Daniel Murphy powers Mets to World Series with October run for the ages

Still we wonder, though. What do these guys say to one another in the dugout every time one more baseball flies through the sky and lands in somebody’s popcorn box?

“Now? We don’t say anything,” Cuddyer said. “We just have open mouths, staring at each other. Really, there’s nothing else that we can say. It’s not surprising. It’s not shocking. We just open our mouths and stare.”

Well, join the rest of the human race. At a certain point, a player like this reaches a stage where he takes that leap from hot to superhero. And that’s what we have on our hands right now — a man who has gone from being a good, but not great, big-league hitter to an official October legend. All in a span of two staggering weeks. Wow.

“The guy’s on a different planet right now,” Lucas Duda said.

“I’ve not seen anything like this, I don’t think, ever,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.

“I got a chance to play with Babe Ruth,” Curtis Granderson said with a laugh. “That’s what I’m going to tell people when I get old and gray. It’s going to be one of those things where people are going to hear about it and not necessarily believe it. But I got a chance to witness it firsthand. And it’s been amazing.”

But here’s the deal: It has been more than amazing. It has reached the realm of the unprecedented. It’s unprecedented because no one has ever done it. And it’s unprecedented because Murphy spent his first eight seasons in the big leagues being one player — and then spent October as a whole other player:

Namely, the greatest postseason hitter who ever lived.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *