'Walk-off Man' Murphy garnering attention

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    Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez has dubbed Donnie Murphy "The Walk-off Man," after the backup infielder registered his second walk-off hit in five days on Friday night.

    "That's a good name for him," Ramirez said.

    Murphy, whose single to center in the bottom of the ninth inning made a loser of the Braves, 7-6, at Sun Life Stadium, is getting so used to the traditional postgame shaving-cream-pie-in-the-face treatment by jubilant teammates that he is thinking of requesting that the Marlins switch to whipped-cream pies.

    On Monday, when Murphy hit a walk-off two-run home run against Colorado, he was blindsided with the shaving cream treatment and spent hours afterward with stinging eyes and a sour taste.

    That wised up Murphy for what was to come after Friday night's heroics.

    "I made sure to keep my eyes closed and my mouth shut," he said.

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