Murphy's Tortoise Stunt: Bobby Junior Joins Brewers

On April 4th, Milwaukee Brewer's manager Pat Murphy just topped his viral pancake

stunt from last year by pulling a live tortoise out of his pocket.

During a pre-game interview, this went down on Friday, April 3rd, before their rained

out match-up against the Kansas City Royals at Kaufman Stadium.

He surprised Apple TV reporter Trisha Whitaker, the same one who caught the pancake bite

on camera back in the day.

On his drive to the park, Murphy cooked up the idea for laughs, Nick's suggestions like

gerbils from players and sent a clubhouse attendant out for.

$500 to snag the reptile.

After the postponement, the team set it up in a tank and started feeding it veggies.

Players are all in on the new clubhouse pet, learning the ropes like handling it with

two hands and keeping noise low since it spooks easy.

Murphy says they've picked up tortoise care quick and are having a blast.

Turns out it's a tortoise, not a turtle like they first called it.

One dweller with sturdy legs, no flippers for water.

He named it Bobby Jr., a nod to Royal's shortstop Bobby Wid Jr., whose dad he's known forever

from coaching days.

Now Murphy's figuring out his future spot, originally planning to gift it to Whitaker,

but air travel killed that.

It's hanging with the crew for now, keeping the vibes light as the season ramps up.

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I'm Corey with The Story.