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Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - gailtate - 10-12-2020

One of my all-time faves. Yet another Hall of Famer, dead this year.

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - Spiny_Norman - 10-12-2020

The only 2B in history to win back-to-back MVPs.

A Stanford dad too. His daughter Ashley was an accomplished member of the gymnastics team - https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-gymnastics/roster/ashley-morgan/5413

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - qwerty49 - 10-12-2020

And he saved his best shot in his last AB as a Giant, sinking the Dodgers from the post-season in 1982:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1315696323442565120

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - Mick - 10-12-2020

(10-12-2020, 01:31 PM)qwerty49 Wrote:  And he saved his best shot in his last AB as a Giant, sinking the Dodgers from the post-season in 1982:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1315696323442565120

R.I.P. Joe.  He was 38 in 1982, and he stole 24 bases in 28 attempts.  Not bad for an old guy...or any guy.  He won the silver slugger that year and was #16 in MVP voting.  .838 OPS, above his career average.

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - qwerty49 - 10-12-2020

(10-12-2020, 02:29 PM)Mick Wrote:  
(10-12-2020, 01:31 PM)qwerty49 Wrote:  And he saved his best shot in his last AB as a Giant, sinking the Dodgers from the post-season in 1982:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1315696323442565120

R.I.P. Joe.  He was 38 in 1982, and he stole 24 bases in 28 attempts.  Not bad for an old guy...or any guy.  He won the silver slugger that year and was #16 in MVP voting.  .838 OPS, above his career average.

He signed with Philly the next year.  I went to the first SF-Philly game in April 1983.  He got a standing ovation before his first AB.  Giants fans remembered his HR to beat the Dodgers.

Philly was loaded that year.  Besides Carlton and Schmidt, they had Rose, Mathews, Maddox, Tony Perez, Tug McGraw, Ivan DeJesus, Morgan.  But they lost to the O's in the WS.

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - winflop - 10-12-2020

Man I loved to watch him play. My second-favorite 2B behind Ryne Sandberg

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - Mick - 10-12-2020

(10-12-2020, 02:46 PM)qwerty49 Wrote:  Philly was loaded that year.  Besides Carlton and Schmidt, they had Rose, Mathews, Maddox, Tony Perez, Tug McGraw, Ivan DeJesus, Morgan.  But they lost to the O's in the WS.

Philly had a bunch of ex-Giants that year in Garry Maddox, Gary Matthews, Joe Morgan, and Al Holland (who was quite a good setup man),

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - Phogge - 10-13-2020

So we wired Lasorda for the Sunday game. Two fantastic items. In the middle of the game Tommy and Garvey got into a heated argument in the dugout. Lots of cursing for Lasorda, much non-swearing yelling from Mr. Perfect hair. I thought about that incident during the free agent period in Winter ‘83 when Garvey signed with San Diego. Of course the argument never made air as we were shooting for MLBP’s pennant race show and kids should never hear their heroes cuss.

Lasorda brought in Terry Forster to face Morgan and we heard him tell the pitcher and catcher Steve Yeager to toss all fastballs and, “No &$#*@*& breaking balls!” Of course Forster shakes off Yeager and throws Joe a hanging slider. Lasorda goes batshit in the dugout and it is the best non-aired baseball sound ever. Lasorda waddles to the mound and if he had a gun in his hand he might have shot the pitcher. He starts yelling at Yeager who just shrugs in a “Not me” pose. Of course the Dodgers are knocked out of the race and our soundman had to retrieve the mic and transmitter after the game. He found it in the garbage can of the small visiting manager’s office at Candlestick. I’m sure the original 3/4” tape resides in a back room in Seacacus.

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - gailtate - 10-13-2020

(10-13-2020, 09:31 AM)Phogge Wrote:  So we wired Lasorda for the Sunday game. Two fantastic items. In the middle of the game Tommy and Garvey got into a heated argument in the dugout. Lots of cursing for Lasorda, much non-swearing yelling from Mr. Perfect hair. I thought about that incident during the free agent period in Winter ‘83 when Garvey signed with San Diego. Of course the argument never made air as we were shooting for MLBP’s pennant race show and kids should never hear their heroes cuss.

Lasorda brought in Terry Forster to face Morgan and we heard him tell the pitcher and catcher Steve Yeager to toss all fastballs and, “No &$#*@*& breaking balls!” Of course Forster shakes off Yeager and throws Joe a hanging slider. Lasorda goes batshit in the dugout and it is the best non-aired baseball sound ever. Lasorda waddles to the mound and if he had a gun in his hand he might have shot the pitcher. He starts yelling at Yeager who just shrugs in a “Not me” pose. Of course the Dodgers are knocked out of the race and our soundman had to retrieve the mic and transmitter after the game. He found it in the garbage can of the small visiting manager’s office at Candlestick. I’m sure the original 3/4” tape resides in a back room in Seacacus.

Too funny! I miss Lasorda. I'll take him anytime over the bland, homogenized stiffs out there today.

