Comments on: Almost a Yankee: Jack Morris

By: Kiko Jones

Kiko Jones — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:36:36 +0000

FYI: Morris already had four rings–’84 Tigers, ’91 Twins, ’92-’93 Blue Jays–although he didn’t pitch in the ’93 post-season.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:11:19 +0000

Wasnt George interested in signing him during the mid 80′s collusion era? I seem to remember the Yanks passing on Morris and Kirk Gibson and then George being very peeved he gave in to whatever gentlemen’s agreement the owners had on collusion and didnt pay up.

Am I remembering this right or worng? Anyone??

By: Hi, I'm Jerry, this is my associate Cornelius

Hi, I'm Jerry, this is my associate Cornelius — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:22:58 +0000

Without Kenny Rogers we don’t get Scott Brosius. Nuff said.

By: Accent Shallow

Accent Shallow — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:07:06 +0000

“A Sound of Thunder”. Get into it.

(No, not the relatively recent shitty action movie)

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:32:55 +0000

I’ll go out on not too much of a limb and say that he probably would NOT have been better than Kenny Rogers. I’ll say that if we add Morris midseason in 1996, he ends up getting left off the postseason roster and nothing noticeably different happens in the historical timeline.

Morris was done at that point. Stick a fork in him.

By: vin

vin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:19:18 +0000

He just would’ve had to have been better than Kenny Rogers. Definitely possible.

By: Accent Shallow

Accent Shallow — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:14:32 +0000

I wonder if this move would have affected anything, other than getting Morris a ring.

The 1996 Yankees won the East by 4 games, and the second place Orioles won the wild card by 3 games, so even if he was awful, he doesn’t cost them a playoff spot. He may not make the playoff roster, either.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:07:10 +0000

Read, and enjoy:

http://www.baseballprospectus......cleid=1815

By: Tafka (sic)

Tafka (sic) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:55:47 +0000

He was an innings eater, a workhorse, a grinder!

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:54:39 +0000

Tony Batista’s statisically odd season that you reference above reminds me of one of my favorite statlines ever:

In 1992, catcher Chris Hoiles hit 20 homers in 371 plate appearances, but had only 40 RBIs total. Half of which were himself, of course. He’s the only guy in history to hit at least 20 homers but drive in no more than 20 other runs outside of those homers.

Of course, he ALSO played for the Orioles. Naturally.

http://www.baseball-reference......ch01.shtml