Say it ain't so Eddie Murray

What about Kiko Garcia's role in this? He would receive DeCinces' insider stock emails in his left hand and forward them to Murray with his right, all while avoiding the breakup slide from Lloyd Moseby.

 

yeah, that's more fair than calling him an asshole. dude just didn't like answering questions.

 

Eddie Murray had to be begged to do interviews after hitting his 400th home run.
He just didn't get it.

 

He got it. He didn't give a fuck what reporters wrote or said.

 

By the late '80s, there was no possible way that Eddie Murray would not be a Hall of Famer, so he didn't need the media.
But he was a grouchy jerk and wore that well.
He was an asshole to people. Same thing.

 

Always said I preferred the guys who blew off everyone, all the time, so that you could save time, effort and face by skipping them in the clubhouse or locker room. Steve Carlton had it down, George Hendrick too, from reports of how they handled media interest. The guys who blew hot and cold, or would talk to a national media outlet but not a regional one, or were approachable every other Wednesday but not the other days ... they were and are the pains in the rump. 'Cuz you had to keep trying, never sure which sort of day it was in their heads/moods.

 

I always get him mixed up with Eddie Money when having a conversation about 70s/80s music. Same thing happens when I'm talking about Vince Young and accidentaly say Vince Neil. Not quite the same person.

 

I've never spoken to him or Rice, but I've been lucky enough to hear beat writers who covered both tell some pretty great stories about what assholes both were.

I get the sense Albert Belle is this generation's equivalent. Maybe Bonds too, although my lone one-on-one experience with Bonds was very positive, but I know I got lucky. The Belle stories I've heard are far worse than anything I heard about Rice or Murray.

 

George Hendrick was cool. He'd talk to you about anything. He just didn't want it for print.

 

The worst guys are the ones who never talk to the local guys but as soon as someone from ESPN or SI or one of the other national sites or papers comes in, they start becoming the nicest guy ever.

I can respect a guy who doesn't ever talk to anyone ever...

 

It's too bad Eddie never wanted to talk, really. He's a bright guy who understood the game and would have provided more insight than most players. He can be pretty funny when he gets going, too.