Sunday, June 5, 2011

Former Vernon Viper Morgan Puts Issues With Marlins In The Past:

Former Vernon Vipers defenceman, Nyjer Morgan made his return to Florida and the Sun Life Stadium Friday night, as the Milwaukee Brewers were in town for a four game series with the Florida Marlins. It was last September when Morgan who then played for the Washington Nationals charged the mound and threw a punch at Florida Marlins pitcher Chris Volstad to kick off a bench-clearing brawl between the two teams in the sixth inning of the Nats' 16-10 loss to Florida.
Morgan played with the Vipers as an "AP" during the 1996-97 season.

Here is the video of Morgan's fight,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7WlELYuxT0

This is posted on the Brewers website:

Morgan puts issues with Marlins in the past

By David Villavicencio / Special to MLB.com | 06/03/11

MIAMI -- Many baseball fans remember the bench-clearing incident centered around Nyjer Morgan last September.

Then with the Nationals, Morgan rushed Marlins pitcher Chris Volstad after a pitch was thrown behind him, and madness ensued. The outfielder looked more like a professional wrestler than professional baseball player that night, but the 30-year-old Brewer has put last season's incident behind him.


"It's been past," Morgan said. "I wore one in Spring Training when I was still with the Nationals from [Ricky] Nolasco. To me, it's over with. Maybe to them it's not, but I'm just worried about going out there and getting on base to help us win games."

An emotional player, Morgan has used that fire to provide a spark at the top of the Brewers' lineup. Manager Ron Roenicke embraces Morgan's emotions and thinks they can be beneficial to both the player and the ballclub.

"If it's channeled in the right way, it's actually good," Roenicke said. "He's got energy on the bench and on the field. If you get rid of all that emotion, I don't know if he still has that energy."

The Brewers center fielder does not know what kind of reception he will get from the South Florida crowd this weekend, and neither does his manager. Both are hopeful that nothing will come up when Morgan steps on the field against the Marlins.

"I don't really know," Roenicke said. "I talked to Nyjer a little bit about it, and he's treating it like no big deal. Hopefully there won't be anything."

Even though it is just his first year managing him, Roenicke sees a more mature Morgan this season than he has observed from a distance in the past. Milwaukee's manager thinks there will be less incidents and outbursts from the speedy outfielder as he continues to mature.

"He knows what he should be doing and he knows when he does something wrong," Roenicke said. "When you have that personality and a lot of emotion, things are going to happen. I think he's going to get better at those things as times go on, but they don't just totally disappear. It takes a while."

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