MILWAUKEE -- Jacob Misiorowski is a human tall tale, Paul Bunyan in navy and yellow, Bill Brasky with a baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers right-hander does things that do not sound real, only they are. Misiorowski is 6-foot-7 and throws the baseball consistently harder than any man before him. He will start Game 1 of the World Series on Friday at 8 p.m. ET, every eye in American Family Field on him, the first Fall Classic game for the franchise in 44 years literally in his hands.

What comes out of Misiorowski's mouth is also the stuff of lore inside the Brewers' clubhouse. Almost every Brewer can recount a Miz story with glee and laughter. Some of them are, with strict adherence to the definition of the word, unbelievable. Others strain credulity. There might be exaggerations.…