Famous Quotes: Starring Joe Morgan

If said on purpose that would be really clever. It almost sounds like a Yogism.

Ron might say. :D

any of these being real. I guess that’s live TV for ya. I went with B, though.

“Winning is easy, all you have to do is score more then the other team”. That sounds like something Joe might say but it was Ted Turner.

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I’d hate to subject anyone to his nonsense by quoting anything here.

I’m almost tempted to by a sportsync for the 5-10 national games a year.

Not because he wouldn’t say something so stupid, but he would never admit he forgot to say something.

even though the site of joe morgan makes me sick

A once in a life time opportunity only comes along two or three times.

I don’t think anyone ever said this, but I found it funny. The sad part is I wouldn’t be surprised if heard Joe Morgan say it.

“Bobby Cox told me years ago that Mark DeRosa can really hit; he just couldn’t find a place to play him.”

The ultimate Yogi Morganism: that a manager could not find room for an excellent bat with a guy who can play anywhere on the field.

Would he say that speed and stolen bases don’t matter?

I hate the guy as much as anybody. But a while back I learned an interesting story about Morgan that at least for me helps explain why he is the way he is, particularly with his Jesse Jackson-ish defense of black ballplayers who happen also to be douches (e.g., Bonds, Sheffield). Apparently a number of years ago Morgan was walking down the concourse at the San Francisco airport on his way to catch a flight when he was, completely out of the blue, gang tackled and cuffed by roughly a dozen federal agents and members of the San Francisco police force. It turns out that it was a case of mistaken identity as the agents and police were on the lookout for some criminal. Needless to say Morgan was scarred and bitterly angry over what happened. Investigation into the matter later proved it was a clear case of racial profiling. So maybe that helps explain a little bit about Morgan.

For example:

Joe, how do you see the Phillies doing the rest of the year?

“Joe Morgan: Well, I really don’t know how the Phillies will do. If Rollins gets consistent and performs like he did in his MVP season, they could be great, because he’s as important to the team as Sheffield is the Tigers, but who knows how he’ll do. But their pitchers have been able to concetrate and get consistent enough to perform well on a regular basis. But I really don’t know at this point, we’ll have to just watch them play the games.” (Typos and grammar mistakes intentional)

C: 46% of you got it right. Most of you seemed to find it hard to believe that Joe Morgan would admit to forgetting to say something, and you are right. That Quote belongs to Ron Fairly who is/was an announcer. Thanks for playing, and maybe someone else can come up with another good bout of “Famous Quotes” on our next off day.

There’s a plethora of online chats done by Joe Morgan (and many other ridiculings of stupid sportswriting and analysis) over at www.firejoemorgan.com.