Joe Morgan
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I never thought I’d see anything like this ... But I’ve seen it coming. There, for a long time, there were a lot of African-American players to look up to and emulate, but there’s not enough big stars now to dissuade them from basketball and football.
I'm not sure there's a way to stem the tide ... There has to be more involvement to attract athletes to come here. Let's hope this committee will help. There's no doubt the movie will open eyes, but after that, let's wait.
There has to be more involvement to attract athletes to come to baseball ... I thought the NFL was worse, with the way they handled all of their jobs, and that none were given to African-American coaches. Truthfully, we can't go in that direction and hope this things turns around.More quotes »
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Brandon Phillips with over 600 RBI for Reds
Phillips picked up two first-inning RBI in New York Monday and now has 601 career RBI with Cincinnati, MLB.com reports. Only Joe Morgan (612) has more RBI by a Reds second baseman. Phillips' two-run single gives him 38 RBI on the year and a .285 batting average. from CBS Sports Read more »
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'73 A's Thrived on Adversity, Theatrics
pitchers, and none of those pitched a complete game. They won because for most of the way their pitching muffled Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Bobby Tolan—the first three hitters in the Cincinnati batting order—and because the A's decided that if anyone was going from Athletics Nation :: An Oakland A's Blog Read more »
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There’s Going to be a Colby Rasmus Change
a DH, and his slugging percentage is beating those of Albert Pujols and Anthony Rizzo. Rasmus owns a 135 wRC+, which was Joe Morgan‘s career wRC+. It’s a better wRC+ than those being posted by Carlos Beltran, Andrew McCutchen, and Michael Morse. Rasmus is from FanGraphs Read more »
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CAPUTO: Can Detroit Tigers compete with Murderers' Row
World Series. The Cincinnati Reds’ “Big Red Machine” teams of the 1970s were similarly potent. Johnny Bench, Tony Perez and Joe Morgan are all in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader, certainly would be were it not for being from Saline Reporter Read more »
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MLB can't lure more black kids into baseball; only black family economics can
I was a kid, I had my own baseball heroes of a generation later: Vada Pinson, Frank Robinson, Tommy Harper, Bobby Tolan and Joe Morgan. They all played in the '60s and early '70s for my team the Cincinnati Reds. Now that I think back, all of my favorite players from PennLive.com Read more »
