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Pat Murphy did not get a real big league managing job until he was 65 years old
He has won Manager of the Year twice since
Here is his whole story
He never played a day in the major leagues himself. He was a catcher who signed with the San Francisco Giants and spent four years in the minors without ever getting called up
He was the head coach at Arizona State for fifteen seasons. He won 629 games there and took them to the College World Series four times. Before that he was at Notre Dame and won 318 more
Then it ended. He resigned in the middle of an NCAA investigation, after being told to resign or be fired
The NCAA found him innocent of the violations. What they actually reprimanded him for was his attitude toward their investigators. They called it cavalier
Here is how he describes that stretch
"I was a college coach forever, and then I had this huge injustice happen, and I thought, Why me?"
And then this, about himself
"My ego was involved a great deal more than it should have been."
So at 51 years old he went to the minor leagues
Eugene, Oregon. Tucson. El Paso. Nearly five years riding buses in the low minors after fifteen years running one of the best programs in the country
San Diego gave him the interim job and he went 42 and 54 in 96 games. They did not keep him
"I did everything wrong five times."
So he took a job as somebody's bench coach in Milwaukee. He did that for eight years
Then Craig Counsell left for Chicago, and the Brewers handed it to the 65 year old
Here is what happened next.
Manager of the Year. Then Manager of the Year again. 97 wins last season, 103 this one
And a sweep of a Los Angeles roster built to never lose a series like this
He was not some nobody they found in a parking lot. He was one of the best college coaches alive before any of this, and the Brewers handed him a roster Counsell had already built.
But he was 51 when he had to start over in the low minors, and 65 before anybody gave him a team of his own for a full season.
Christian Yelich said it takes a certain kind of player to play for him.
It took a certain kind of man to still be waiting at 65
(Via @thesportsontap)
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Pat Murphy says becoming a father completely changed the way he coached, and now every player he views and coaches as somebody else’s son
“It’s got to be real, man. You can’t just say it. You’ve got to live it. When it’s about your kid, when you’re raising kids by yourself, you’re clueless, man. You don’t know what you’re doing. I don’t know what I’m doing. I didn’t have that kind of, my parents were way older than me, so I don’t know how to parent. I don’t know what I’m doing, but it’s really important to me.”
“And I started thinking about it like, every kid I coach is somebody’s Kai Joseph. You know what I mean? Every kid I coach, they have parents who love their kid the way I love my kid.”
“Wow, I’ve got to be a little mindful how I treat these guys. I’ve got to be a little mindful about, like, it’s my job.”
“This profession isn’t about the wins and losses. This profession is about, how do I impact this person?
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I don’t often write about myself, but today I shared something deeply personal: my experience fighting cancer while continuing to do a job I love.
Cancer tried to make my world smaller. I was determined not to let it.
I am incredibly grateful to be cancer-free, and even more grateful for President Trump, my family, friends, colleagues, medical team and faith that carried me through the hardest days.
I hope sharing my story might offer some strength to even one person still in the fight.
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🚨 EXTENDED cut of my conversation with Pastor @PhilipAMitchell on Islam... This might be the most uncomfortable conversation for pastors to have right now.
We have 1,400 years of history as a guide. It would be very naive to think it will be different this time.
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Noah’s Ark has been found & it should be MUCH bigger news…
There have been countless archeological discoveries that prove the Bible.
The Bible is true. All of it.
Give your life to Jesus Christ. Stop waiting. You have all of the evidence you need.
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THEY DRILLED INTO THE HILL BY MOUNT ARARAT.
For decades the experts rolled their eyes at the idea that the Durupınar formation could be Noah’s Ark. Same length the Bible describes. Anchor stones nearby. Sitting exactly where Genesis puts the landing. Now an international team is finally pulling cores, a drill bit snapped on something harder than limestone inside the hull outline, and suddenly the story is “okay, maybe it’s a boat, but that doesn’t mean it’s the Ark.”
Funny how the goalposts move the second the Bible starts looking less like a fairy tale.
I don’t need a lab tech in Turkey to tell me Scripture is true. But I’m watching this one. If those cores come back as ancient wood under that mound, a lot of smug people are going to have a very bad week.
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🔥🚨BREAKING: Noah’s Ark has been “100% confirmed” after historians and scientists officially started drilling in Turkey to confirm if the site they discovered from ‘unusual underground readings.’
This is being cited as one of the greatest human discoveries in the last 4300 years.
🔥🚨DEVELOPING: GTA VI has already made history as analysts expect record-breaking sales. Predictions on GTA VI are already live on 1win Markets and people are convinced that this will be the greatest game release of all time.
Grand Theft Auto releasing has become more than just a game, it is the greats event in entertainment in the last two decades and it’s not even a question.
GTA 6 is expected to change and accelerate the culture of America in hundreds of ways, most people still want aware of what is coming and how big it is, prediction markets are the only way to have an idea of the entire scale.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The drilling team has not “100% confirmed” Noah’s Ark. Its own announcement says samples still require laboratory analysis, while founder Andrew Jones says his belief that the site is the Ark is why it is undergoing rigorous testing. globenewswire.com/news-release/2…
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🚨 RUBIO JUST SAID THE NUMBER THEY NEVER WANTED ON TV 🚨
Americans work 40 years.
They retire.
Social Security: $800. $900. A thousand a month.
Somebody who got here from Cuba three months ago: $1,500 a month.
Marco Rubio said it out loud.
“So imagine if you’ve been working here for 40 years and your Social Security check is smaller than the benefits going to a 28-year-old, able-bodied person who just got here. That’s real. That happens. That’s happening every day. That makes no sense.”
You paid in.
They landed.
They beat your check.
That’s not compassion.
That’s a slap in the face with your own tax dollars.
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It is spreading. As more people recognize this as a war against God, they are speaking out.
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Fined for wearing Glory be 2 God Fined 6.6k. We know these devils is running the league. The NFL dont like when you express your your love for God and Jesus Christ 🙏.
Wow! What the NFL!?
Arizona Cardinals cornerback Kei'Trel Clark was fined $6,651 by the NFL for writing "Glory Be 2 God" on his eye black during their Week 1 game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
