Comments on: Joe Morgan Is Officially Full of Crap

By: Joe Morgan: Chase Utley Could be Best Hitting Second Baseman Ever | Larry Brown Sports

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:35:02 +0000

[...] Joe Morgan utter those very words on Sunday. Morgan — the same guy who is so egotistical he placed himself in the middle of history to brag about something he never did during his career — actually doled out a compliment on [...]

By: JohnW

JohnW — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:59:06 +0000

I lived in Cincinnati during the years of the Big Red Machine. Little Joe was a legend in his own mind then and still is. He was an outstanding player but a blowhard and egomaniac at the same time. It got sickening reading his quotes in the paper each day. You would think he was the guy who ever played the game well. I get tired of listening to him on ESPN, too. He alsways works in the refeences to his playing career.

Oh, well. It is what it is.

JohnW

By: Jakob

Jakob — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:06:04 +0000

This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title Joe Morgan Is Officially Full of Crap. Thanks for informative article

By: Rod44

Rod44 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:09:48 +0000

So basically all Joe missed was the year and the fact that his hit in ‘63 had nothing to do with a Phillies swoon in ‘64. I’m confident the Mauch quote is accurate, though.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:27:12 +0000

I am far from a Morgan fan bu a little research (all ofabout 60 seconds) shows that Morgan’s first MLB hit was v Philadelphia in his second MLB game. It was a RBI single that won the game. here is the link to the game info.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU196309220.shtml

By: Rod44

Rod44 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:58:41 +0000

In tonight’s Sunday night game between St. Louis and Atlanta, as Willie Harris came to the plate, Joe and Jon are discussing his previous evenings 6-hit night. Joe says he once had a six-hit night as though it was a regular event (keeping in mind that Harris’ accomplishment was the first for a Brave since 1970 and before that it was before the turn of the 20th century). What Joe neglected to mention was that his 6-hit night was in an extra inning ball game. He wears me out with his self promotion and redundancies. He is catching up with Tim McCarver on my most unlistenable baseball announcer list.

By: orula

orula — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:36:47 +0000

Joe Morgan is an egomaniac!!!!!!

By: PartMule

PartMule — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:59:10 +0000

Larry – you gotta understand. Bugger pickin’ is timeless. You can’t blame Joe. He’s a a Big Red ‘Bugger’ Machine. Joe, Pete (Rose), and Cesar (Geronimo) were perfecting the science of picking in the carefree 70’s when snot was in vogue.

P.S. – forgive my angle, but as soon as I see “picking his nose” I’m completely distracted.

By: Phillips

Phillips — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:43:35 +0000

Wow an Al Martin reference? Kudos to you Larry, that was excellent and well placed. Hey um did you know I played safety at USC? No seriously…

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:33:47 +0000

Your description of Morgan’s work is oh so accurate. The guy tries to take the simple game of baseball and make it seem like all of the players are grand masters of chess in every decision and adjustment they make.

It doesn’t surprise me that Morgan would project himself into the 1964 NL pennant race. One can only wonder how many more of those anecdotes have left his lips over the years.

I’ll bet his retraction will not be a full-fleged admission of being wrong. That’s not his style.

Joe Morgan was a great player and he is a nice dresser. let’s leave it at that.