Myrick was a star athlete at Blair Center Hattiesburg High School in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 29th round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft. He also received scholarship offers in baseball, basketball & football, and decided to take Mississippi State University up on their baseball scholarship. After four years at MSU, he was selected by the New York Mets in the twentieth round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.\n', '

He went 15-9 with a 3.45 earned run average in two plus minor league seasons before making his major league debut on May 28, 1976. He threw just one pitch to the St. Louis Cardinals\' Héctor Cruz, inducing a ground ball to shortstop to end the fifth inning. After which, he was taken out for pinch hitter Bruce Boisclair. He appeared in all three games of the series with the Cardinals at Shea Stadium, facing four batters without allowing a hit. He walked one batter, however, promptly erased him on a double play the next batter. He made eleven appearances, all in losses until facing the Philadelphia Phillies on July 27. Entering the game with the Mets trailing 1-0 in the fourth inning, Myrick stepped up to the plate for his first career at bat in the fifth inning. Phillies pitcher Tom Underwood uncorked a wild pitch, bringing Roy Staiger home with the tying run. Then, Myrick grounded out to third baseman Mike Schmidt, bringing Bud Harrelson home with the go-ahead run of his first career win. He went 1-0 with a 2.96 ERA in twenty relief appearances. His only loss came in his only start against the Montreal Expos on September 28.\n', '

Myrick unquestionably pitched better in relief than he did as a starter. In 1977, Myrick was 2-1 with a 2.75 ERA & two saves as a reliever. In four starts, he was 0-1 with a 7.63 ERA. In his final start of the season against the Atlanta Braves on September 4, Myrick allowed four runs in the first inning without retiring a batter before being removed from the game.\n', '

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