Atlanta Braves MVPs (as of 2017)

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I took this photo (in SunTrust Park, now known as Truist Park) just six years ago, but the Braves have won two more MVPs since then (Ronald Acuña Jr. this year and Freddie Freeman in 2020).

Dale Murphy was a league MVP twice. Given that he isn’t in the Hall of Fame, you’d think that the rest of his career was mediocre or something. In fact, he finished in the top 12 in MVP voting four other seasons. According to this site, not only does he have better stats than the worst of the members already in the Hall of Fame, he has better stats than the average Hall of Fame member.

This year’s inductees were Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff. Combined they won zero MVPs and finished in the top 12 in MVP voting five times–one less than Murph by himself.

Posted on December 28th, 2023 under Other. Tags: atlanta, baseball, georgia, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Put Dale Murphy in the Hall of Fame already!

SunTrust Park photomerge (Atlanta, Georgia – November 2017)

Posted on October 17th, 2021 under Other. Tags: atlanta, baseball, georgia, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500, panorama, photomerge. Comments Off on Truist Park (when it was SunTrust Park)

Hank Aaron parking space at Truist Park (SunTrust Park when this photo was taken in 2017)

Hank Aaron (1934-2021) always had a special place in my heart. I did a book report on him in 1975 when I was in 2nd grade.

Aaron’s passing means that nine baseball Hall of Famers died in the past year–an incredible number given that less than three, on average, are elected to the hall each year.

Posted on January 22nd, 2021 under Other. Tags: atlanta, baseball, georgia, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Hammerin’ Hank of the Braves has left the building

Me and Bob…always fun to see my friend and teammate from the #glorydays —What. A. Hitter. pic.twitter.com/3oZHEvK5UG

— Dale Murphy (@DaleMurphy3) April 8, 2018

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…so I will tweet this…

Thirty-something years have passed, yet here we are all still.

Posted on April 8th, 2018 under Other. Tags: atlanta, baseball. Comments Off on Murph tweeted this…

@DaleMurphy3

My favorite ballplayer as a kid, not on the Oakland A’s, was Murph. I just missed him when I went to Atlanta a few months ago, and I haven’t seen him since I was a teenager, but in some ways he changed my life forever.

Posted on March 12th, 2018 under Other. Tags: atlanta, baseball, georgia, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Dale Murphy!