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MyOwnPeace

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7. Loved to "hate" Joe.....

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Sun Jun 9, 2019, 04:07 PM

Jun 2019

as part of the Big Red Machine in the 70's and I was for the Battlin' Buccos from Pittsburgh.
So many great players on both sides - and what a history both of the teams had!
Sad to see how MLB has thrown so many teams aside because of owner's greed.

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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