Brewers' Pat Murphy makes history with third straight Manager of the Year award from hospital bed

Pat Murphy needed a new hip, so he scheduled replacement surgery for a date safely beyond the World Series. The timing worked out: The Milwaukee Brewers lifted the franchise’s first-ever Commissioner's Trophy late last month.

But after Murphy and the Brewers celebrated a five-game victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, the manager may not have been thinking about when the National League Manager of the Year award would be announced. On Tuesday, Murphy added another piece of hardware to his collection...