SARASOTA, Fla. -- David Murphy has hit about 400 fewer home runs than David Ortiz. But he also has played more than 1,100 games in the big leagues and appeared in two World Series, all of which adds up to a career that is not to be sniffed at.
Yet as Ortiz prepares to enter a season in which he likely will be feted at ballparks across the country before he retires, Murphy quietly packed his equipment bag Saturday and walked out of a spring-training stadium in Florida after what may or may not have been his final game.