RIP Joe Morgan

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Hey 2020...

Eat a basket of d***s.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Cincinnati Reds Hall-of-Fame second baseman Joe Morgan dead at 77

Former Cincinnati Reds second baseman Joe Morgan, a 1990 National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, was the National League MVP in 1975 and 1976.

www.nj.com

 

[MSOrange]

I had read his health hadn't been great in recent years. Wow lost so many HOFers this year. I remember how they used to have local card shows growing up with autograph signings. I never wanted to pay the money, but now that they are gone, I kind of wish I would have.

 

[NateW]

His voice will always be synonymous with baseball, for me.

RIP Joe

 

[DoctorBombay]

Reds great, Hall of Fame 2B Morgan dies at 77

Hall of Fame second baseman and former Cincinnati Reds great Joe Morgan has died at 77.

www.espn.com

Loved his herky-jerky batting stance, with that elbow spayed out. On the playground as a kid, I was always Joe Morgan. Him & Tony Perez were the only members of The Big Red Machine that i liked. RIP

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Sad. I grew up idolizing all these guys. It sucks getting old. RIP Joe!!!

 

[NineOneSeven]

Damn, legends falling.

 

[OttoMets]

His voice will always be synonymous with baseball, for me.

RIP Joe

I feel the same way, Morgan and Miller on Sunday nights were baseball. Didn't matter who was playing, it was easy to watch the games because of the voices. What's funny is that I really didn't care for a lot of what Joe had to say, he had a little Billy Packer vibe about him in his later years. Pretty negative take on a number of things.

But wow, 77 is too young, I'm sad to hear this.

 

[MSOrange]

I feel the same way, Morgan and Miller on Sunday nights were baseball. Didn't matter who was playing, it was easy to watch the games because of the voices. What's funny is that I really didn't care for a lot of what Joe had to say, he had a little Billy Packer vibe about him in his later years. Pretty negative take on a number of things.

But wow, 77 is too young, I'm sad to hear this.

You are exactly right about Joe. Lot of people started to get turned off by him for that reason but I loved that team. I still miss Jon on ESPN. He really seemed to enjoy it and make the game fun.

 

[donniesyracuse]

What's funny is that I really didn't care for a lot of what Joe had to say, he had a little Billy Packer vibe about him in his later years. Pretty negative take on a number of things.

Yeah, Morgan became the face for what the sabermetric community was rallying against. There used to be a website called firejoemorgan.com. They didn't focus on Joe Morgan much, but they would poke fun at baseball traditionalists in the media.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Yeah, Morgan became the face for what the sabermetric community was rallying against. There used to be a website called firejoemorgan.com. They didn't focus on Joe Morgan much, but they would poke fun at baseball traditionalists in the media.

Pretty sure that’s the wrong joe Morgan

 

[donniesyracuse]

Pretty sure that’s the wrong joe Morgan

Nope, they named the site after him because of the anti-data comments he would make during broadcasts.