Line from a Johnny Cash Tune "another man done gone". Age 77. Played on the opposing teams but still give the man props for his baseball skill. Did not lways agree with his broadast booth comments but he did keep things interestin. RIP sir as the actor Joe Done Baker would have said "you don good.
2X MVP Thing that impressed me, was, from 71-77 Joe's OBP% was over >.400 6 consecutive seasons. He led the NL in OBP% 4 of those 6 seasons; with a career high OBP% in 1975 at .466. His lifetime OBP% was .396 I liked how he called the NCAA World Series his first couple of years broadcasting. He was one of few who commented on proper and improper execution of baseball fundamentals, for kids watching, during the telecasts of those College World Series. Then a few years later he went to hell in the booth imo. Back in 97 I asked Joe on a ESPN.com "live program" what pitchers he had the most problems facing. His reply: Sandy Koufax (who didn't?), Nolan Ryan and Bob Gibson. Morgan as a LH hitter hit lefties better than RH pitchers, that's kind of strange.
Joe was small in stature, but could hit homers with the best of them. A hell of player day in and day out! I was born and raised a Cardinals fan. Dad and me could pick up the Cardinal station on AM at night games, however, where we lived one would think we would have been Reds fans! I did listen to Reds games on the nights the Cardinals were off or when either the Reds or Cardinals were on a west trip, I would listen to either teams earlier that evening. I loved the Reds team back then. They were managed by Sparky Anderson, who I really loved as a manager. But their starting roster was very very good! They had Johnny Bench as a catcher. Tony Perez at 1B, Joe Morgan 2b, Dave Concepcion at ss. Denis Menke at 3b, Pete Rose LF Bobby Tolan cf Cesar Geronimo Rf. Bench led the team in homers with 40. Morgan had 16 in 1972. Morgan led the team with 58 steals! Joe was also walked more than any other player with 115 walks.
