Nyjer Morgan goes all “Tony Plush” on Giants fans
During the seventh inning of the Brewers-Giants game in San Francisco on Friday night, flamboyant Milwaukee outfielder Nyjer Morgan ran down a potential hit off the bat of Nate Schierholtz and then turned to fans in centerfield to politely remind them that there were two outs.
Oh I’m sorry, did I say Nyjer Morgan was involved? No yeah, he was being an ass.
Some San Francisco fans have, of course, taken offense to the gesture and some Milwaukee fans have, of course, downplayed the issue. Morgan has flashed his “Tony Plush T” before, so fans in Milwaukee are accustomed to the gesture. But I could see why some Giant fans are ticked off because it looks like he’s giving them a gesture to F-off.
Whatever. I’m sure those Giant fans sitting in centerfield weren’t sharing recipes for homemade clam chowder with Morgan. That doesn’t mean that Morgan should act like a clown after he makes a nice play, but we didn’t hear what those fans were saying to him. Plus, and I cannot overstate this fact: it’s Nyjer Morgan. He has two sides: an entertaining side and a side where he wants to purposely blow up catchers and mix it up with fans. That’s just him. Personally, I’ll take Tony Gwynn and Ozzie Smith any day. They respected the game, their opponents, their teammates and yes, fans in all cities. They were professional at all times and exuded class. But we live in a different day and age now. An age where showing up fans or opponents is deemed as “not a big deal.” It’s now chic to say Morgan was “just having fun.”
What was nice about the days of yore in baseball is that the league used to police itself. It still does to some extent, but not like it used to. MLB has really cracked down on players retaliating and maybe that’s a good thing. I don’t want to see anyone get hurt, but back in the day if you disrespected the game or an opponent you were guaranteed to get a high, hard one in your next AB. It was a different game back then.
There has been some bad blood between the Brewers and Giants before, specifically after Milwaukee’s “bowling ball routine” following a Prince Fielder walk off in 2009. It’ll be interesting to see if emotions boil over again this weekend after Morgan’s performance on Friday night.
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Tags: Anthony Stalter, Milwaukee Brewers, Nyjer Morgan, nyjer morgan video, San Francisco Giants
Bottom line for this guy is that he is playing for the Brewers and nobody knows him so he has to do something to gain attention…..
Quick, name 5 guys on the Brewers and you can’t live within 5 blocks of their Stadium.
Can’t do it can you………didn’t think so!
“What was nice about the days of yore in baseball is that the league used to police itself. It still does to some extent, but not like it used to.”
You mean like when Ty Cobb stormed the stands and attacked and beat a cripple? Then, his team went on strike because the league threatened to suspend Cobb? Man, do I wish for the days of yore in baseball, where fans are not forced to witness the horros of a playing making a ‘T’ symbol. Who will think of the children these days – certainly no Morgan.
D Man – you’re an idiot. You realize the top NL vote getter was Ryan Braun, the all star MVP was Fielder, and the STARTING 2b was Weeks.
“You mean like when Ty Cobb stormed the stands and attacked and beat a cripple? Then, his team went on strike because the league threatened to suspend Cobb? Man, do I wish for the days of yore in baseball, where fans are not forced to witness the horros of a playing making a ‘T’ symbol. Who will think of the children these days – certainly no Morgan.”
Chris, you completely mangled the context of the paragraph that I wrote in order to make an off-base point. I was referring to baseball players policing THEMSELVES – not fans. So your comparison of Ty Cobb beating up fans has absolutely nothing to do with that specific paragraph that you chose to highlight in your comment.
Had I said, “Man, I wished it was like the old days when fans and players could mix it up,” then your Cobb reference would be just. But as it stands now, what you wrote simply doesn’t apply to that paragraph. It applies to Morgan and the SF fans, but that’s it.
Besides, do you honestly think that I want players to go into the stands and fight cripples? Or do you think your comment was just a hypersensitive response because the article I wrote was negative about your favorite team? Be honest now…