Joe Morgan Has Passed Away

[Seven]

Just awful news. We've lost so many people this year, Morgan the latest on a long line of Baseball greats.

[Belfast1933]

Terrible news.... this year continues to be such a brutal one. Helluva player, such a winner for those great Reds teams

[Case12]

He was young. 77. Just watched him on FastBall last night. What a great man. He was a rookie with the Houston Colt .45s MLB team. He will be missed.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by Case12

He was young. 77. Just watched him on FastBall last night. What a great man. He was a rookie with the Houston Colt .45s MLB team. He will be missed.

Sad to hear it. He was actually a bit older than I would have thought because I forgot that he was nearly 30 by the time he joined the Big Red Machine. RIP

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Unreal. RIP. He was an absolute dick to me as a kid when he broadcasted with Jon Miller. Would not sign a baseball for an 8 year old but signed for everyone else and the adults lol oh well. I know I'm not entitled to getting a graph, just sucked being 8 growing up watching those two broadcast.

[ClementeFanOh]

I grew up listening on the radio to the exploits of the Big Red Machine. Joe Morgan was a great player, quiet and effective. Rest in Peace... Trent King

[perezfan]

The first of "The Great Eight" to pass. What a phenomenal player he was. He and Hornsby were probably the two greatest 2nd Basemen of all-time.

Acquiring Joe Morgan from Houston was the final cog in the making of Big Red Machine. They could never get over the hump until the arrival of Little Joe.
Baseball may never see a better "starting eight" than that legendary group.

RIP, Joe.

[clydepepper]

RIP to 'my' goat @ 2nd.


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[jb67]

A very sad day! Loved watching Joe play when I was growing up. RIP.

[111gecko]

I grew up north of San Francisco and I remember looking at Willie McCovey and Joe Morgan rookie cards thinking...one day I hope I can afford one. I think we all had that 1 player/card as a kid..bummer on this new today.

[pclpads]

Loved his "arm flap." Never saw that B4 or since.

[marzoumanian]

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.

[cornhusker]

Joe was one of the first pro ball player my son had ever met. He was so nervous that he forgot the introduction he had practiced then his voice squeeked a bit when he tried to talk. Joe loosened him up by cracking a few jokes and told a story about getting caught in a rundown. Made our day.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by cornhusker

Joe was one of the first pro ball player my son had ever met. He was so nervous that he forgot the introduction he had practiced then his voice squeeked a bit when he tried to talk. Joe loosened him up by cracking a few jokes and told a story about getting caught in a rundown. Made our day.

Awesome story!

Sadly, we're mortal and we all hold an expiration date. Just really tough when you see your childhood heroes moving on. 2020 has been really tough on fans.

How many kids mimicked that wing flap of Joe's when he was at bat. Great video of Joe and the wing flap and Rose flying head first into 3B.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj_xIaPkzrk