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Daniel Murphy loves carrot cake, and other facts we learned from his Nationals questionnaire

By Chris Landers

Daniel Murphy spent the past seven years playing in the NL East, so Nationals fans were already pretty familiar with the former Met. Now that the second baseman is officially coming to D.C., though, he wanted to give his new supporters the opportunity to dig a little deeper. What they found: "The Shawshank Redemption," soccer and most importantly, poop. Lots of poop:

The Murphys had their first child back in March 2014 and just recently welcomed a baby girl last month, so it's safe assume they know of what they speak. Maybe the carrot cake has something to do with it. 

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