Mike Murphy

[The Critic]

So I'm in the car taking my Mom home ( yeah, I'm a fine young man, blah blah blah ) and I turn to the Score for a second. Murphy is taking a call from a Sox fan who tells him the Sox are "right on the Cubs' heels talent-wise and will probably finish with a better record than the Cubs".

Murphy proceeds to STUN me with his opinion that "the Sox are the clear favorite to win the AL Central, while the Cubs could finish third behind the Cardinals and Reds(???)", that "they improved their team MUCH more than the Cubs did, obviously" and - this one really got me, coming from him - that "if you made one of those All-Chicago All-Star teams today, you'd probably have more Sox on it than Cubs".

 

Now I realize that all three of those statements are true ( although that third one is a close call ), but for him to actually SAY those things was very surprising.

I can only think of two reasons for him to admit those things:

1. He's trying to do some kind of "curse by praise"

or

2. He's trying to prop himself up as an objective, rational baseball guy.

 

...he's still a dope....

[Punch and Judy Garland]

he's a dope but he's one of the longest running radio sports guys in chicago (sunday nights on wls before there was a score). I agree with a lot of what he says but I think people are drinking the Reds kool-aid too much and the FLubs should still be pretty good this year. There rotation should be very good and their line-up will benefit from having a Nomar that I think will be outstanding this year. I think they win 90 games and finish just ahead of Houston and right behind St. Louis. PLus you know Hendry will make a good move at the deadline