Joe Morgan, Why are You so Stupid?

Joe Morgan showed his idiocy during ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball once again.

For whatever reason, Morgan has a grudge against the Chicago Cubs organization, and he continues to go out of his way to make himself look like an idiot, just so that he can rip on the team.

A few weeks ago, Morgan said that players "back in the day" used to refer to the basket in front of Wrigley Field's bleachers as "Banks' basket," insinuating that Ernie Banks's homerun total (of 512) benefited from having the basket out there, because he was apparently a light hitter. Too bad Joe didn't realize that the basket wasn't put in front of the bleachers until 1970 -- 16 years after Banks started his career and seven after Morgan started his career. I'm guessing a handful of Ernie's homers might have been aided by the basket, and that's probably being generous.

Morgan has also consistently ripped on Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg for the past 20 years, for no other reason than jealousy. Morgan has made it to every Hall of Fame induction ceremony since he was inducted more than 20 years ago, save one -- 2005 when Sandberg was inducted.

Tonight, Morgan took on the 2008 club in a one-off discussion with play-by-play man Jon Miller, who mentioned that the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Western Division leaders, would be 12 games behind first if they were in the Central division, chasing the Cubs. Joe's quick wit (he said the following as he laughed) showed when he responded by saying that the Diamondbacks would be closer than that in the Central because they wouldn't be playing the tough teams in the Western division as much. While he was laughing, he was completely serious, as he preceded to explain himself. As usual, Jon Miller didn't call him out for his inaccurate statement.

Hey Joe, check the frickin' stats before you make these asinine comments. The Cubs were 23-10 against the Western division this year, and the entire Central division is 20 games over .500 when facing the Western teams (95-75). Meanwhile, the Diamondbacks are 18 games above .500 versus other teams in their division and 12 games below .500 when facing the rest of the league.

Joe, why don't you quit your vendetta against the Cubs organization and assume the role a national broadcaster should have -- i.e. one with no bias, you wing-flapping prick! Or better yet, why don't you just do us all a favor and quit already. You don't add anything to a broadcast and you're not in the least informative. Once Rick Sutcliffe starts feeling better, you should abdicate your seat to him and go back to Cincinnati, so you can broadcast with fellow Cub hater Marty Brenneman.

Joe Morgan, you suck!

For yucks, visit www.firejoemorgan.com to see hilarious commentary on Morgan and other idiot broadcasters like Tim McCarver (who once said "look at Darren Daulton wearing his mitt like a glove.").

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