Yesterday we debuted a new weekly feature on the Morning Rush. Every week we will be selecting an Arkansas athlete---not necessarily a Razorback---who is most deserving of kudos for his or her performance(s) during the past seven days.
Our first winner is 1B/OF Aaron Murphree of the Arkansas Razorbacks' baseball team. Murphree has been hotter than fire through Arkansas' first nine games of the year, hitting .457 with 7 home runs and 20 runs batted in . . . Literally ridiculous. What's even crazier is Murphree's slugging percentage so far: it sits at 1.171! That's entering the Barry Balco stratosphere when Bonds was at his most juiced, right?
Kidding aside, Murphree's breakout beginning has contributed mightily to the young Diamond Hogs' impressive 8-1 mark out the gates this year. The 6'5, 235 pound senior from Weatherford, TX, has given skipper Dave Van Horn a major bat to build his lineup card around. If his torrid start is any kind of an indicator, the Hogs are going to suprise a lot of teams.
Congratulations to Aaron Murphree, our first "Money Player of the Week."
(We'd appreciate listener interaction on this thing as well, so if you have any candidates you'd like to pass along, please email them to me (josh@espn963.com) and they'll be taken into consideration each week as well.)
-JAB
Coming Soon to Josh's Blog:
-Razorbacks in the SEC Tourney
-The Official 2007 MLB Preview
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3 comments:
Cool feature, Josh . . . Murphree's a great first choice. He hit three more home runs yesterday! Can you believe that? 10 so far in 10 games is amazing.
11 in 11 games!!! Just unbelievable. Aaron Murphree is going to hit a home run in every game this year... Watch it happen.
That'll be 12 HRs in 12 games for Mr. Murphree, my friends..
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