Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski leans into ‘Forrest Gump’ comparability

Life is sort of a pack of buying and selling playing cards … you by no means know what you are going to get.

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski is having some enjoyable with a comparability bestowed upon him by supervisor Pat Murphy following Misiorowski’s historic outing in opposition to the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, June 12.

Murphy in contrast Misiorwoski to the character Forrest Gump after he delivered a sensational complete-game one-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts. Gump, portrayed by Tom Hanks within the eponymous 1994 movie that received the Academy Award for Best Picture, hit theaters roughly eight years earlier than Misiorowski was born.

On Saturday, June 13, Misiorowski had some enjoyable with it, posting to his Instagram story a visible of Gump sitting on his iconic park bench, with Misiorwoski’s head perched atop the character.

“Amazing young man, he really is. Forrest Gump-like,” Murphy stated. “Amazingly real, naive to a lot of things, and it’s beautiful.” 

In the film, Gump recounts tales of his unimaginable life story to strangers, together with vignettes that characteristic faculty soccer, shrimp fishing, a actually lengthy stroll and the Vietnam War.

It’s a one-of-a-kind story, and Misiorowski is turning into a one-of-a-kind pitcher, only one 12 months into his huge league profession.

With his youthful celebrations and deep affinity for all things Pokémon (and different buying and selling playing cards), he might not neatly match the prototype, however he certain does make for an unimaginable story.