Daniel Murphy - 3-time MLB All-Star on his return to pro baseball in 2023 and following God's guidance
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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On this episode of the podcast, we talk with three-time MLB All-Star and 2015 NLCS MVP Daniel Murphy about his decision to return to pro baseball, following God's guidance, his red-hot 2015 postseason with the Mets and how he's used success and failure in baseball to point to Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up today on Sports Spectrum, three-time Major League Baseball All-Star Daniel Murphy is going to join us. |
| 0:06.3 | 2015 National League Championship Series MVP. |
| 0:10.0 | Remember that year when he just went off and was hotter than a pistol, if you will, |
| 0:16.0 | in that 2015 playoff run for the New York Mets when he was really hot in the NLDS against the Dodgers |
| 0:23.2 | and continued that where he hit 529 with four homers in the 2015 National League |
| 0:28.7 | Championship Series when the Mets beat the Cubs and went on to the World Series against the Kansas |
| 0:33.5 | City Royals. Daniel then left the Mets for free agency. Signed with Washington. |
| 0:38.5 | Two all-star teams he made in his three years with the nationals, then went to the Cubs briefly, |
| 0:44.1 | over to the Rockies for the last couple years, and then retired in 2021. Well, guess what? |
| 0:49.1 | He returned to pro baseball in 2023 with the Long Island Ducks in the Atlantic League. |
| 0:54.4 | He hit 331 and then signed a minor league contract with the LA Angels. |
| 0:59.4 | The Los Angeles Angels hit 295 and 38 games in the minors and then retired again. |
| 1:05.8 | So we wanted to have him on to talk about these decisions. |
| 1:09.4 | How is God directing him to return to baseball at 38 years old |
| 1:14.1 | and then ultimately say, that's it, I'm done. And he's a really deep guy, Daniel Murphy. I think |
| 1:20.5 | you're going to love hearing from the three-time Major League Baseball All-Star here on Sports |
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