Hey, you think? So far in this postseason, he has piled up more hits (16) than swings and misses (12). And he’s now up to seven games in a row with at least one hit, one run and one RBI. Only two players in postseason history have ever had a streak like that. The other is Lou Gehrig.
How locked in is this dude? So locked in, that on his home run Wednesday, he was sitting on a change-up from Fernando Rodney — and was still able to drive a 96-mph fastball over the ivy. Seriously?
“He threw another heater,” Murphy said, “and I just swung. … And then when I hit it, I said, ‘Oh my goodness.’ “
Yeah, that about covers it — for family-friendly audiences anyway. Oh. My. Goodness.
We’re now at a point where only one man in history has ever hit more home runs in a single postseason than Daniel Murphy. That would be Barry Bonds, who hit eight in 2002.
Of course, Bonds was coming off two regular seasons in which he’d bopped a combined 119 homers. Whereas Murphy has hit 62 regular-season homers in his career. Making this even more incomprehensible.
“I saw Bonds in the 2002 World Series, where you did not want to throw a baseball to him as a pitcher,” Maddon said. “Right now it’s just incredible: Line drive to left, homer to right or homer to center. He looks like he’s going to hit the ball hard on every pitch.”
And there’s a reason for that, of course. Because that’s about all he has done. As his teammates continue to watch with awe.
“You see this a lot in the postseason,” Mets reliever Tyler Clippard said. “Somebody’s got to get hot like that for a team to get to this point. Well, we have that guy. And we’re jumping on his back. He’s been absolutely out of his mind for us. And it’s been awesome to watch.”
Well, if they’ve enjoyed the view, here’s the good news: The show isn’t over. The Mets now have a World Series to play. And they’re bringing along the greatest postseason hitter who ever lived.
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