Word: morgans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Knocking about the Australian outback around the middle of the past century was an Irishman, more than half-crazed, called Daniel Morgan. Paroled from prison after six years of "hard labor"-not to mention sodomization, humiliation and deprivation-Morgan roamed the country stealing horses and robbing their riders. His only companion was an aboriginal boy named Billy, who taught him how to use a boomerang and live off the land like a bushman. Eventually Morgan killed a couple of policemen, and a fat ? 1,000 price was fixed on his head. By the time he ran up against...
Munson learned that lesson late in his catching career--last week, to be precise. Thurman will need a lot of practice before this afternoon's contest if he wants to contain some of the Red's runners. As of September 21, Joe Morgan had 58 stolen bases, Griffey had 33 and Concepcion had 20. Dan Driessen, a substitute infielder, has swiped 14 bases in 15 attempts...
...second base, the advantage has to go to the Yanks. Willie Randolph displayed his great all-around skills, out-classing Joe Morgan with a hefty .270 average (compared to a piddling .320 for Morgan...
Cincinnati and Philadelphia match up almost perfectly for the league finale. Both teams have power hitters, tight defense and skittery base runners. Philadelphia has a pitching edge, but the Reds have Joe Morgan, last season's Most Valuable Player and this season, more valuable still. The experienced Reds should take the playoffs...
...statistics don't mean much in the five-game series which starts tonight. Since I've mentioned Sports Illustrated, I might as well use that publication to predict the winner. The Reds, you see, have made five SI covers in the last year (Johnny Bench twice, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and now Foster), and the Phils have made it just once, with Schmidt. The Reds, obviously, will get the ol' Si jinx...