I hate Joe Morgan

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Bennett4UT

Bennett4UT

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I hate Joe Morgan. They got rid of Theisman on Monday Night Football. Can Morgan too!
 
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Morgan is a little awkward sometimes, but he usually seems to know his stuff.
 
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He miscalls plays, positions, balls and strikes. Misqoutes players and stats. He is an idiot I can't be the only who thinks that?


For example: Last night he called an 87 MPH change up a fastball repeatedly. This was in the fourth inning and James had just thrown a 95 MPH fastball. Joe I don't think pitchers lose 8 MPH between pitches
 
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Bennett4UT said:
He miscalls plays, positions, balls and strikes. Misqoutes players and stats. He is an idiot I can't be the only who thinks that?


For example: Last night he called an 87 MPH change up a fastball repeatedly. This was in the fourth inning and James had just thrown a 95 MPH fastball. Joe I don't think pitchers lose 8 MPH between pitches
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maybe it was a 2 seam fastball:dunno:
 
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You know, I've actually always thought Morgan was overrated. Maybe I'm too hard on him, but over the years, I remember him making many mistakes and saying a bunch of stuff I absolutely disagree with. Like last night, he was adamant that by using $$ to sign Maddux instead of Bonds back in the mid-90s, the Braves were stating that a pitcher is worth 5 times what an everyday player is b/c pitchers only pitch every 5th game. And Morgan said he thought the bat was more valuable, basically disagreeing with John S.'s decision.

Assuming they're both equally dominant, most times a pitcher is more valuable. They're involved in every 4th or 5th game, but they have much more impact on a game than an everyday player. When a pitcher pitches, they're involved in approximately half of every play during that game (80-100 pitches or so), whereas an everyday player is involved in about 1/9th of the plays. An everyday player could bat .500 over the course of those other 4 games, and if his pitching sucks, it doesn't make any difference. But great pitching can shut down an entire team.

In other words, if I could trade any everyday Braves player for an equally talented pitcher right now, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Sorry - kind of went on a tangent there.
 
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Joe Morgan is the classic name dropper: When I ate lunch last week with Hank Aaron, I was talking to Barry Bonds today on how to hit a knuckle-ball, or I was talking to Griffey Jr. and he was asking me how to hit a screw-knucke-curve. He sounds so stupid sometimes its funny.
 
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Morgan is a lightening rod because he has definite opinions. He is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he is always pretty entertaining.
 
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Joe Morgan loves Joe Morgan and telling ole' Big Red Machine stories.

Baseball is a sport of 2 teams within a team. Pitchers vs. Position Players. They each think they are the most valuable asset on the team. Therefore, when given a national stage an old second baseman is going to side with his crew of position players much like an announcer like Don Sutton would side with a pitcher.

I always side with the strong pitching wins games opposed to the strong offense wins games.
 
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Wasn't Joe Morgan a first ballot hall of famer? I think he holds the record for most home runs at @2B.

Tim Carver on the other hand never was on any hall of fame ballots that I remember.
 
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oklavol said:
Wasn't Joe Morgan a first ballot hall of famer? I think he holds the record for most home runs at @2B.

Tim Carver on the other hand never was on any hall of fame ballots that I remember.
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Pretty sure that Ryne Sandberg passed Morgan for HR by 2B.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Pretty sure that Ryne Sandberg passed Morgan for HR by 2B.
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Which is exactly why Joe Morgan acted like an A$$ when Sandberg came up for voting.

I hate McCarver too but I just don't get to hear much of his announcing. Plus Primetime pouring water on him repeatedly still makes me smile. "You're a real man Deion!"
 
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