Pat Murphy suffered a moderate heart attack Sat. afternoon.
by G.K.Chesterton (2020-08-02 22:15:56)
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He is expected to recover. Bolding mine.

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Milwaukee Brewers bench coach Pat Murphy suffered a moderate heart attack during the team’s workout Saturday afternoon at Miller Park and immediately was transported to Froedtert Hospital, where a stent was inserted, and he is expected to make a full recovery.

News of Murphy's heart attack was first reported by USA Today's Bob Nightengale and was confirmed Sunday evening by Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns.

"While suffering the heart attack, he reported the symptoms to our medical staff and they immediately identified what was going on and called an ambulance," Stearns said. "One showed up in a matter of minutes and brought Pat to Froedtert Hospital.

"Froedtert had a team of cardiologists waiting and ultimately put in a stent. He is currently resting comfortably at Froedtert and should be released in a couple of days. This is an outcome where everyone did the right thing. Pat reported his symptoms, our medical staff immediately identified what was going on and the folks at Froedtert did an incredible job of getting him the care he needed."

Stearns said Murphy, 61, was on the field when he suffered the attack and went to the dugout to report what he was feeling. He said there were "scary moments" but everyone acted quickly and appropriately.

"The prognosis for recovery is good," Stearns said. "Pat is certainly going to be back in the dugout at some point. I could not venture to guess when that is. Right now, the most important thing is for Pat to focus on his recovery and his health. We'll let him rest for awhile and take it from there."

In his fifth season as Brewers bench coach, Murphy is particularly close to manager Craig Counsell. The two have known each other since Counsell played at Notre Dame when Murphy was the head coach there, and made a point to put his mentor on the staff after becoming the Brewers manager in 2015.

Murphy had a 25-year head coaching career at the collegiate level, primarily at Notre Dame and Arizona State. He became a manager in the San Diego Padres’ farm system in 2011, leading Class A Eugene for two years, Class AAA Tucson for one season and Class AAA El Paso for two seasons before being named the Padres’ interim manager in 2015, replacing Bud Black when he was fired in June of that season.



Did Nightengale tweet out Murhpy's salary?
by No Right Turn on Red  (2020-08-02 22:41:52)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Like he did when news broke that Cespedes was unaccounted for?


EDIT: I'm very glad Murphy got medical attention quickly and will recover. I'm still peeved at Nightengale for his dickish tweet earlier today.
It is relevant for understanding how much money he was
by G.K.Chesterton  (2020-08-02 23:33:06)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

walking away from, which is far less than he would have been walking away from in 2019 (that's separate of the contract agreement the Mets and Cespedes came to after the Mets threatened legal action, but that's another story). Player salaries are all out there on the Internet. I am not terribly sympathetic about Cespedes because he went AWOL on the Mets (unless someone wasn't checking their messages) and they had to put out this "We don't know where he is" announcement earlier today.


A better question to ask Nightengale is why he didn't have a similar tweet about Lorenzo Cain opting out and how much money he was walking away from, which is certainly higher (it's $5.92 million, per Yahoo).

Back to your original question: he didn't tweet out Murphy's salary. 8^)