WASHINGTON -- Interim manager Pat Murphy's eyes lit up Wednesday when he was asked about the Padres' plans to play an exhibition game in March at the home of their Triple-A affiliate, the El Paso Chihuahuas. The game will take place on March 31, 2016, at Southwest University Park.
"I'm telling you, all baseball fans should go to El Paso to see what they have got going on there; the setting, the set up, the amenities, amenities for the players, it's first class," Murphy said.
"It's like a mini-Major League environment."
Murphy would certainly know. Prior to becoming the Padres' interim manager on June 16, he was the manager of the Chihuahuas since their inception in April 2014.