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.