Joe Morgan Has Passed Away

[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.

[Frank A]

Bad year to be an old Baseball player. Their dropping like flies.

[conor912]

Man. At this rate we’re putting together quite the 2020 departed team. Still 11 weeks left. Yeesh.

Joe Morgan 4
Al Kaline 9
Lou Brock 7

Rotation
Tom Seaver
Bob Gibson
Whitey Ford

[jchcollins]

Sad. The 2020 hits just keep on coming. I didn't see Joe play, but used to listen to him and Jon Miller doing ESPN Sunday Night Baseball as a kid growing up, and being into cards then, I quickly found out who he was around the time of his HOF election. In terms of the hobby I think Joe is an underrated great and could be appreciated more for what he did on the Big Red Machine at the height of their run. RIP sir...