Home Run Derby

Joe Morgan loves Barry Bonds.

He makes this abundantly clear every time he announces a Giants game. He always has a new interview for that special time before the game when he “catches up” with Barry (it seems more like stalking to me).

Now, there is nothing wrong with this on the surface. It’s fine that Joe has a standing play date every time he’s in San Francisco and that Barry has found a member of the media he doesn’t wish would die a fiery death.

Barry might want to think about this, though, because Joe has gotten quite close to another prominent baseball figure in the past, and that player went on to get banned from baseball. I’m talking, of course, about Joe’s graceful aftershave conversation with Pete Rose in this classic 1979 Aqua Velva commercial.

If Barry truly has nothing to hide, then he can continue his relationship with Joe without worrying about any future complications.

But if the overwhelming majority of the public is correct about how Bonds set his record, he may want to cut his ties to Morgan. We know many players have cheated their way to fame and gotten away with it, but you never saw them getting too close to Joe Morgan.

On the other hand, the all-time hits leader discusses skin care with Joe and is subsequently banned from the game. I’m not saying Barry did it, but he might want to watch his back. Joe Morgan could be standing there ready to “accidentally” bump into him.

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