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Where have you gone, Dale Murphy?
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:03 pm
https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/24182944/where-braves-legend-dale-murphy-now
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IN THE YEARS after baseball, the Murphy kids don't remember Dale bringing up the Hall of Fame, and with his next window of eligibility coming soon, it remains other people who talk about it most often.
There's no precedent at work, or one to be set, by his candidacy. He's an outlier. He finished his career in the steroid era, the exact kind of player who would have benefited greatly from some anti-aging elixir. His decline happened as the Bash Brothers were born. He remembers sitting in the Braves' clubhouse with Glenn Hubbard and talking about players juicing. Hubbard turned to him and said, "You know how many home runs you could hit if you got on steroids?"
If baseball wants to wash itself clean from steroids, the best way to do it isn't to keep Bonds out of the Hall but to let Murphy in. Induct cheaters but also celebrate Dale Murphy for his 398 home runs and for the dozens he did not hit. He finished just two short of 400, and only four eligible players not linked to steroids have 400 or more homers and are not in the Hall. None was ever MVP. Murphy's recognition is a vote about the culture we want. That's the point Chad Murphy made five years ago in an open letter to Hall of Fame voters. He titled it: "Making the HOF Case for Dale Murphy, or, The Guy Who Changed My Diapers."
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Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:09 pm to beatbammer
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Turns out, Dale liked those records he bought to find a common interest with Chad. Today he is a huge indie-rock nut, which surprises no one more than his own children. On his old blog, he wrote about mashing together Abbey Road and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. He's gotten to know the guys in Wilco and R.E.M., and Chad once sat at a Mexican restaurant in New York with his dad, Peter Buck and Michael Stipe, trying to process how his square Mormon father now ran with rock stars. The members of R.E.M., of course, came of age in the late '70s and early '80s in Georgia, which makes them prime Generation Murph. Bassist Mike Mills wrote a song about Murphy's failure to get into Cooperstown: "Forget all the liars, all the Sosas and McGwires ... I wanna see Dale Murphy in the Hall of Fame."
"He said it's a great punk rhythm," Murphy says.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:11 pm to beatbammer
I frickin hate wright thompson
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:14 pm to Sun God
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I frickin hate wright thompson
Awesome... good for you, skid-mark.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:14 pm to beatbammer
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They tell a story about one of the granddaughters with Dale, who loves inventing activities. He took her to the store to buy seeds, and then they came home and planted marigolds together, a little kid and a lanky ex-ballplayer. Taylor follows with his own story about seeds his father planted. He's old enough to remember the end of Dale's career: the father-son games when they wore matching uniforms and spent long hours in the clubhouse. "Growing up, I thought my dad was cool," he says. "Also, and this is a religious part, but as someone who is LDS, sometimes you feel like, Will people think I'm weird because I'm Mormon? And then I would go in there and everyone loved my dad. Everyone was his best friend. That's what I always tell people. If I can be halfway like that ..."
Dale looks like he might cry.
I wish I could disappear and let this family have its moment, but I'm also glad to witness the rarest thing in the world: a man content with his choices. Baseball was most valuable to him because it gave him the freedom to be completely present as his children grew up, which led him here. All any of us can hope for is to love and be loved like this. Dale covers his eyes for a moment.
"Thank you," he says to his son.
The conversation moves on, but Dale is still running Taylor's compliment over in his mind. He rubs his son's shoulder and again whispers "Thank you," as his voice lowers and he is overcome with his blessings.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:15 pm to beatbammer
He posts on the ot on occasion
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:18 pm to beatbammer
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Awesome... good for you, skid-mark.
Hey thanks man. Also this has already been posted. Literally three posts down.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:24 pm to Sun God
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Also this has already been posted. Literally three posts down.
Were you a shite-stain in that thread too?
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:33 pm to Sun God
Why?
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:38 pm to beatbammer
GOAT - used to love watching him play on TBS
Posted on 7/25/18 at 8:14 pm to beatbammer
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On his old blog, he wrote about mashing together Abbey Road and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. He's gotten to know the guys in Wilco and R.E.M.
This was my favorite part of the story. I didn't realize he was such a big music fan.
His current blog.
This post was edited on 7/25/18 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 7/25/18 at 11:23 pm to beatbammer
He may very well be the most debatable potential Hall of Famer for me.. For many years I leaned towards him not quite being good enough but as I’ve aged and looked at his era in retrospect, I think he should just slide in.. the two mvp’s being the clincher
Posted on 7/26/18 at 12:08 am to TROLA
Dale Murphy was a great baseball player, but Bob Horner had a 80's glorious perm.
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