I got it.
When I was a kid (before ESPN), everybody was either a Cubbies fan (WGN) or a Braves fan (TBS). No in-state teams and you could see the Cubbies or the Braves every day.
Everybody loved either Ryne Sandberg or Dale Murphy, depending on allegiance.
Both teams were bad but the Braves really stunk. They were terrible.
I grew up a Braves fan because they were the closest MLB team to FL. And I was a Dale Murphy fan.
Talk about carrying a bunch of bums...
This was the Bob Horner, Rick Mahler, Claudell Washington, Bruce Benedict, Rafael Ramirez, Glenn Hubbard version of the Braves.
Dale Murphy put up borderline HOF numbers for a lot of bad Braves teams in the 80’s.
Shame he retired right before the Braves got good with Maddux, Smoltz, Chipper, et. al.
Yeah...Dale Murphy.
Carried that team for the 80’s.
Alex.