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There IS Something…I’m alive! Don’t worry. Just been writing and researching things for the paper; it’s taking forever. But soon things will be back to normal here, and I’ll be writing about casinos, closed libraries, lottery ticket-selling groundhogs, etc. You know: Philadelphia. Anyway, enjoy the ad posted above; since I came across it the other day (again, I think) it’s given me tons of entertainment. If you don’t know, Joe Morgan is a hall of fame second baseman who later became one of the worst analysts of all time. Pete Rose played 3,562 baseball games, each time passing a giant sign in the locker room that says the one thing you can’t do as a baseball player is bet on baseball. Naturally, he’s banned for life for betting on baseball. If your work blocks YouTube (but for some reason not this site of journalistic excellency), here’s a quick recap: Rose slides into second and Joe Morgan says, “Hey, it’s Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies.” He’s clearly unaware of (1) who the Reds are playing, (2) Pete Rose’s successful at-bat earlier in this inning, and (3) he and Pete were teammates in Cincinnati for most of their careers. In essence: Not paying attention in that particular inning, in that particular game and in that particular baseball career. But that’s okay, because after losing his helmet sliding into second, Pete Rose stands up and puts on a baseball cap. Maybe that’s why he forgot that sign in the locker room and gambled on the game: Too many times hit in the head by line drives on the basepaths. Then Pete Rose sings about some after shave or something, I dunno. Can we get Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins to re-enact this? |
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watch out Pete! its all a charade! Morgan still has the ball! he still has the ball!
Brilliant post.
[...] to Philadelphia Will Do who breaks down all of the mistakes in Morgan’s analysis of the very baseball play that [...]
You failed to mention that Morgan and Rose were also teammates in 1983 when they both played for the Philadelphia Phillies.
This ad has to be from 1979, as that was Morgan’s last year on the Reds and Rose’s first year on the Phillies. In 1978 they were teammates on the Reds.