LOS ANGELES — Minutes after the Brewers got on stage and accepted their trophy for winning the National League pennant, manager Pat Murphy stood on the green grass in the center of the outfield at Dodger Stadium and tried to find the words for how they slayed the dragon. After a beat, the lightbulb in his brain went off. "We can’t be their whipping boy all the time," Murphy told me with a satisfied grin. All around him, Brewers players were leaving the field and hustling into the visitor’s clubhouse. A team representative implored Murphy to stop taking pictures and celebrating with his family...