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Article: Murray tells his story Slugger still would rather let career speak for itself
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 8, 1996
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Eddie Murray stood at his locker, pulled on his baseball gear, and
prepared to head out to the County Stadium field for batting
practice.
How, he was asked, would it make you feel to hit your 500th home
run and join Willie Mays and Hank Aaron as the only players to reach
that mark and also record 3,000 hits?
Murray stopped his slow walk down the tunnel, looked upward as if
he was considering the question, and the Orioles' designated hitter
did something unusual:
He answered.
"Well, when you get close to (the accomplishment), and you start
to think about the people who have done it, then you realize what a
special thing it would be," said Murray.
Murray, who has 493 career home runs, long ...