Michael Morse
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Michael John Morse (born March 22, 1982) is an American professional baseball outfielder, first baseman, and shortstop.
In the third round (82nd overall) of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft, Morse was selected by the Chicago White Sox.
Between 2005 and 2017, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles, Miami Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Francisco Giants.
He began his career as a baseball broadcaster in 2018.
Early life
Morse, a boy from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, stayed with his siblings and grandparents in Jamaica until the age of six, when he returned to his birthplace. Morse, who was singled out of school, attended Nova High School in Davie, Florida, the alma mater of fellow major leaguer Anthony Swarzak. Morse was also a quarterback for the football team at Nova High School, following in the footsteps of his older brother, T.K.
Personal life
In 2012, Morse married Jessica Etable. They live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and have a daughter and a son.
Professional career
Morse was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the third round (82nd overall) of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft as a shortstop. Morse played shortstop and also filled in as a third baseman during his time in the minors.
Morse was purchased by the Mariners, as well as Miguel Olivo and Jeremy Reed for Freddy Garcia and Ben Davis on June 27, 2004. He made his major league debut on May 31, 2005 with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, beginning with the 2005 season. Morse made it to the big leagues as a shortstop, but with the arrival of Yuniesky Betancourt, Morse began to develop as a utility player, having spent time at first base and left field. In 2005, he was banned for ten days for using performance-enhancing drugs.
Morse underwent surgery on July 6, 2006, to fix a torn medial meniscus in his right knee. Morse had the highest batting average in the major leagues in spring training in 2008, batting.492. Morse suffered a torn labrum diving for a ball against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2008; he had surgery to fix it and missed the remainder of the season.
Morse cleared waivers and was sent outright to the Tacoma Rainiers' AAA team, the Mariners.
The Mariners traded Morse to the Washington Nationals in June 2009 for outfielder Ryan Langerhans. Morse was promoted to the major leagues by the Nats on August 21, 2009, after hitting.322 with 16 home runs and 86 RBI in 110 minor league games.
Morse played 98 games and batted.289 with a.352 on-base percentage and a.519 slugging percentage, with 15 home runs and 41 RBIs in 2010.
Morse led the Grapefruit League in 2011 with nine home runs and 18 RBI. He started the 2011 regular season with Laynce Nix, but he was forced to put up offense and was relegated mainly to pinch hitting by May. Morse's season came to an end due to injury on May 22, 2011. Morse's first four games at first base had three home runs and eight RBI. Morse had 13 home runs and 35 RBI in the first major leagues in that span of time, earning him the National League's final roster spot in the 2011 All-Star Game. Morse was selected to the "All-Underrated Team" of Sports Illustrated.
Morse finished the 2011 season with a.303 average, 31 home runs, and 95 RBI; he was in the top ten in all three categories. He came in fourth in the league in slugging percentage (.550), behind Ryan Braun, Matt Kemp, and Prince Fielder.
Morse was on the disabled list for the first time in 2012 and had a strained back muscle. He was activated on June 1, 2012 and made his season debut the next day.
Morse hit a line drive to right field that bounced off the fence's top on September 29, 2012, while the Saint Louis Cardinals loaded Busch Stadium. Morse was tagged out attempting to take second base first base after the ball was originally called in-play. The play was eventually reviewed by the umpires, who later called the call back and declared Morse's line to be a grand slam home run. Morse was told to round the bases clockwise back toward the batter's box at home plate, take a mock swing at a nonexistent pitch, and then run counter-clockwise around the bases, as a normal home run. He was honoured with the GIBBY Award for Oddity of the Year after the season.
Morse's at-bat song — Take On Me by A-ha — has become a hit among Nationals fans to sing along with. Even though Morse was no longer on the team, it was so much that it was played after the Take Me Out to the Ballgame during the seventh-inning stretch of the first half of 2013. Morse will continue to use this song when playing for new clubs. Morse returned to Nationals Park as either a visiting player or special guest (including when Morse threw out the first pitch and was guest of honor at Game 5 of the 2017 NLDS versus the Chicago Cubs).
