People at times complained about his baseball instincts and/or defense, but always enjoyed watching Murphy, both because of his hitting but also his passion. It amused me some fans were upset about his religious based comments against gays (ah fans; so liberal), but even there, he later was humble about it, including listening to other points of view. Plus, he not only took paternity leave, but took part in an Obama White House family event on fathers.
I understood the move to let him go after it was time for him to be a free agent, but turned out he got a rather cheap deal with the rival Nationals and hurt the Mets repeatedly. Plus, he would have been a useful back-up to the often hurt Wright, and the team never really got someone else duirng those years for the infield slots he could have filled as well or better. Meanwhile, using their long term "one expensive flawed contract" model, overpaid Cespedes, who even to the degree he was important for the World Series run ... Murphy was as well.
Good luck, Murph.
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Thanks for your .02!