Heartbreaking: Baltimore Legend Just Passed Away At the Aged of 68….see..more…Home plate umpire Tim McClelland boomed “Strike three!” – and Eddie Murray casually strolled back to the Orioles dugout at Memorial Stadium, spinning his bat in a circular motion as if he were a drum major twirling a baton.
“I’m spending so much time going back to the dugout with it,” he said with a grin to Washington Post writer Richard Justice. “I might as well do it with a little style.”
As of May 1, 1987, the switch-hitting Murray was batting .174 with a .291 slugging percentage. He had recorded only one home run since the start of the season and was on pace to finish with 111 hits. But known for being calm under pressure, the stoic first baseman wasn’t about to let a little slump get him down.
“The thing with hitting is, you’re going to have bad stretches,” he told the Post. “Even if you’re hitting the ball hard, you’re going to have some hits caught. You just can’t let it eat you up, and this game will eat you up if you let it. You just keep going out there and try to hit the ball hard.”
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