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homerunsandhappiness: There are a lot of things you can say about Daniel Murphy, but the one thing you can’t say is that he hasn’t put 100% into baseball. He’s played left field, second base, first base, and third base for the Mets.  Naturally, he’s a third baseman.  He learned left to get a spot, and platooned there with Nick Evans in 2009.  Following that season, the Mets signed Jason Bay to play left field.  Murphy was going to play first base for the 2010 season, but was sidelined with an injury at the beginning of the season.  Mike Jacobs played so poorly that they brought Ike Davis up.  Murphy, knowing that since Ike was ready, he was going to be the first baseman, started learning second so that he could be of some use to the team.  On a takeout slide while playing second base in a rehab start, Murph was injured and shut down to the season.  Fast forward to spring training 2011.  Murphy put up a valiant battle and won a spot on the roster to platoon at second base - first with Brad Emaus, now with Justin Turner.  With the injuries to both Wright and Davis, Murph has been playing first base, and now third as well.  Those injuries brought up Ruben Tejada, who played second base (and is filling in at short stop while Reyes is in the Dominican Republic).  It seems like Murphy can never catch a break with this team.  Tejada may be in the second base mix now, although attractive his stellar defense is offset by his lack of offense.  Turner has been kicking butt, getting RBIs left and right.  And then there’s Murphy, silently doing all he can to help his team in his own way - maybe not as flashy as the other two, but there just the same. There are a lot of things you can say about Daniel Murphy.  That he was a sucky outfielder, sure.  That he’s great off the bench in clutch situations, absolutely.  But no one can ever claim that Daniel Murphy has gone out there and given anything less than his all. I have nothing but respect for the Irish Hammer. 

homerunsandhappiness:

There are a lot of things you can say about Daniel Murphy, but the one thing you can’t say is that he hasn’t put 100% into baseball.

He’s played left field, second base, first base, and third base for the Mets.  Naturally, he’s a third baseman.  He learned left to get a spot, and platooned there with Nick Evans in 2009.  Following that season, the Mets signed Jason Bay to play left field.  Murphy was going to play first base for the 2010 season, but was sidelined with an injury at the beginning of the season.  Mike Jacobs played so poorly that they brought Ike Davis up.  Murphy, knowing that since Ike was ready, he was going to be the first baseman, started learning second so that he could be of some use to the team.  On a takeout slide while playing second base in a rehab start, Murph was injured and shut down to the season.  Fast forward to spring training 2011.  Murphy put up a valiant battle and won a spot on the roster to platoon at second base - first with Brad Emaus, now with Justin Turner.  With the injuries to both Wright and Davis, Murph has been playing first base, and now third as well.  Those injuries brought up Ruben Tejada, who played second base (and is filling in at short stop while Reyes is in the Dominican Republic).  It seems like Murphy can never catch a break with this team.  Tejada may be in the second base mix now, although attractive his stellar defense is offset by his lack of offense.  Turner has been kicking butt, getting RBIs left and right.  And then there’s Murphy, silently doing all he can to help his team in his own way - maybe not as flashy as the other two, but there just the same.

There are a lot of things you can say about Daniel Murphy.  That he was a sucky outfielder, sure.  That he’s great off the bench in clutch situations, absolutely.  But no one can ever claim that Daniel Murphy has gone out there and given anything less than his all.

I have nothing but respect for the Irish Hammer. 

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