ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2013 Pat Murphy was quick with a quip for the pilot crew of the charter flight that brought the Milwaukee Brewers to Florida on Sunday for World Series Game 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, thanks, guys. I didn\u2019t know Quinn threw a knuckleball,\u201d the Brewers manager said Sunday after the plane encountered a little turbulence.<\/p>\n
GJ Priester, an uncle of Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester, was captain of the flight on a United Airlines Boeing 737. Alex Priester, a cousin of the right-hander, was first officer.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur flight was smooth as heck all flight and right when we came in, it really got a little knuckleballish,\u201d Murphy said, holding his right hand out and shaking it like a bouncing plane.<\/p>\n
Murphy said the Brewers had five charter flights to bring all the family members and employees to the games at Tropicana Field. The Brewers held a 2-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> going into Game 3 of the best-of-seven series on Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe landing was a little rough,\u201d Brewers reliever Aaron Ashby said light-heartedly. \u201cCertainly a cool thing. I guess we\u2019re in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n GJ Priester was hired by United Airlines in 1995 and is a member of the family that founded Priester Aviation, which arranges charter flights.<\/p>\n Dwight Schmidt, father of New York Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt, piloted the team\u2019s family charter flights during the 2024 World Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n Quinn Priester has not pitched for the Brewers since last year’s NL Championship Series. The 26-year-old started the season on the injured list because of right thoracic outlet syndrome and made eight minor league injury rehabilitation appearances from April 22 through June 8.<\/p>\n