Brewers manager Pat Murphy's former college players say his MLB success hasn't surprised them

MILWAUKEE (AP) — As they watch manager Pat Murphy lead the Milwaukee Brewers to their first World Series since 1982, the guys who played for him at Notre Dame and Arizona State can’t help but feel nostalgic.Murphy celebrated Milwaukee’s NL Championship Series sweep by saying the Los Angeles Dodgers had Hall of Famers but his team had gamers. The theme wasn’t much different from pep talks he gave his college teams.“It’s kind of déjà vu,” said Cory Mee, who played for Murphy at Notre Dame from 1989-92. “I’ve heard this before.”Murphy won exactly 1,000 games during a college coaching career that included stops at Maryville (Tennessee) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (California) before longer stints at Notre Dame (1988-94) and Arizona State (1995-2009). He now is on baseball’s biggest stage as the Brewers face the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series starting Friday.He may have tempered his approach since making a cold call to then-Notre Dame athletic director Gene Corrigan and talking his way i