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - Papa John - 10-13-2020

(10-13-2020, 01:52 PM)gailtate Wrote:  <snip> I miss Lasorda. I'll take him anytime over the bland, homogenized stiffs out there today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn8EbgzYFw0

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - terry - 10-13-2020

(10-13-2020, 09:31 AM)Phogge Wrote:  So we wired Lasorda for the Sunday game. Two fantastic items. In the middle of the game Tommy and Garvey got into a heated argument in the dugout. Lots of cursing for Lasorda, much non-swearing yelling from Mr. Perfect hair. I thought about that incident during the free agent period in Winter ‘83 when Garvey signed with San Diego. Of course the argument never made air as we were shooting for MLBP’s pennant race show and kids should never hear their heroes cuss.

Lasorda brought in Terry Forster to face Morgan and we heard him tell the pitcher and catcher Steve Yeager to toss all fastballs and, “No &$#*@*& breaking balls!” Of course Forster shakes off Yeager and throws Joe a hanging slider. Lasorda goes batshit in the dugout and it is the best non-aired baseball sound ever. Lasorda waddles to the mound and if he had a gun in his hand he might have shot the pitcher. He starts yelling at Yeager who just shrugs in a “Not me” pose. Of course the Dodgers are knocked out of the race and our soundman had to retrieve the mic and transmitter after the game. He found it in the garbage can of the small visiting manager’s office at Candlestick. I’m sure the original 3/4” tape resides in a back room in Seacacus.

Great story, Phogge!

This year has seen a lot of great players leave us . . . Al Kaline, Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, and now Joe Morgan. RIP.

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - teejers1 - 10-14-2020

(10-13-2020, 01:52 PM)gailtate Wrote:  
(10-13-2020, 09:31 AM)Phogge Wrote:  So we wired Lasorda for the Sunday game. Two fantastic items. In the middle of the game Tommy and Garvey got into a heated argument in the dugout. Lots of cursing for Lasorda, much non-swearing yelling from Mr. Perfect hair. I thought about that incident during the free agent period in Winter ‘83 when Garvey signed with San Diego. Of course the argument never made air as we were shooting for MLBP’s pennant race show and kids should never hear their heroes cuss.

Lasorda brought in Terry Forster to face Morgan and we heard him tell the pitcher and catcher Steve Yeager to toss all fastballs and, “No &$#*@*& breaking balls!” Of course Forster shakes off Yeager and throws Joe a hanging slider. Lasorda goes batshit in the dugout and it is the best non-aired baseball sound ever. Lasorda waddles to the mound and if he had a gun in his hand he might have shot the pitcher. He starts yelling at Yeager who just shrugs in a “Not me” pose. Of course the Dodgers are knocked out of the race and our soundman had to retrieve the mic and transmitter after the game. He found it in the garbage can of the small visiting manager’s office at Candlestick. I’m sure the original 3/4” tape resides in a back room in Seacacus.

Too funny! I miss Lasorda. I'll take him anytime over the bland, homogenized stiffs out there today.

The descriptor of Lasorda "waddling" out to the mound is perfect!  And I remember watching the Dodgers in the playoffs (maybe even WS) on TV.  And the Dodger pitcher on the hill (big tall guy . . . did a guy named Reuss pitch for the Dodgers?) was struggling to find the zone.  Anyway, Lasorda waddles out and the TV guys say Lasorda is going out there to give his guy a pep talk.  Well, the TV audio couldn't pick up exactly what was being said, but that's probably a good thing.  If you could read lips at all, you could see that Lasorda was ripping his pitcher a new one, questioning his manhood, using all kinds of swear words, etc., and I actually felt a bit sorry for this big guy getting reamed by squat Lasorda.

But I'll be damned if it didn't work.  The guy just started pumping the zone and got out of the inning unscathed (or relatively unscathed, IIRC).

As a Giants fan, I never liked Lasorda or his teams.  But as an adult, looking back, I can appreciate his passion and his love for The Boys in Blue.  As gail notes, we could use some more characters like Tommy these days.

P.S.  How about the characters back in the day?  Earl Weaver, Billy Martin, Tommy Lasorda, The Pittsburgh/Detroit manager who used to beat weeds in the dugout.  Completely different era.  And btw, I like video replay in MLB, but it sure has eliminated the manager-umpire confrontations that were legendary.

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - BobK - 10-14-2020

LaSorda was at a Stanford game after managing maybe 10 years ago. Brief conversation. Very funny guy.

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - Mick - 10-14-2020

(10-13-2020, 02:39 PM)terry Wrote:  This year has seen a lot of great players leave us . . . Al Kaline, Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, and now Joe Morgan. RIP.

Also departing this year were former Giant greats, pitchers Mike McCormick (2 all star teams and a cy young) and Johnny Antonelli (5 all star teams). Same for Yankees Don Larsen and Horace Clarke.  Jay Johnstone, 20 year career. Former A's Claudell Washington and Matt Keogh.  Morgan's former teammates, Jim Wynn and Bob Watson, both multiple All Stars.  And Ed Sprague's father...also named Ed Sprague...pitched for eight years, including two with the A's.

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - BobK - 10-14-2020

Also Al Oliver former Pirate and Yankee. From Sacramento

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - Phogge - 10-14-2020

Ah Bobbbbbb... wiki and Baseball Register both have Oliver breathing. Could you mean Gene Oliver?

RE: Joe Morgan, 1943-2020 - BobK - 10-14-2020

Thanks
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Oliver