Pat Murphy might just be really built different.
The Brewers skipper took home his third straight National League Manager of the Year Award after guiding Milwaukee to its first-ever World Series crown.
Murphy, 67, learned of his win on Tuesday from a hospital bed as he revealed he had gotten his hip replaced.
“I had the hip replaced, feel good and, yeah, very grateful,” Murphy told MLB Network after he was jokingly asked if his recent conversation with Bruce Springsteen had put him in the hospital.
Murphy became the first manager to win the award three times in a row. If he were to get one more, he’d tie Bobby Cox, Buck Showalter and Tony La Russa for the most in MLB history.
The skipper was asked about his own long, winding baseball journey and if he’s had time to reflect on his success in Milwaukee, a place where he took over as manager in 2024 after Craig Counsell left for the rival Cubs.
Murphy’s career took him through the college ranks at Notre Dame and Arizona State, the Netherlands national team and the Padres minor league system (and a brief stint as the team’s interim manager in 2015) before he coached on the Brewers’ staff for seven years.
The Brewers, since Murphy took over as manager, have won the NL Central all three seasons. He’s been a fan favorite for his style, from pocket pancakes to holding players accountable for their actions on the field.
What followed has been 293 regular-season wins and the end of a 57-year World Series drought.
“You just have to trust that you’re doing the right thing. You have to be committed to growth. And you have to be around the right people,” Murphy said. “I think of it as we’re all under construction and as long as we can keep ourselves under construction and maybe we can impact somebody. And then these types of things happen, and sometimes they don’t. “I don’t necessarily think I’m deserving, to be quite honest with you. But it’s more a matter of just keeping everything in perspective.
“But I am just super, super, super, super grateful.”
