Author Topic: Morgan drops Tony Plush nickname (Read 6139 times)

He wasn't (& still isn't ) a HOFer when he bowled over Gene Tenace.

I said I didn't approve of all his antics. Have you ever thought that you take away the character, you take away his confidence and therefore his performance.

Like was said in Bull Durham, if you believe in a superstition (or an alter ego) is working for you and makes you successful ; you keep doing it. Everyone slumps. He had both an emotional slump; which very well caused his performance slump. He's obviously trying to turn a page. Its unfortunate that people keep reminding you of your faults.

EdStroud · « **Reply #35 on:** March 02, 2011, 11:07:34 pm »

Quote from: CALSGR8 on March 02, 2011, 10:40:10 pm

He wasn't (& still isn't ) a HOFer when he bowled over Gene Tenace.

I said I didn't approve of all his antics. Have you ever thought that you take away the character, you take away his confidence and therefore his performance.

Like was said in Bull Durham, if you believe in a superstition (or an alter ego) is working for you and makes you successful ; you keep doing it. Everyone slumps. He had both an emotional slump; which very well caused his performance slump. He's obviously trying to turn a page. Its unfortunate that people keep reminding you of your faults.

Rose ran over Ray Fosse of the Indians to win the 1970 All-Star game

PANatsFan · « **Reply #36 on:** March 02, 2011, 11:13:36 pm »

Quote from: EdStroud on March 02, 2011, 11:07:34 pm

Rose ran over Ray Fosse of the Indians to win the 1970 All-Star game

He shouldn't have asked himself WWCBD, and then the incident could have been avoided.

EdStroud · « **Reply #37 on:** March 02, 2011, 11:19:45 pm »

Quote from: PANatsFan on March 02, 2011, 11:13:36 pm

He shouldn't have asked himself WWCBD, and then the incident could have been avoided.

What Would Collin Balester Do?
Carlos Baerga?
Clint Barmes ?
Carlos Beltran ?
Chad Billingsley?
Casey Blake ?
Clay Buchholz ?

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #38 on:** March 03, 2011, 05:24:36 am »

Quote from: EdStroud on March 02, 2011, 11:19:45 pm

What Would Collin Balester Do?
Carlos Baerga?
Clint Barmes ?
Carlos Beltran ?
Chad Billingsley?
Casey Blake ?
Clay Buchholz ?

I'm thinking Charles Bronson, Charlie Brown, or Charles Bukowski.

Nathan · « **Reply #39 on:** March 03, 2011, 05:31:54 am »

Chris Berman?
Charles Barkley?
Cate Blanchett?
Carol Burnett?
Christy Brinkley?
Candice Bergen?
Cher Bono?
Chris Brown?
Chuck Berry?
~~The~~ Chief ~~is the Goddamn~~ Batman?

PANatsFan · « **Reply #40 on:** March 03, 2011, 06:25:55 am »

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on March 03, 2011, 05:24:36 am

I'm thinking Charles Bronson, Charlie Brown, or Charles Bukowski.

WINNER

machpost · « **Reply #41 on:** March 03, 2011, 09:23:43 am »

What will I do with my T PLUSH t-shirt now?

Ray D · « **Reply #42 on:** March 03, 2011, 09:51:34 am »

Quote from: Dave B on March 02, 2011, 05:09:35 pm

What haas morgan done to get the benefit of the doubt that he is not brandon watson or nook logan

His play during July and August of 2009 is way more than those two (or Milledge, for that matter) ever did. Much as I have criticized him, I never put him in that class.

Baseball is Life · « **Reply #43 on:** March 03, 2011, 01:43:24 pm »

Quote from: Dave B on March 02, 2011, 05:09:35 pm

What haas morgan done to get the benefit of the doubt that he is not brandon watson or nook logan

Six weeks in 2009.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #44 on:** March 03, 2011, 03:53:46 pm »

Quote from: Ray D on March 03, 2011, 09:51:34 am

His play during July and August of 2009 is way more than those two (or Milledge, for that matter) ever did. Much as I have criticized him, I never put him in that class.

Wily Mo had a good run for us too back in fall of 2007, he fell apart worse than Morgan.

Tyler Durden · « **Reply #45 on:** March 03, 2011, 04:54:28 pm »

I think that was the year that we were stacked at OF. We had uber prospect Milledge, troubled but super talented budding superstar Dukes, Wily Mo bring the Pena, and young all star in training Kearns. We had so much talent they were talking about how to find enough playing time for everyone.

Dave B · « **Reply #46 on:** March 03, 2011, 04:56:07 pm »

Brian schneider had a good six weeks once too. Wilkerson hit like.400 for six weeks too. I figured by nnow we would have become immune to small sample success especially when followed by a full season of suck

Dave B · « **Reply #47 on:** March 03, 2011, 05:03:17 pm »

Ill take logan and crappy pitchersjust to watch get twenty put outs in a game

Ray D · « **Reply #48 on:** March 03, 2011, 05:13:20 pm »

Quote from: Dave B on March 03, 2011, 04:56:07 pm

Brian schneider had a good six weeks once too. Wilkerson hit like.400 for six weeks too. I figured by nnow we would have become immune to small sample success especially when followed by a full season of suck

Wilkerson's brief period of success here was not a fluke. He had hit something like 34 homeruns the year before, in Montreal. I think he spent most of the season with nagging injuries, and that limited his productivity, and I don't think he ever recovered.

In Schneider's case, he established a pattern of hitting very badly for five months and then batting .300 in September. It wasn't a fluke, that was his pattern (though hard to understand why).

I still maintain that the book on Morgan is open until we have some performance to judge this season (and that can mean "exhibition season".)

To be fair, Morgan hit .299 and .294 in 2007 and 2008 in Pittsburgh, and combined .307 in 2009, in 120 games. I don't think that's a small sample size, and I don't think it is outweighed by one bad season.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #49 on:** March 03, 2011, 05:20:57 pm »

Quote from: Ray D on March 03, 2011, 05:13:20 pm

Wilkerson's brief period of success here was not a fluke. He had hit something like 34 homeruns the year before, in Montreal. I think he spent most of the season with nagging injuries, and that limited his productivity, and I don't think he ever recovered.

Wilkerson was hitting home runs when the rest of the league was hitting home runs; Wilkie then stopped hitting home runs at the same time that HR totals plummeted league wide. I'd agree, his numbers were not a fluke.