Falcons Forum

Former Falcon Catcher and Ironman Mike Murphy gives us a blunt and brutally honest behind the scene look at the Falcons Baseball organization in his new tell all book �Catcher in the Wry� due to hit the shelves this fall.

The 16 year veteran pulls no punches in the honest, hard hitting and sometimes controversial recollections of past and current players.

The book is written in its entirety by the Ironman, except for the bits that were written by someone else, and though not yet through final editing we have managed to obtain a few excerpts from the original notes and drafts:

On The Legend Jerry Tone �His career was suddenly revitalized in the 2006 season. Everyone knows he�s on prune juice but management and the league are turning a blind eye to it.�

On Junior ��. spends far too much time worrying about the feelings of his team mates.�

On DC �Doesn�t know the recipe for Kraft Dinner�� need I say more?�

On Perry �Everyone thinks he�s a nice guy but he spreads his stuff out and takes up two whole seats on the bench�

On Sean �There is no black and white with this guy only about 50 shades of grey

On Kenny Clarke "The guy used to hang out at the ballpark until sunrise. Why? We don't know"

On Pitching �Ash has been doctoring the ball for years. There is nothing harder to hit than a scuffed, 3 mph softball�.

On retiring �I knew it was time to retire when I showed up to the game and was told there were no visitors allowed on the bench.�

On backward hats �The Dunn brothers and Bird secretly supported then President Joey in his 2010 bid to legitimize wearing your hat backwards.�

On Barry �it�s a known fact Barry loves his pizza�� perhaps just a little too much�

Plus the inside stories on
Porter and Clarkie and Flo and Glo.
Chad and the Tea Bag.
The real weight of Dennis' old bat...,

These and hundreds of stories and anecdotes reaching back to the era when aluminum bats were actually made of aluminum, on sale this fall at most fine bookstores - $79.95 obo.