alike. Proclaiming to know the thoughts of someone else to the degree where you're pretending to write like them is weird enough. Doing it about someone who is both dead and passed away recently just seems ghoulish.

That said, if Murphy and the Brewers had made it clear right from the beginning that this was his attempt at sounding like Uecker, it would come off as goofy. Especially since Murphy has done goofy things before.

It was allowing the story that Bob Uecker wrote the letter to circulate on social media, and only later clarifying that takes this to just plain weird and even reprehensible. Chicago Cubs fans didn't need another reason to root against the Milwaukee Brewers this postseason. Pat Murphy gave them one anyway.