Dale Murphy Tribute - Forever A Brave

<body background="atlanta.gif" text="#FFFF00" link="#D9D9F3" vlink="#00FFFF"><br> <center><img src="tribute.gif" alt="Forever A Brave - A Tribute to Dale Murphy" height="300" width="475"></center><br> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.cax.com/gadget/forsale1.js"></script> <p><strong><font color="#FF0000">"If you're a coach, you want him as a player. If you're a father, you want him as a son. If you're a woman, you want him as a husband. If you're a kid, you want him as a father. What else can you say about the guy?" -- Joe Torre</font></strong></p> <center><a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/hof13/story/_/id/8799912/family-pushing-dale-murphy-bid-hall-fame" target="new">In his final year on the HOF ballot, Murph's children get in on the action</a></center><br> <p>At a time when athletes shun their role model status and are routinely suspended and banned from their respective sports for unlawful conduct, Dale Murphy shouldered the responsibility of being a role model to thousands of children and generously gave of his time and money to numerous charities. Dale is a man of extraordinary talent and character. Unfortunately, many baseball fans suspect that Murphy will be the next victim of the Baseball Writers' oversight when he is not voted into the Hall of Fame.</p> <p>Apparently 400 home runs is pretty much a free ticket to Cooperstown but 398 home runs, back-to-back MVP awards, 5 straight Gold Gloves, and 740 consecutive games, not to mention his unsurpassed community service record, is another story. Whether or not Murphy is given his due by the BBWAA, I figure the least I can do is salute him with this page.</p> <p>He has been a Phillie, a Rockie, and should be a Hall of Famer; but to his fans Dale Murphy will be <font color="#FF0000">FOREVER A BRAVE</font>.</p> <center><font color="#FFFFFF">Thank you to those who featured "Forever A Brave" in <em>Beckett Baseball Card Monthly</em>, <em>Sports Collectors Digest</em>,<br> <em>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</em> and the book <em><a href="http://www.oddball-mall.com/edelman.htm" target="_top">Baseball On The Web</a></em> . . .</font></center><br> <hr> <center> <h2>Another case for enshrinement:<br> <br><a href="http://www.fmtc.com/~trinity/">The Dale Murphy Induction Society</a><br> <br><a href="articl28.htm">Tyree's Take</a> on the 2002 Hall of Fame vote<br> <br><a href="articl27.htm">"Hall of Fame Dominance and the History of Total Bases", by Ed Tyree</a></h2> <h3><a href="1999.htm">1999 Hall of Fame Voting Coverage</a> - <a href="2000.htm">2000 Hall of Fame Voting Coverage</a></h3> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><font size="+1"><a href="http://espn.go.com/talent/danpatrick/s/2002/0724/1409552.html" target="new">"Five who should be in Hall"</a>, by Rob Dibble of ESPN.com</font></td></tr></tbody></table></center> <hr> <center> <h3><a href="clist.htm">Dale Murphy Checklists</a></h3></center> <p>Drew Taylor and I have compiled a comprehensive checklist of Murphy-related cards and collectibles. For a preview of it and information on how to get it, click the link above.</p> <hr> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td width="130"> <h5><strong>PROFILE</strong></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="bio.htm">EAST SIDE STORY</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="profile.htm">GETTING PERSONAL</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="achieve.htm">AND THE AWARD GOES TO . . .</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="charity.htm">COMMUNITY CHEST</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="articles.htm">THE WRITE STUFF</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="stories.htm">MURPHY'S "BELIEVE IT OR NOT"</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="idols.htm">PLAYING FAVORITES</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong>VITAL STATS</strong></em></h5><img alt="" src="markerr.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="minors.htm"><strong>Minors</strong></a><br> <img alt="" src="markerr.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="majors.htm"><strong>Majors</strong></a><br> <img alt="" src="markerr.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="nlcs.htm"><strong>NLCS</strong></a><br> <img alt="" src="markerr.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="allstar.htm"><strong>All-Star Game</strong></a></td> <td valign="top" align="center"><img src="snapbow1.gif" alt="Snap! Online Best Of The Web" height="120" width="120"></td></tr></tbody></table> <hr> <h5><strong>MULTIMEDIA</strong></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="meetings.htm">MURPHY MEETINGS</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="sounds.htm">THE SOUND OF MURPHY</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="song.htm">HOW MANY ATHLETES HAVE A SONG WRITTEN ABOUT THEM?</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="scrap.htm">WHIP OUT THE OLD SCRAPBOOK</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong>PICTURE THIS</strong></em></h5><img alt="" src="markerb.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="animate.htm"><strong>Animation (1)</strong></a><br> <img alt="" src="markerb.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="pics1.htm"><strong>Batting (6)</strong></a><br> <img alt="" src="markerb.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="pics3.htm"><strong>Poses (3)</strong></a><br> <img alt="" src="markerb.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="pics4.htm"><strong>Snapshots (16)</strong></a><br> <img alt="" src="markerb.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="pics2.htm"><strong>Miscellaneous (7)</strong></a><br> <h5><em><strong>CARD BOARDS</strong></em></h5><img alt="" src="markerr.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="70s.htm"><strong>The 1970's (3)</strong></a><br> <img alt="" src="markerr.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="80s.htm"><strong>The 1980's (112)</strong></a><br> <img alt="" src="markerr.gif" align="middle" height="16" width="16"><a href="90s.htm"><strong>The 1990's (48)</strong></a><br> <hr> <h5><strong>SUPPORTERS SPEAK OUT</strong></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="memory1.htm">MEMORIES OF MURPH</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="quotes.htm">CAN I QUOTE YOU?</a></strong></em></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="fans.htm">FANS ACROSS AMERICA</a></strong></em></h5> <hr> <h5><strong>FOR YOUR INFORMATION</strong></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="quiz.htm">"20 QUESTIONS" CONTEST RESULTS</a></strong></em><strong><a href="quiz.htm"></a></strong><a href="quiz.htm"></a></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="wantlist.htm">CARD COLLECTOR'S CORNER</a></strong></em><strong><a href="wantlist.htm"></a></strong><a href="wantlist.htm"></a></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="pages.htm">MURPHY ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB</a></strong></em><strong><a href="pages.htm"></a></strong><a href="pages.htm"></a></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="credits.htm">GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE</a></strong></em><strong><a href="credits.htm"></a></strong><a href="credits.htm"></a></h5> <h5><em><strong><a href="ego.htm">AW, SHUCKS</a></strong></em><strong><a href="ego.htm"></a></strong><a href="ego.htm"></a></h5> <hr> <center> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <center> This site is part of the Atlanta Braves Web Ring<br> and is owned by<br> <br> Matthew Crowder<br> <br> Click for<br> <br> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=braves;id=17; prev" target="new">Previous</a> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=braves;id=17; sprev" target="new">Previous 2</a> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=braves;id=17; random" target="new">Random</a> |<br> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=braves;id=17; next" target="new">Next</a> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=braves;id=17; next5" target="new">Next 5</a> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=braves;id=17; skip" target="new">Skip</a> | <a href="http://nav.webring.org/cgi-bin/navcgi?ring=braves;list" target="new">Join</a> |<br> </center></td> <td width="60"></td> <td><a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=braves;id=17;random" target="new"><img src="hat.gif" alt="Atlanta Braves Web Ring" height="79" width="103" border="0"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></center> <hr> <address>Webmaster: Matthew Crowder. 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