Joe Morgan
Joe Morgan
Joe Leonard Morganis a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984. He won two World Series championships with the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in those years. Considered one of the greatest second basemen of all-time, Morgan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. He became a baseball...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth19 September 1943
CountryUnited States of America
It's not just the home runs, but stamina, the way the game is played. Little things don't matter - speed, stealing bases.
When you're a kid growing up, you say you want to make it to the Major Leagues, and when you reach that dream, that's what it's all about.
I take my vote as a salute to the little guy, the one who doesn't hit 500 home runs. I was one of the guys that did all they could to win. I'm proud of my stats, but I don't think I ever got on for.
My mother helped him with the recipes, and we all kind of worked together in his business. Tim had many friends, he was very honest and a lovable brother.
We have a few holes to fill, but with a little time together, we'll be fine.
That suicide squeeze reminds me of the time that Mickey Mantle, Muhammad Ali, Secretariat and I had to buy an anniversary gift for President Nixon...
I don't see myself as a Larry King or somebody. When you do interviews, sometimes it turns to interrogations. I'm more of a conversationalist, not throwing hardball questions.
You can't win in the postseason unless you can manufacture runs.
What you have to do in certain situations, that's called situational hitting.
I believe you learn social skills by mixing with people.
Well, I grew up in the Bay Area, so I've been in earthquakes before.
I still have very close ties to Houston and the Astros because that was my first team.
He (Frank Robinson as Manager) can step on your shoes, but he doesn't mess up your shine.
Greg Maddux could put a baseball through a life saver if you asked him.