{"id":2181242,"date":"2025-11-29T21:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2181242"},"modified":"2025-11-29T21:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:43:13","slug":"stranger-things-character-shares-name-with-ex-brewers-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stranger-things-character-shares-name-with-ex-brewers-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; character shares name with ex-Brewers closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Perhaps you find yourself wondering if former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/sports\/brewers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Milwaukee Brewers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> closer Derrick Turnbow has any relationship to the game Dungeons and Dragons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans of Netflix sensation &#8220;Stranger Things&#8221; have gravitated toward a new character with with a familiar name \u2015 for Milwaukee sports fans, anyway \u2015 as they watched the Season 5 episodes that landed on the service Nov. 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Foul-mouthed bully Derek Turnbow, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/stranger-things-5-jake-connelly-derek-turnbow-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:played by newcomer actor Jake Connelly,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">played by newcomer actor Jake Connelly,<\/a> becomes an unlikely hero during season 5 episodes. It&#8217;s the first major screen credit for the actor born in 2012, four years after Brewers all-star closer Turnbow finished his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The season of &#8220;Stranger Things,&#8221; which includes an episode title &#8220;The Turnbow Trap,&#8221; is set in November 1987, so theoretically the character is roughly the same age as the Brewers&#8217; Turnbow (born in 1978), although they have different first-name spellings. Milwaukee&#8217;s Derrick was born in Tennessee, presumably quite a ways from fictional Hawkins, Indiana.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Brewer pitcher Derrick Turnbow scores the last out to save the game in the 9th during the Milwaukee Brewers-New York Yankees baseball game at Miller Park, Tuesday, June 7, 2005.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The real-life Derrick became a fan favorite in Milwaukee, emerging out of nowhere in 2005 to post a 1.74 ERA in 69 games, with 39 saves. That led into an all-star appearance in 2006 and a bobblehead giveaway, but things deteriorated quickly thereafter. He finished 2006 with a 6.87 ERA and 4.63 mark in 2007. After just eight games in 2008, he was done in Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His career 65 saves are ranked ninth in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Though series creator The Duffer Brothers aren&#8217;t above integrating a personal connection into their art \u2014 they even <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/sci-fi-shows\/the-duffer-brothers-cast-their-own-childhood-teacher-for-a-new-role-in-stranger-things\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cast their high-school drama teacher this season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cast their high-school drama teacher this season<\/a> \u2014 there isn&#8217;t any documentation suggesting the name chosen for the Turnbow character is anything more than coincidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He did make his debut in 2000 with the Los Angeles Angels, though the Duffer Brothers (natives of North Carolina) were a decade away from making a mark in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/brewers\/2025\/11\/29\/stranger-things-character-ex-brewers-pitcher-share-name-almost\/87527383007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:'Stranger Things' character, ex-Brewers pitcher share name, almost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; character, ex-Brewers pitcher share name, almost<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps you find yourself wondering if former Milwaukee Brewers closer Derrick Turnbow has any relationship to the game Dungeons and Dragons. Fans of Netflix sensation &#8220;Stranger Things&#8221; have gravitated toward a new character with with a familiar name \u2015 for Milwaukee sports fans, anyway \u2015 as they watched the Season 5 episodes that landed on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2181243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[408836,420071,357718,37804],"class_list":["post-2181242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-derek-turnbow","tag-derrick-turnbow","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-milwaukee-brewers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stranger-Things-character-shares-name-with-ex-Brewers-closer.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2181242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2181244,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181242\/revisions\/2181244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2181242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2181242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2181242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}