Giants legendary clubhouse manager Mike Murphy to retire after 65 years – Yahoo! Sports

Murph’s legendary run in Giants clubhouse to end after 65 years originally appeared on NBC Sports BayareaThe Giants have signed six veteran free agents this offseason and once again will have plenty of waiver claims and rookies walk through the clubhouse door in 2023. For the first time, Mike Murphy won’t be there to greet them.After 65 seasons with the organization, Murphy has decided to fully embrace retirement. Murphy had gone into semi-retirement in 2015 but was still a regular at home games, but that won’t be the case anymore. Abe Silvestri, the Giants’ senior director of team operations, wrote on Instagram that Murphy is ready to “step away from the game of baseball (and) go see the world (and) live a little.”Murphy, known by everyone as Murph, has been with the Giants since they moved west in 1958. He started as a bat boy, became the visiting clubhouse attendant in 1960, and then the home clubhouse manager in 1980.He was there for every Giant from Willie Mays to Buster Posey, and according to the club, he has never missed a home game. Some former Giants players and coaches took to social media on Friday to honor Murphy, who had a
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