Tyrese Haliburton was as soon as a Milwaukee Brewers fan.
Now he’s probably their greatest troll.
On Saturday, the injured Indiana Pacers star sat on his group’s bench throughout a preseason sport towards the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder sporting a Chicago Cubs jersey. It simply so occurred that the Cubs had been enjoying the Brewers that day in Recreation 5 of their Nationwide League Division Sequence.
Two days later, Haliburton arrived on the Pacers’ preseason sport towards the San Antonio Spurs rocking a Dodgers jersey (reportedly that of L.A. celebrity Shohei Ohtani). Once more, actually by pure coincidence, the two-time NBA All-Star was representing a group that was dealing with the Brewers in a high-stakes postseason sport, this time Recreation 1 of the NL Championship Sequence.
The Brewers are enjoying for less than the second World Sequence berth in group historical past, and a high-profile athlete who grew up lower than two hours from Milwaukee in Oshkosh, Wis., is actively rooting towards them.
The explanation, it appears, is due to an alleged snub that came about in the summertime of 2024. Throughout an look on “The Pat McAfee Show” in April, Haliburton stated he had been scheduled to throw out a ceremonial first pitch earlier than a Brewers sport final summer time … till he and the Pacers eradicated the Milwaukee Bucks in the course of the first spherical of the 2024 NBA playoffs.
Injured Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton wore Chicago Cubs gear throughout a preseason sport towards the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder on Oct. 11.
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“I was a Brewers fan,” he stated, “and then I was supposed to throw the first pitch last summer, and they X’ed that after the playoff series. So I said, ‘You know what? I’m no longer a Brewers fan.’”
After that, Haliburton stated, he grew to become a “free agent” as a baseball fan.
Haliburton should have been thrilled with the results of Recreation 1 of the NLCS, a 2-1 Dodgers win, however he would possibly need to monitor down jerseys for the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays simply in case — the Brewers are nonetheless simply 4 wins away from dealing with a kind of groups within the World Sequence.
