56-year-old American Pat Murphy has been appointed as interim manager of the San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball. He succeeds Bud Black at the helm. The former head coach of the Arizona State University and the University of Notre Dame, coached the Netherlands in the 1987 European Championship and in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He also connected KNBSB to Davey Johnson and Rod Delmonico who managed the Dutch National Team in 2003 and 2009.