Morse was traded by the Seattle Mariners from Seattle to the Seattle Mariners on January 16, 2013, as a result of a three-team contract, catcher John Jaso moved from Seattle to the Oakland Athletics and minor-league pitchers A. J. Cole, Blake Treinen, and a player to be named later (Ian Krol) from Oakland to Washington. Morse was the Opening Day left fielder, but he didn't get the majority of the starts in right field until May's end. In the first four games of the season, Morse recorded eight home runs in spring training and four home runs. Morse also reached nine home runs in the first thirty games. He was the first Marine to do so since Mike Cameron in 2002.
Morse was out in right field against the Padres on May 28, but he was forced to leave after four innings, tweaking his right quad and attempting to finish first on a double. He was more at designated hitter and first base when trying to minimize his running after the injury, which required him to miss eight games. Morse suffered pain while pinch-hitting against the Angels on June 22, and was put on the disabled list with the condition. Morse was activated from the disabled list on July 29, and he began working in the right field the next day. Until his time, he was mainly employed in right field. Morse was.226/.283/.410 with 13 HR and 27 RBI in 76 games with the Mariners.
Morse was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Baltimore Orioles on August 30, 2013. Xavier Avery was traded by the Mariners to Morse. He went 2-for-4, a run scored, and a strikeout on his debut against the Yankees on September 1. With Baltimore, he was used either left or right field against left-handed starters. He batted.103 (3-for-29) in 12 games with Baltimore.
Morse underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left wrist on October 16, and he was supposed to return to spring training.
Morse's 2014 deal with the San Francisco Giants began with a one-year, $6 million deal. Morse was supposed to be San Francisco's everyday left fielder, according to Giants' manager Bruce Bochy. Morse spent the majority of May and June at first base after Brandon Belt sustained a thumb injury. Morse was diagnosed with a strained oblique and kept out of the lineup for the remainder of the month, as well as the NL Wild Card game and NLDS.
Morse was only used as a pinch-hitter and designated hitter during the postseason. In Game 5 of the 2014 National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, he came out as a pinch-hitter, with the Giants trailing 3–2 in the eighth innings and the Giants trailing 3–2 in the bottom of the eighth inning, when Pat Neshek struck a game-tying solo home run. Morse will advance to the World Series for the first time in his career if the Giants win the pennant in the bottom of the ninth on Travis Ishikawa's three-run home run.
Morse had four hits in 16 at-bats and drove in four runs in the 2014 World Series. Morse's first World Series ring of his ten-year career was defeated by the Giants in seven games over Kansas City Royals. Morse pounded in two of the team's three runs, including what was arguably the game-winning RBI in the top of the fourth inning off Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera.
Morse signed a two-year contract with the Miami Marlins worth $16 million on December 17, 2014. Morse was the Marlins' starting first baseman in the 2015 season, but he soon fell and began missing playing time to Justin Bour by May. He batted.213/.276/.313.
The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Morse, Mat Latos, Bronson Arroyo, Jim Johnson, Luis Avilán, and José Peraza, while the Atlanta Braves acquired minor league pitcher Zachary Bird, Minor league batsman, and a competitive balance draft pick for the 2016 MLB Draft. Morse was immediately assigned by the Dodgers to be assigned for assignment. José Tábata was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the following day. Morse was chosen for transfer by the Pirates on April 13, 2016. He was first born in April 21, 2016.
Morse spent time with MLB Network and CBS Radio after being fired from the Pirates. Hunter Pence spoke to Giants general manager Bobby Evans, who gave him a handshake contract to spring training to see if he could still play as a reserve major league player at his wedding in November 2016. Morse, a minor league footballer for the San Francisco Giants, signed a minor league deal on December 23, 2016.
Morse was recalled by the Giants on April 26, 2017. He made his first major league appearance in over a year in his eighth-inning, game-tying pinch hit home run, mirroring his success in Game 5 of the 2014 NLCS.
Morse (playing first base at the time) quickly interposed himself between the two players during a bench-clearing incident on May 29, 2017. When starting a run at Harper, Giants starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija collided with Morse, throwing both Giants to the ground and leaving Morse with a concussion. After the game, Morse was placed on the 7-day concussion list. He told the San Francisco Chronicle weeks later that he remembered little of the altercation and was now dealing with concussion symptoms, for which he was receiving continuous testing and care at Stanford University. Harper expressed gratitude to Morse for his service, noting that if Samardzija had gotten through and struck him, he might have been seriously injured. Morse missed the remainder of the 2017 season due to his concussion. He batted.194/.250/.306.