‘Tony Plush’ recalls moment of glory for Crew

MILWAUKEE — “Still chasing the dream,” Nyjer Morgan said via text from Venezuela on Friday, five years to the day after he made Miller Park shake with joy.

Can you believe it’s been five years? It was Oct. 7, 2011, at Miller Park, with the Brewers and D-backs tied at 2 in the bottom of the 10th inning of Game 5 of the National League Division Series. J.J. Putz was on the mound for Arizona and Carlos Gomez was at second base for Milwaukee when Morgan “tickled” — his word — a ground ball single over second base, sending Gomez sprinting home for the Brewers’ first postseason series win in 29 years.

Morgan is 36 now, still playing professional baseball. He last appeared in the Major Leagues with the Indians in 2014 before a stint in South Korea in 2015 and in Mexico this summer, where Morgan won a championship with the Pericos de Puebla. Morgan hit .306 and made the All-Star team, helping the Pericos win their first championship in 30 years. Next up is winter ball in Venezuela for the Leones del Caracas, where one of his teammates will be Brewers infield prospect Javier Betancourt.

In Milwaukee, Morgan will always be remembered for the biggest little hit since Cecil Cooper waved his go-ahead single down to the left-field grass in Game 5 …

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