![]() The Pirates sent Pete to Florida as a member of the Single-A Bradenton Marauders.Īfter Bradenton, it was back to New York - upstate - for parts of the 19 seasons with the Watertown Pirates. "So I proceeded to walk into my boss, said, 'Been nice working here for the two or three weeks' - whatever it was - but I gotta go.' " "I got a call from my brother who said, ‘Well, the Pirates just called the house and said they drafted you in the 23rd round,' " Pete says. He graduated and started work at a law firm. A scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates was there, and he took notice.īut Pete didn’t know that. Pete delivered, tossing a two-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts. So, nothing like a little added pressure before going out there on the mound." So in order to make the playoffs, we really needed to have a win. "We had lost the game before, and I think we split the day before. "And then, when I was warming up before the game, the coach came out to me and he said, 'Pete, we really need this one,' " Pete says. (Courtesy Steve Cook/The Greatest 21 Days) ![]() Pete Murphy has a six year minor league career. In the spring of 1986, he took the mound for the last start of his college career, a game against Harvard. Pete emerged as a pitcher with enough talent to make the pros, though he says he never expected to be drafted. Pete played baseball and football at his high school in Flushing and at college, just across the East River, at Columbia University in Manhattan. ![]() By the age of 2 he was swinging a baseball bat, his father would always say. Pete Murphy grew up in the New York City borough of Queens. ![]()
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