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A little slow on the uptake, that MSM. But it's not where you start, it's where you finish and finally a large media member is outwardly criticizing Joe Morgan for being Joe Morgan. (NY Post has been all over stuff lately!)Cardinals-Phillies was part of ESPN's pathetic "Sunday Night Baseball" coverage. The Phillies were about to become the first Major League Baseball team to 10,000 losses. And Joe Morgan, ESPN's No. 1 baseball analyst, a fellow whose wisdom is often laced with convoluted, confounding and contradictory nonsense, was moved to tell a national audience about the significant role he played in Phillies history.
The year, Morgan told us, was 1964, that calamitous season when the Phillies blew a 61/2-game lead with 12 games left by losing 10 straight. Morgan said he made his major-league debut late in '64, against the Phillies. And it was in that game that his RBI single beat the Phillies, extending their infamous losing streak to eight or nine.
Morgan added that Phillies manager Gene Mauch was so upset he threw over the buffet table in the clubhouse, hollering that his club had just been beaten by "a Little Leaguer!"
Great story. But unless Morgan was confusing himself with Reds rookie infielder Chico Ruiz, it never happened. As several readers were moved to write, the Phillies played the Reds, Braves and Cardinals during that losing streak; Houston wasn't in the mix.
It's bad enough Sunday Night Baseball is littered with Joe Morgan sharing anecdotes about how great Joe Morgan was, but at the very least this nonsense should be accurate. Morgan was indeed a very fine player. But maybe this is why Joe thinks he's the gatekeeper of the Hall of Fame, he's crediting himself with more than just one career. Thanks for coming around MSM. One step at a time.
Source: (NY Post)
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