When Dale Murphy was traded from the Braves to the Phillies early in August of 1990, it wasthe turning of a page. That era of Braves baseball was over, and while we all loved Murph, it wasa signal that the Braves would survive even without their star player of the 1980s.
In fact, the franchise thrived. It wasn’t because ole number three was gone, but instead because anew group of players, led by Murphy’s replacement in right field David Justice, was ready totake over. The result was a championship a few years later.