Dale Murphy and his wife received text messages this week from a former Braves publicist that began: “30 years since one of the most depressing days in Atlanta Braves history…”

Murphy also noticed a few Twitter posts that commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Braves trading him to Philadelphia. One fan wrote that he was “heartbroken” by the trade as a 13-year-old kid and that it “still stings a little” 30 years later. Another wrote that he was in high school at the time and “cried at the breakfast table” upon learning of the trade from a headline in the morning newspaper, then looked up to see his dad “tearing up too.”

Murphy appreciated the nostalgic sentiments expressed by text and tweet, so much so that he shared screenshots of them with a reporter.

On Aug. 3, 1990, in surely one

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