​”No Retreat No Surrender.”The four words tattooed on Pat Murphy’s left forearm describe well the Milwaukee Brewers manager’s mantra on the baseball field.They’re also lyrics from the song “No Surrender” on Bruce Springsteen’s seminal “Born In The U.S.A” album, released in 1984.Well, we made a promise we swore we’d always rememberNo retreat, baby, no surrenderLike soldiers in the winter’s nightWith a vow to defendNo retreat, baby, no surrenderThose who regularly attend Brewers games at American Family Field also know well that another famous Springsteen ditty, “Glory Days” always plays on the sound system following victories (55 times this season, in case you were wondering).It’s another nod to Murphy’s fondness for The Boss.Prior to Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday, Oct. 11, Springsteen came up in the course of Murphy’s meanderings during his pre-game news conference. A reporter closed the session by asking Murphy why Springsteen resonates with him.”I was in Florida, in college in 1980,” he explained. “I drove down in the pouring rain to the Hollywood Sportatorium because I had a person I was fond of and she wanted to go to the concert. I had no interest in going to the concert, and I went there in the pouring rain at the Hollywood Sportatorium, which is a pretty good hike, and I had a purple (U.S. Mail) Jeep that I drove.”You drive on the other side; it’s one of those mail Jeeps. Tires are (very) thin, and I’m going – if you knew where the Hollywood Sportatorium is, really west – it’s pouring rain, and I’ve got those doors that slide (open). There’s water coming in. I’m miserable, and I’m like, ‘What am I doing? I don’t even know if I like this girl,’ you know what I mean?”He played for 5 ½ hours. I was just amazed. It wasn’t even how good the music was, or bad. It was The River Tour, and it was incredible.”So, it sparked my interest.”Fast forward nearly a decade and Murphy was coaching at University of Notre Dame when he once again saw a Springsteen show.”When I got to Notre Dame, there was a kid on the team that came up to me and said something about Springsteen, and I said, ‘Springsteen?’ He goes, ‘Yeah, there’s a concert.’ I went to the concert, and it knocked my socks off again. Then I just started following him, what it’s about, what he sings about.”The message just resonated. He grew up a Catholic kid in New Jersey. I was a Catholic kid from upstate New York (Syracuse). There’s just so much that resonates with me (in) how he speaks about things. It’s just become like this – I’ve had all these chances to go backstage, and I’ve never met him. I don’t want to meet him that way. I want to meet him one on one.”I don’t know that I ever will, but I’d like to meet him one on one and sit and talk to him. Not take up too much of his time.”Yeah, I don’t know what it is. His language, his way of relating to people – it’s just incredible.”Murphy again saw Springsteen in person in early August of 2023 at Wrigley Fiel