Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Joe-chat revisited
by Anonymous at 2:20 PM
Here are a couple quick highlights of Joe Morgan's chat from today (and by a couple, I mean 2. You'll understand why this clarification is important in just a bit):
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William ( MA): In your opinion, who is the best hitter in baseball? Ichiro? Pujols? A-Rod? Jeter? And defend your position.
Brian: William, why would you even ask Joe a question like this? He's notorious for avoiding questions that require an educated opinion. I'd be shocked if he actually answers this. Completely shocked. My guess is he'll tap-dance around it by saying that it's difficult to name the best hitter because it's hard to define what makes a hitter good, or some nonsense like that.
Joe Morgan: Well hitting is hard to define.
Brian: See William? You really should run the question past me first before asking it. I can save us all a lot of time.
Joe Morgan: You have to look at what you consider a good hitter: power, average, or a combo...Last year you probably would have said Pujols. But right now you have to include A-rod because he is the most productive hitter in the game, but that does not mean he is the best hitter. But that is a very hard question to answer, because first you have to define what you think a good hitter is.
Brian: Fair enough, let's keep this chat going. Ben from New York, do you have anything to ask our resident genius?
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ben (new york): Joe- who are your playoff teams
Joe Morgan: I can only name a couple.
Brian: Why? There will be 8 playoff teams again this year (just like there are every year). Why can you only name a couple?
Joe Morgan: I say Boston, Dodgers, Mets, and I would say the Yankees or Cleveland. But the Angels always make a good run. Those are the teams for now.
Brian: Oh I get it. When you said a couple, you meant 6. Thanks Joe. I'm sorry to have questioned you. You're still allowed 2 more guesses though. Cubs maybe? Brewers? Those pesky 1st place Tigers who represented the American League in the World Series last year and who currently have the best record in all of baseball? Eh. Details. Fine job as usual today though.
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Did you know that Joe Morgan won an Emmy Award??
I have a feeling this is how the voting went:
President of Sports Emmy Awards: Who is your vote to win Outstanding Sports Personality this year?
Judge #1:Well, Emmy winner is hard to define. You have to consider what is an Emmy winner. You have to consider knowledge of game, statistical knowledge, tv presence.
Last year I would say John Madden but this year you have to consider Terry Bradshaw. He's got the creepy bald serial killer look going for him....but does that make him an Emmy winner. And then there's Joe Morgan, he has 3 letters in his fist name. I don't know, Emmy winner is hard to define.
President of Sports Emmys: Good argument. Joe Morgan it is.
Perfect