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Pat Murphy's bathroom stop put baseball back in his path

Pitching Ninja's fast-starting Short traces an unlikely college detour to the Brewers manager's belief in loving his players.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 258,536 views a day, 6.6 times a normal first day on this channel (39,175).

The bathroom break that changed Pat Murphy's life and led to the Brewers being World Champs 🚽🏆

Boxing was the plan. Pat Murphy was heading toward Miami to train under Angelo Dundee when a bathroom stop brought him back to baseball, according to Pitching Ninja's account of the Brewers manager's winding career.

The Short recounts Murphy leaving Bowling Green, frustrated with his baseball playing time, in a Datsun bound for the 5th Street Gym. Diet Cokes along the drive prompted a stop off I-95. He pulled into Florida Atlantic University and found himself at a urinal beside the school's baseball coach.

That conversation, the narrator explains, helped Murphy talk his way onto the team. A trip intended to take him toward the boxing ring instead kept him in baseball.

Posted after Milwaukee's World Series championship, the Short drew roughly 200,000 views in its first 15 hours, well beyond Pitching Ninja's usual Shorts start. It offers a different kind of Brewers story from the channel's recent pitch breakdowns and challenge-system analysis: the unlikely route taken by the man in the dugout.

The ending shifts from coincidence to coaching. Raising his son as a single father, the narrator says, taught Murphy that his job involved more than instruction and motivation: he needed to love his players. Viewers are picking up on that lesson alongside the bathroom encounter, with several discussing the affection behind his approach to managing.

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What viewers say

"My job was not just to coach players, and to motivate them, but to love them." That is amazing.
@Angry-BooksSee it on YouTube
Congrats to him, the team and the fans. As an older Boston fan, I once knew all about my teams losing and little else. I can appreciate what that win feels like. Enjoy the ride.
@fromulusSee it on YouTube
Murphy’s history keeps getting more and more and more interesting from baseball to life experiences. I’m 65 I can relate to the times and history of those years.
@ynottttSee it on YouTube

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Now THAT is an awesome launch story and even better legacy
@jaywilson4628See it on YouTube
Great story. Great season. Great coach. Congratulations, Brewers, you earned it!
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