nerdbaseball.com » joe morgan http://www.nerdbaseball.com Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:35:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Overheard on Sunday Night Baseball… http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/08/overheard-on-sunday-night-baseball/ http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/08/overheard-on-sunday-night-baseball/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:14:21 +0000 Nerdicus Finch http://www.nerdbaseball.com/?p=966 ]]> Those of us watching the Yankees-Red Sox game on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball this past weekend were treated to a vintage Joe Morgan moment. Following A-Rod’s home run off of Jon Lester in the seventh(?) inning, the guys in the booth were discussing the pitch that Lester made, which was really his first mistake of the game, as he had held the Yankees scoreless to that point. Cue Mr. Morgan:

“You can’t pitch a perfect game. No one can.” (Awkward silence) “Except Don Larsen.”

And a bunch of other guys. It’s weird that he used Larsen as his example, when Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game three weeks ago.

]]> http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/08/overheard-on-sunday-night-baseball/feed/ 1 Oh FJM, where do we turn to now? http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/04/oh-fjm-where-do-we-turn-to-now/ http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/04/oh-fjm-where-do-we-turn-to-now/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:56:51 +0000 I Love Nerd York City http://www.nerdbaseball.com/?p=607 ]]> 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.

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