We here at Nerd Baseball were huge “Fire Joe Morgan” fans….seriously bummed when those guys called it quits. And we’re not even through the first game of the 2009 season when we were given this treat by their favorite MLB commentator:
Opening Night, Braves @ Phillies, bottom of the 6th inning, PH Greg Dobbs batting.
Joe Morgan says “We’re always talking about Chase Utley. We talk about Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard. This guy is probably as important a piece to this puzzle as any of those hitters. You know, Charlie [Manuel] manages people. He doesn’t really manage X’s and O’s. That’s why I think he’s so successful.”
I rewound that on Tivo to make sure I heard it correctly.
FJM, we miss you.
Tags: Chase Utley, FJM, greg dobbs, Jimmy Rollins, joe morgan, opening night, ryan howard
(4.89 out of 5)
If Joe Morgan says something retarded, and there is no FJM to mock it, is it still funny?
I also noticed during the first inning or so, Jon Miller made several references to a player’s OPS as a measure of their offensive contributions. Do you think he was doing this just to piss off Joe Morgan? Also, a Nerd Baseball Gold Star of Appreciation(TM) to Jon Miller for correctly calling Chipper Jones’s hit that bounced over the wall an “automatic double,” rather than a “ground rule double.”
One of my favorite JM quotes from the Series last year….
“Boy, a devastating turn of events here in the 8th inning. The 2-run shot by Victorino to tie it, and Matt Stairs with a 2-run homer. Neither were cheap.”