Former Viper Morgan Homers In First Rehab Start:

Former Vernon Vipers defenceman, Nyjer Morgan played the first of two scheduled games on a Minor League rehabilitation assignment on Tuesday, leading off every inning of an exhibition game at extended Spring Training in Phoenix. Morgan was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. Morgan played with the Vipers as an "AP" during the 1996-97 season.

This is posted on the Brewers website:

Morgan homers in first rehab start

By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com | 05/24/11

MILWAUKEE -- Whether he went 1-for-3 or 1-for-4, Nyjer Morgan was enthusiastic about his return to action, as he nears the end of his latest stint on the disabled list.

Morgan played the first of two scheduled games on a Minor League rehabilitation assignment on Tuesday, leading off every inning of an exhibition game at extended Spring Training in Phoenix. He took his excitement to Twitter, where Morgan posts as @TheRealTPlush, and reported going 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, a stolen base and four walks. The report Brewers manager Ron Roenicke saw had Morgan going 1-for-4.

Either way, Morgan was fired-up.

"I was feeling like [Corey] Hart with dat bomb I hit!" Morgan wrote, a nod to teammate Hart's three-homer effort on Monday night in Milwaukee.

Morgan, on the 15-day DL since fracturing his left middle finger on May 5, is expected to play one more game on Wednesday and could be back with the Brewers for Friday's series opener against Tim Lincecum and the Giants.