Argument Against Murphys

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San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller is hopeful that Pat Murphy, who was named interim manager for the rest of the season, could bring his winning ways to the team. Preller noted that Murphy was successful at every level in his 30 years as coach and manager. The 56-year-old Murphy is the first and youngest NCAA coach to post 500 wins, which he accomplished while he was with Arizona State from 1995 to 2009. He went 629-284-1 with Arizona State, leading them to four Pac-10 championships in 2000,2007,2008 and 2009 and two College World Series appearances in 2007 and 2009. Murphy was awarded Baseball America's Coach of the Year in 1998 and Pac-10 Coach of the Year in all four years they won the conference title. He also coached