Joe Morgan
Joe Morgan
Joe Leonard Morganis a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984. He won two World Series championships with the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in those years. Considered one of the greatest second basemen of all-time, Morgan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. He became a baseball...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth19 September 1943
CountryUnited States of America
I love to see the interaction between the members of the community and our celebrity golfers, ... Golf is such a humbling sport that it brings out the best in everyone.
I loved the Astrodome, ... It was unique. It was a forerunner for a lot of things you see.
What you have to do in certain situations, that's called situational hitting.
I believe you learn social skills by mixing with people.
Well, I grew up in the Bay Area, so I've been in earthquakes before.
I still have very close ties to Houston and the Astros because that was my first team.
He (Frank Robinson as Manager) can step on your shoes, but he doesn't mess up your shine.
Greg Maddux could put a baseball through a life saver if you asked him.
To be a star and stay a star, I think you've got to have a certain air of arrogance about you, a cockiness, a swagger on the field that says, "I can do this and you can't stop me." I know that I play baseball with this air of arrogance, but I think it's lacking in a lot of guys who could have the potential to be stars.
To obtain success, you must get the most out of your ability and to do that you must work on your weaknesses.
A good base stealer should make the whole infield jumpy. Whether you steal or not, you're changing the rhythm of the game. If the pitcher is concerned about you, he isn't concentrating enough on the batter.
I don't see myself as a Larry King or somebody. When you do interviews, sometimes it turns to interrogations. I'm more of a conversationalist, not throwing hardball questions.
It's not just the home runs, but stamina, the way the game is played. Little things don't matter - speed, stealing bases.
There's a perception among African-American kids that they're not welcome here, that baseball is not for inner-city kids. It's not true, and I hate that the perception is out there.