Joe Morgan Regaling
How sad. A class act and a nice man.
You know, if you go to enough Nationals over the years you can end up staying at the same hotel as some of the autograph guests. I'll never forget attending a National (Baltimore?) and eating breakfast one Saturday morning at a Marriott or Westin. In the corner of the breakfast room I couldn't help but hear (and see) Morgan with a bunch of his friends, telling stories and laughing a lot. It's a quirky memory that I'll never forget.
Here's another one. I attended the National in 1987 in SF. In the mid-1980s Bob Costas used to do a radio program called "Coast to Coast." The week before the National he said he would be in SF (the All-Star game was being held in Oakland that year), doing a radio show with HOFers at the Four Seasons Hotel. So on the Sunday night of the program I walked over there and just sat in the lounge to see what would happen. Sure enough, Costas was setting up for the radio show. He was going to interview 5 or 6 HOFers and they were all there, EXCEPT for Morgan. Costas was running around, worrying if Morgan would show up. At literally the last minute he strode in and made for a great show. I even was served a free drink while sitting in the lounge (with about 5 other people!). RIP, Joe. And thank you.
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