Posted on 10/12/2020 8:47:56 AM PDT by shortstop
When famous guys in my age group die, I am forced to acknowledge my own mortality.
Thank you Irsihjuggler. I hope that you are in good health.
I think Joe developed into the quality player he was....because he was around so many stars.
RIP, I have his card from about 1979 when he was one of the elder statesmen of baseball by about that time.
YOU AND ME BOTH............
Very good broadcast announcer.
77? What did he die of?
We did something similar called "the All-Crumbs" games. You would draft your opponent's team and you would have to do your best with the scraps he picked for you, sort of like an expansion draft.
I still remember Eddie Brinkman (Washington Senators) and Ray Oyler (Detroit Tigers), both great with the glove, but it was a banner year if they hit over .200.
The idea was to get even wear on the cards by letting everybody play.
Used to mimic that twitch in T-ball as a kid.
I agree. Had the Astros known how good Joe could be, they never would have traded him to the Reds.
Remember Rotisserie League Baseball?
Joe explained he learned the twitch from his mentor Nellie Fox while he was a rookie on the Houston Colt 45s. It was a conscious effort to help keep his elbow away from his body.
Everybody is dying. Soon we will have nobody left that we grew up with.
On a bit of a related topic, I follow a vintage ballparks page on Facebook and it seems that Crosley Field was that really decent place to go watch a ballgame back when the Reds played there until about 1970. Seems like a shame it had to be retired because (among other things) the AFL wanted a new place (Riverfront) to be promised before the Bengals franchise was granted. Anyone here have memories of the old ballpark?
Very cool. I grew up on the Big Red Machine. Joe will be missed (and Pete needs to be in the HoF).
Vaguely remember Brinkman. Did go to a few Senators games, including some with Ted Williams as manager. Kind of neat to see him leaning on the dugout while watching the play.
One of my favorite Joe Morgan moments was when he was a S.F. Giant.
His home run in the last game of the 1982 season eliminated the Dodgers from the division race. He won the 1982 Willie Mac Award for his spirit and leadership.
R.I.P. Joe Morgan.
Hard to name a middle infield better than Joe Morgan and Dave Concepción. I liked every player on the Reds except Pete Rose.
Yes, for some reason it has been a really bad time for old ballplayers.
Morgan was a heckuva player. I mainly remember him from his Reds' days. Went on to get a degree too.
Strat-O was the best. We had a huge league in our neighborhood. We played all year long.
One of the most exciting ball players I ever saw. Back when baseball was so much more than a strikeout or a home run.
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