Jim Traber. HAHAHA!
"Jim Traber, first base/DH, 1984, 1986, 1988-'89
Everybody knew this: Jim Traber, circa 1988, was nothing like Eddie
Murray.
Murray was from Los Angeles; Traber was a local boy from Columbia. Murray
was self-possessed and aloof; Traber was puppy-dog affable. Murray was an
11-year veteran; Traber was fresh up from the minors.
Oh, and Murray was black and Traber was white. Not that anybody noticed
that, did they? They just loved Traber for being Traber. He saw his first
real major-leagueaction in 1986, during Murray's first and only stint on
the
O's disabled list. Covering for the moody All-Star, he smacked 13 homers
in
a 65-game hitch, and sang the national anthem to boot. As the franchise
crumbled in '88 and Murray's relation****p with the city soured, the memory
of that idyll tugged at everyone"
winnard
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