The Reason Why Certain Met Fans Love Daniel Murphy

I was perusing Metsblog, hoping to read that the organization folded or did something that wasn’t asinine when the site’s founder and principle writer Matt Cerrone put up a post regarding Daniel Murphy. He ended it with this:

Last week on WFAN, host Mike Francesa asked, ‘What is it with the Met fans obsession with Daniel Murphy?’

… that’s easy, because there is a section of the fan pool, of which i am in, who love murphy’s story, i.e., the young kid, dedicated, passionate, sort of an over-achiever, home grown, who loves the game, and who plays hard and works even harder… so, i’ll be the first to admit, because of his story, when murphy struggles, i probably look beyond the results… and, when he does well, like last September, April and this September, i see him on a path to being the next Don Mattingly or Mark Grace… even though, deep down inside, i know there is a chance he could very easily find himself on the bench next season, acting as ‘the next Matt Franco,’ as Joe Janish of Mets Today suggested last month…

Umm…this is how it should have read.

Last week on WFAN, host Mike Francesa asked, ‘What is it with the Met fans obsession with Daniel Murphy?’

… that’s easy, because there is a section of the fan pool, of which i am in, who love murphy’s story, i.e., the young white kid, dedicated (because he is white), passionate (another version of whiteness), sort of an over-achiever (since he sucks and he is white), home grown (drafted by incompetent assholes and he is the one white guy they have drafted), who loves the game (and is white), and who plays hard and works even harder (all traits of shitty white ballplayers)… so, i’ll be the first to admit, because of his story and his whiteness, when murphy struggles, i probably look beyond the results unlike Luis Castillo who deserves to die with his .900 OPS… and, when he does well, like last September, April and this September, i see him on a path to being the next Don Mattingly or Mark Grace (more white guys)… even though, deep down inside, i know there is a chance he could very easily find himself on the bench next season, acting as ‘the next Matt Franco (a shitty white bench player),’ as Joe Janish of Mets Today suggested last month…

I get it. Really. I do. His last fucking name is Murphy in a Catholic city. Every Bobby, Mikey, Frankie, Billy and so on and so forth wanted to wear that green Murphy jersey T-shirt with pride. On a team that is supposedly all Latino, he was to be our one shining white star. Well, besides David Wright who is everything Murphy is supposed to be but his last name is Puritan, not Irish. But what makes him any fucking better than say Angel Pagan? A guy we all know is a 4th outfielder and has an OPS .100 higher? Murphy makes the same shitty baserunning mistakes. When Angel does it, it’s boneheaded. When Murphy does it he is trying too hard. He is aggressive. Daniel Murphy stinks on ice. If he is starting on the Mets next year the Mets will be in 4th again. Get over it. He won’t get any better. His one redeeming attribute was his ability to work the count and get on base. Guess what, his OBP is .313. Last year was an aberration. Get over it. He sucks.