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When Cubs manager Craig Counsell played for Pat Murphy at Notre Dame, he “hated” Murphy, as the first-year Brewers skipper likes to tell it.
“I was pretty tough on him,” said Murphy, who was Counsell’s bench coach in Milwaukee from 2016 to 2023. “He never spoke up, and I wanted him to speak up.”
When Murphy wanted to get under Counsell’s skin, he’d call him a name that no longer passes the political-correctness test: a “mute.” As Counsell toiled at making the transition from outfielder to infielder, Murphy would beat ground balls at him and insist he yell, “MINE!