Looking Back on Pat Murphy's first two seasons after his recent contract extension

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy talks with players during spring training workouts Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at American Family Fields of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona. | Dave Kallmann / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesIt never really felt like the Milwaukee Brewers would let their incredibly successful and popular manager, Pat Murphy, enter the 2026 season as a "lame duck" skipper. However, as the offseason dragged on and Murphy still hadn't agreed to a contract extension, worry started to set in that maybe the 67-year-old Murphy would call it a career after his final season under contract in 2026.

Those concerns were alleviated when Murphy agreed to a new three-year contract -- one…