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Joe Morgan, former Reds second baseman and Hall of Famer, dead at 77
CBS Sports.com ^
| 12/12/2020
| Katherine Acquavella
Posted on 10/12/2020 8:47:56 AM PDT by shortstop
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We've lost another HOFer. RIP Joe.
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:47:56 AM PDT
by
shortstop
To: shortstop
Yeah. In barely six weeks, we’ve lost Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, and now Joe Morgan.
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:49:13 AM PDT
by
CatOwner
To: shortstop
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:49:19 AM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: shortstop
I loved Joe’s elbow twitch as he was waiting for the ball to come from the pitcher.
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:50:18 AM PDT
by
Dacula
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To: shortstop
RIP
Those Lumber Company/Big Red Machine battles of the 70’s were epic. He was a class act.
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:51:24 AM PDT
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Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: shortstop
RIP, Bonham’s favorite son.
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:52:48 AM PDT
by
ConservaTexan
(February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
To: shortstop
Growing up in the Pittsburgh area, Cincinnati was probably the Pirate's biggest rival in the 70s. Nonetheless they had some great players, and I had a lot of respect for Joe Morgan.
RIP
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:53:07 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: CatOwner
Saw an excellent baseball game last night between Tampa Bay and Houston. Yet none of these current players hit the emotional cord that each of those players did when they played.
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:53:51 AM PDT
by
allendale
To: Dacula
Same here. He’s one of the few Cincinnati Reds I liked.
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:54:09 AM PDT
by
Tejas Rob
To: CatOwner
To: shortstop
How did he die? Cancer? Heart attack?
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:54:16 AM PDT
by
Dacula
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To: shortstop
THEY’RE DROPPING LIKE FLIES!....................
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:54:22 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: shortstop
Joe was one of the most exciting MLB players in the 1970s. As a Reds fan, I can’t begin to say how much joy I had watching him play. He was a vital cog in the vaunted Big Red Machine. The 1975-76 Reds were some of the greatest teams in baseball history.
To: Buckeye McFrog
As a part time employee of the Reds in Baseball Operations in those days, I idolized Joe as one of the really good guys on the Reds and in Major League baseball. He will really be missed.
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:55:57 AM PDT
by
shortstop
(I used to wrap fish in the New York Times, but it made the fish stink.)
To: CatOwner
All players whom I admired as a boy. I still have their Strat-O-Matic cards. I pulled out my old set to play with my nephew when he dropped by for a visit this summer.
He was fascinated with how kids played before there were computers.
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:56:26 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: Vigilanteman
I was a SOM player myself in the late 60s, early 70s. We used to toss all the various card sets (seasons, past seasons, HOF, etc) into one big pile and draft multiple teams each. All-time greats along with our present-day (at the time) favorites. It was a fun (albeit not very accurate) way to learn about past baseball greats.
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posted on
10/12/2020 8:59:27 AM PDT
by
CatOwner
To: CatOwner
Al Kline
Yeah. In barely six weeks, weve lost Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, and now Joe Morgan.
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posted on
10/12/2020 9:01:43 AM PDT
by
Dacula
( If you won the lottery, would you mail in your ticket or go in person? Remember that when you vote.)
To: shortstop
Great player. Class act. RIP, Little Joe, who made the Big Red Machine Go.
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posted on
10/12/2020 9:03:56 AM PDT
by
bort
To: Dacula
Al Kaline died in April of this year.
Yeah. In barely six weeks, weve lost Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, and now Joe Morgan.
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posted on
10/12/2020 9:04:53 AM PDT
by
Dacula
( If you won the lottery, would you mail in your ticket or go in person? Remember that when you vote.)
To: Dacula
God bless him, Joe was treated for years for something along the lines of leukemia or lymphoma or similar hematological disease. I know this from personally seeing him at that clinic.
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