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Rhiannon12866

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6. I bought a VCR in the early '80s, so if they went into extra innings and my Dad couldn't stay up,

Reply to kairos12 (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 9, 2019, 01:56 PM

Jun 2019

He'd ask me to tape the end of the games. I don't know if he ended up watching all of them, but that meant I ended up watching Joe Morgan many times. My Dad was a huge sports fan.

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Joe Morgan, my favorite ballplayer, told this story. [View all] kairos12 Jun 2019 OP

LOL Ohiogal Jun 2019 #1

Joe Morgan was one of my Dad's all time favorite players Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #2

He was the definition of clutch and smarts. I loved when he did baseball color stuff. kairos12 Jun 2019 #3

I bought a VCR in the early '80s, so if they went into extra innings and my Dad couldn't stay up, Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #6

someone described Phil Niekro's knuckle-ball as looking like SCantiGOP Jun 2019 #4

When Nolan Ryan had the heater cranked up sometimes, when a batter got a called strike, kairos12 Jun 2019 #5

Loved to "hate" Joe..... MyOwnPeace Jun 2019 #7

One time, Morgan was batting. Joe Garagiola was broadcasting rhe game. CaptYossarian Jun 2019 #8