Comments on: Joe Morgan Tells Yet Another Lie on Sunday Night Baseball

By: lenNY's Yankees

lenNY's Yankees — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:54:59 +0000

Wow, nice catch.

Here’s my issue: why the heck are you so concerned about this? The most important thing about Sunday Night Baseball is the game itself, not the announcers. I was watching that game when he told this lie, but I had it on mute. You seem really adamant about firing Morgan because he juiced up his story a little bit.

I’m sure the real truth to the whole story is that he told Wilson after the game that he should have walked Aaron, as a joke. If that was the case, the story still is entertaining and everything is fine. I highly doubt the gist of the story – Morgan advising a walk – was completely fabricated.

By: Jeffrey Perry

Jeffrey Perry — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:46:08 +0000

So it is June 21, 2009, and Joe Morgan is doing the Dodgers vs. Angels game for Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN. He was talking about how Jim Maloney (a pitcher for the Reds in the 60’s) threw a no hitter and was the toughest pitcher he knew. Morgan went on to say that Maloney died tragically in a…….Then he realized that maybe he hadn’t thought this particular lie through enough, and he was cut off by the play by play guy. The moral of the story is: JIM MALONEY IS ALIVE. HE DID NOT DIE.

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:26:35 +0000

Does Morgan have dirty pictures of top ESPN executives? That is the only plausible reason for their keeping him around, given his track record of “changing history” and prattling on and on.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:17:03 +0000

Not only is he lying all the time, but he is an absolute moron who doesn’t even watch baseball himself (except for sunday nights, obviously) . I remember him saying last year that Luis Castillo has “spent most of his time in the American League”. He must have been sleeping the TEN years he played for Florida.

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:51:50 +0000

Uh…is it just me or does Joe look a little too “glossy eyed” in the picture you chose. I think his extracurricular activities could be contributing to his memory issues.

By: Furr

Furr — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:17:32 +0000

I live in Ohio and was watching this game. I distinctly remember Joe telling this story, after the first hit, and thinking ‘Oh, funny story. Cool.’ I guess I am conditioned to assume that every commentator tells the truth all of the time. It’s unbelievable someone would make up such a stupid little tale. I have lost all respect for Morgan. Thank you LBS for exposing this fraudulent punk.

By: tom

tom — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:23:33 +0000

I agree…get rid of Joe–he is awful…

By: SpinMax

SpinMax — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:06:49 +0000

Did I ever tell you guys about the time Larry Brown and I went to Vegas and Larry got in that fight with former champ Jack Johnson?

By: Jeff J

Jeff J — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:09:48 +0000

The best game this year was a few weeks ago, when Joe Morgan was out sick, and they had Orel Hershiser in the booth. Of course in a few weeks, Joe will discuss how he told a great story that night in the booth.

Joe has got to go!

By: Gene

Gene — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:35:26 +0000

When will they ever get this guy out of the booth? I admired him as a player, but his biases toward the Cincinnati Reds and his “inaccurate memory” have made his position as a journalist untenable.

In baseball parlance, “throw the bum out!!”