From The Stick to The Cove, Chris Haft
From The Stick to The Cove, Chris Haft
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From The Stick to The Cove
My Six Decades with the San Francisco Giants

Author: Chris Haft, Mike Murphy, Willie Mays

Narrator: Kyle Tait

Unabridged: 6 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/24/2020


Synopsis

Day in, day out, Mike Murphy has been a constant presence with the San Francisco Giants since the team moved west in 1958. The clubhouse at Oracle Park bears his name, and in the jubilant aftermath of the team's 2010 World Series victory, Buster Posey told Murphy, "We did it for you, we got your ring." If you know the Giants, you know "Murph."

In From the Stick to the Cove, the beloved longtime clubhouse manager reflects on over six decades of incredible memories, from getting his start as a bat boy and first meeting his idol Willie Mays, to unexpected celebrity encounters, to his role as a father figure for more recent generations of Giants.

About Chris Haft

Chris Haft is a writer for MLB.com. He is the author of If These Walls Could Talk: San Francisco Giants and coauthor of a book on the Giants' 2010 World Series title, This Is Our Time. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Haft graduated from Stanford University and has two daughters, Samantha and Stephanie.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Russ

I was a little disappointed with this one. As a life long Giant fan and current employee, I'm aware of Mike Murphy's career with, and impact on, the Giants. This comes through loud and clear throughout the book. The book focuses on the last decade of Giants championships which was fun to recall, esp......more

Goodreads review by Bob

Not Great Literature, But About A Great Man This book is a bit rambling, a bit disjointed and a bit repetitious, but who cares? If you’ve followed the San Francisco Giants for any amount of time, in my case it has been more than 65 years, then Mike Murphy is as much a legend as the Willie, Willie, Or......more

Giant fan since 1958 Being a life long Giants fan I couldn’t put the book down. The memories he told I was fortunate enough to have remembered. I didn’t realize how dedicated this man was to his craft for so many years. Thanks for sharing Murph. Go Giants!......more