Brewers skipper Pat Murphy first to win 3 straight Manager of Year awards

Brewers manager Pat Murphy is once again the NL Manager of the Year, making him the first skipper from either league to win the award three years in a row.Mutphy was officially awarded the honor Tuesday night.The Brewers have won the NL Central in all three seasons with Murphy as its manager after he spent eight seasons on Craig Counsells staff. The Brewers led the majors this year with a franchise-record 103 wins during the regular season, then in the playoffs swept the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series and beat Tampa Bay in a five-game World Series. Murphy, who turns 68 on Nov. 28, was in a hospital bed recovering from hip replacement surgery when he did interviews on MLB Network before and after the announcement.Will Venable is the American League Manager of the Year after the Chicago White Sox became the first team in MLB history to reach the playoffs after consecutive 100-loss seasons. Only the third of those ca