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Ex-Mets broadcaster Murphy dead at 79
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Murphy, who covered the New York Mets from the team's inception in 1962 until his retirement after last season, died Tuesday. He was 79.
Murphy died at the Hospice of Palm Beach County, the team said. He had battled lung cancer since his retirement.
Murphy worked as a baseball broadcaster for 50 years, starting with the Boston Red Sox in 1954 and then moving to the Baltimore Orioles in 1960. He came to the expansion Mets in their first year, joining Lindsay Nelson and Hall of Fame slugger Ralph Kiner as the broadcast team.
The trio worked together on radio and television for 17 years before Nelson left for San Francisco. Murphy spent the final 15 years of his career working on Mets radio broadcasts with Gary Cohen. Kiner called his longtime partner "the brother I never had."
Murphy's signature phrases included talking about "the happy recap," after Mets victories and cautioning fans listening to broadcasts of tight games to "fasten your seat belts."
He was honored by the team at Shea Stadium last September.
"I've just loved it. It's been an incredible ride," Murphy told the fans, who chanted "Mur-phy! Mur-phy!" when the broadcaster was introduced. "I'm going to start missing you all the minute I walk off this field."
Murphy was inducted into the broadcasters' wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. The radio booth at Shea was named in his honor last season.
Man, this is really sad news. Anyone who lives in NYC, whether you are a Mets fan or a Yankees fan, you heard this voice on the radio. Man most of my childhood was spent listening to Bob Murphy on the radio.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Murphy, who covered the New York Mets from the team's inception in 1962 until his retirement after last season, died Tuesday. He was 79.
Murphy died at the Hospice of Palm Beach County, the team said. He had battled lung cancer since his retirement.
Murphy worked as a baseball broadcaster for 50 years, starting with the Boston Red Sox in 1954 and then moving to the Baltimore Orioles in 1960. He came to the expansion Mets in their first year, joining Lindsay Nelson and Hall of Fame slugger Ralph Kiner as the broadcast team.
The trio worked together on radio and television for 17 years before Nelson left for San Francisco. Murphy spent the final 15 years of his career working on Mets radio broadcasts with Gary Cohen. Kiner called his longtime partner "the brother I never had."
Murphy's signature phrases included talking about "the happy recap," after Mets victories and cautioning fans listening to broadcasts of tight games to "fasten your seat belts."
He was honored by the team at Shea Stadium last September.
"I've just loved it. It's been an incredible ride," Murphy told the fans, who chanted "Mur-phy! Mur-phy!" when the broadcaster was introduced. "I'm going to start missing you all the minute I walk off this field."
Murphy was inducted into the broadcasters' wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. The radio booth at Shea was named in his honor last season.
Man, this is really sad news. Anyone who lives in NYC, whether you are a Mets fan or a Yankees fan, you heard this voice on the radio. Man most of my childhood was spent listening to Bob Murphy on the radio.