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07-24-2007, 05:16 AM
from the Houston Chronicle's Richard Justice:
What tall tale will commentator Joe Morgan offer Sunday night during ESPN's baseball telecast? Morgan will be hard-pressed to top the whopper he told during last week's Cards-Philadelphia telecast. Morgan recounted how he played a role in the history of each club by beating the Phillies with a run-scoring hit during their legendary collapse in September 1964. The game, Morgan said, was his major-league debut. Nice story, but none of it is true. Houston did not play the Phillies during their 10-game losing streak in September. Morgan did not have an RBI in 1964. In fact, Morgan debuted in 1963 with the Houston Colt .45s (later to become the Astros).
(Morgan said Philly mgr. Gene Mauch overturned the clubhouse food spread after the game & referred to getting beat by a little leaguer because of his 5'7" height. It appears Joe's memory has faded over the past 40+ years. He supposedly was going to make an on-air apology this past Sunday night but I missed most of that game. Anyone hear it?)
What tall tale will commentator Joe Morgan offer Sunday night during ESPN's baseball telecast? Morgan will be hard-pressed to top the whopper he told during last week's Cards-Philadelphia telecast. Morgan recounted how he played a role in the history of each club by beating the Phillies with a run-scoring hit during their legendary collapse in September 1964. The game, Morgan said, was his major-league debut. Nice story, but none of it is true. Houston did not play the Phillies during their 10-game losing streak in September. Morgan did not have an RBI in 1964. In fact, Morgan debuted in 1963 with the Houston Colt .45s (later to become the Astros).
(Morgan said Philly mgr. Gene Mauch overturned the clubhouse food spread after the game & referred to getting beat by a little leaguer because of his 5'7" height. It appears Joe's memory has faded over the past 40+ years. He supposedly was going to make an on-air apology this past Sunday night but I missed most of that game. Anyone hear it?)