Merry Christmas, mpfunk

[Indy Coug]

Jon Miller, Joe Morgan not returning to 'Sunday Night Baseball' TV broadcast - ESPN

[CJF]

I read that this morning. I'm sad about Miller. I think he does an outstanding job. Morgan.....about 20 years too late for this.

[MartyFunkhouser]

2 years after they closed up business, the goal of the good people at firejoemorgan.com have accomplished their righteous goal.

[Clark Addison]

I like Jon Miller, though I could do without his nasal, high pitched "SAFE!!!" call.

Joe Morgan as a broadcaster always made me sad, because he wasn't just a great player. His playing career was almost the opposite of his broadcasting career. During his playing days, Joe was a very, very smart player, one of the smartest in the game, it seemed. Plus he was the kind of player that people on the cutting edge of analytics back in the 80s just loved. Bill James always ranked him extremely high. And then, as a broadcaster, he seemed to not understand much of what made him such a great player.

Plus he always bad-mouthed Ryne Sandberg.

I've never visited firejoemorgan.com, so I may be saying absolutely nothing here that isn't already completely obvious to everyone.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I like Jon Miller, though I could do without his nasal, high pitched "SAFE!!!" call.

Joe Morgan as a broadcaster always made me sad, because he wasn't just a great player. His playing career was almost the opposite of his broadcasting career. During his playing days, Joe was a very, very smart player, one of the smartest in the game, it seemed. Plus he was the kind of player that people on the cutting edge of analytics back in the 80s just loved. Bill James always ranked him extremely high. And then, as a broadcaster, he seemed to not understand much of what made him such a great player.

Plus he always bad-mouthed Ryne Sandberg.

I've never visited firejoemorgan.com, so I may be saying absolutely nothing here that isn't already completely obvious to everyone.

If you haven't visited firejoemorgan.com, do yourself a favor and job read a few of the posts (assuming you are fine with reading a lot of cursing). It actually was more of a general sports criticism blog than specific to Joe Morgan.

You are absolutely right though about Morgan's playing career. It was the advanced stat guys that have been his biggest fan as a player. His numbers were amazing and he ranks as one of the best ever to play 2B.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Joe Posnanski had a great story about Joe Morgan the player and Joe Morgan the announcer:

"The disconnect between Morgan the player and Morgan the announcer is one that I’m just not sure anyone has figured. Bill James tells a great story about how one time Jon Miller showed Morgan Bill’s New Historical Baseball Abstract, which has Morgan ranked as the best second baseman of all time, ahead of Rogers Hornsby. Well, Morgan starts griping that this was ridiculous, that Hornsby hit .358 in his career, and Morgan never hit .358, and so on. And there it was, perfectly aligned—Joe Morgan the announcer arguing against Joe Morgan the player."