Logan Morrison 2011: Nobody Likes a Douche If He Can't Produce

[Fish and Chips]

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
My "flu like symptoms" meant I spent a good portion of today peeing...out of my ass. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday w/ that visual.

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Twitter sent me a Rule Book. I threw em a Curveball- i cant read #JUCO RT @9Nickel: LoMo I dont think ur using Twitter properly @danieltosh

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
If i dont perform u can verbally attack me via Twitter RT @CantBMoreTony: @LoMoMarlins gimme 1 reason why I should pick u on my fantasy team


LoMo is the best

[kylekash]

I love LoMo. He seems like such a fun guy. He is always saying some crazy stuff on Twitter.

[Miamarlin21]

lol:

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Sharktits RT@DodgerChik3155: @LoMoMarlins What should fans yell so you know we follow you on twitter??

[Hugg]

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Just hanging out at the house, tidying up. I hate it when i misplace my hand grenades & Civil War musket...

fun shot at Longoria

[Party]

HE RETWEETED US!

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison

RT @SoFlaMarlins Please give us a retweet @LoMoMarlins http://soflamarlins.com/index.php You are the reason Twitter was invented <3

[MiamiHomer]

I knew he would!

[Omar]

fun shot at Longoria
Oh?

[Party]

Someone took Longo's AK-47. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/29/SPM31IL4AV.DTL)

[Miamarlin21]

Great stuff from today:

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Omg @amyknelson is coming to opening day at sun life. My palms are sweaty, knees weak, and arms r heavy. There's vomit on my sweater already

And the best:

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Just filled out my rental app 4 my condo this year. A LOT of questions. One was "Sex" I replied "DTF" hope that helps.. twitpic.com/4ergad

[MiamiHomer]

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
My real estate agent called, said he didn't think I took my rental app seriously (No sh*t Sherlock). Ill post pics of my "wrongs" shortly...


:lol

[Beef]

I get that he is trying to be funny for his followers, but he's just making the agent's job harder.

[MiamiHomer]

Go to 790thwticket and listen to his amazing interview on the LeBatard show.

[marlins_virus.exe]

http://www.nola.com/zephyrs/index.ssf/2011/03/new_orleanian_logan_morrison_i.html

Picture this: A strapping young left-handed hitter from the New Orleans area with a smooth stroke and a great eye at the plate.

After an impressive two-month debut stint in the major leagues, he’s opening the season with the big club and is poised to become one of the National League’s young stars.

Now forgive yourself for conjuring vintage Will Clark.

This generation’s sweet-swinging lefty is Logan Morrison, a former Slidell resident, Northshore High graduate and former player with the New Orleans Zephyrs. On the cusp of his beginning his first full season in the major leagues, Morrison is the most talented offensive player to emerge from New Orleans since Will The Thrill. His Florida Marlins open the season tonight against the New York Mets.

Winding down the spring schedule last week in Jupiter, Fla., Morrison admitted that he was enjoying spring training more this year with the knowledge that his position as a part of the Marlins’ starting lineup is solid.

“It’s helped out a lot, helped me relax,” he said. “I can focus more on the process of getting ready for a major league season rather than having to go out and produce numbers right away. (Last year) there was no time to see pitches. If there was a pitch that was right there, I had to swing at it. I couldn’t see how it moved.”

Seeing pitches is a major part of Morrison’s game. He averaged 4.09 pitches per plate appearance, a statistic used as a measure of plate discipline, last year in his rookie season. That placed him 11th in the National League.

Morrison’s approach at the plate is what got him called up from the minors last year. After spending the bulk of the season playing first base for the Triple-A Zephyrs, he got the call in late July and was placed in left field, a position he had only played sparingly in New Orleans. The defensive transition still is a work in progress, and Morrison cites learning the position as his greatest challenge in the big leagues.

The adjustment to major league pitching went smoothly. Morrison had a .390 on-base percentage and seven triples, good for eighth in the National League despite his limited at-bats.

For a player 23 years old, plate discipline on Morrison’s level is rare, something he attributes in part to his years playing for Coach Ned Eades at Northshore. Morrison remembered a high school practice where he was on third base and the hitter walked.

Thinking the bases were loaded behind him, Morrison trotted home only to be thrown out. Fuming, Eades told the talented Morrison that he also was lazy.

“I try to be more disciplined now,” Morrison said with a smile.

Although he never struggled at any level in the minor leagues, last season was Morrison’s most difficult. His father, Tom, died last winter after battling lung cancer. Given his father’s health situation at the time, Morrison said he was grateful to play for his hometown Zephyrs in 2010.

“Especially with what my dad with going through, (playing in New Orleans) was very important,” he said. “I got to spend time with him. Coming to the games, talking with him after the games. ... It kept his mind off what was going on.”

Morrison now is in Florida, and it appears he is there to stay. Marlins Manager Edwin Rodriguez, who managed Morrison last season in New Orleans as well as during Morrison’s stints in the lower minor leagues, said he is a crucial part of the team’s future.

Florida might not yet have the talent to compete with the Philadelphia Phillies in their own division, but with their collection of home-grown, cost-controlled youth such as Morrison, Josh Johnson, Mike Stanton and former Zephyrs Gaby Sanchez and Chris Coughlan, they’re not far off.

“The Florida Marlins organization has had a master plan for years,” Rodriguez said. “When Logan Morrison got into the system, when Mike Stanton and Chris Coughlan got into the system. ... they were able to point them out as part of the future, into 2011. From the get-go, Logan Morrison has been one of those guys.”

[MiamiHomer]

http://www.790theticket.com/lebatard.aspx

Go down on that page a bit and you'll see the interview archives. He was hilarious and what made it funnier was he walked over to do the interview from a photo shoot he was doing for I think SI and he was only in his sliders.

[Madman81]

Great stuff from today:



And the best:

http://twitpic.com/show/large/4ergad

[Miamarlin21]

http://www.790theticket.com/lebatard.aspx

Go down on that page a bit and you'll see the interview archives. He was hilarious and what made it funnier was he walked over to do the interview from a photo shoot he was doing for I think SI and he was only in his sliders.

He's fucking hilarious. I'm developing a man crush on him too. Damn

[MiamiHomer]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/267882117.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1301620362&Signature=Am1Vfo3j8C5aIgZR9d435wQ7ad0%3D

[Party]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Miamarlin21]

MH, the last pic you put up didn't work :(

[MiamiHomer]

What last pic?

[Miamarlin21]

The last post you posted.

[MiamiHomer]

Seems to be working fine for me.

[Miamarlin21]

Dunno, I can't see it :( Oh well.

[FishFanInPA]

I can't see it either.

[MiamiHomer]

This should work then.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c240/305gangster305/267882117.jpg

[Ralph]

Logan Morrison was shirtless on the field before practice — as part of a photo shoot for ESPN The Magazine’s next Body Issue.

“I don’t know why they picked me,” he said, poking fun at himself. “Mike (Stanton) must’ve said no.”
http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/marlins/2011/03/31/florida-marlins-all-star-hanley-ramirez-sporting-a-new-haircut-mike-stanton-a-new-name/
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[MiamiHomer]

Seriously, if you haven't listened to the interview I posted earlier in the thread you are missing out. He is fantastic in it.

[Ralph]

http://www.790theticket.com/lebatard.aspx

Go down on that page a bit and you'll see the interview archives. He was hilarious and what made it funnier was he walked over to do the interview from a photo shoot he was doing for I think SI and he was only in his sliders.

Awsome... Wes Helms interview was awsome as well. I like him after listening to it.

[MiamiHomer]

The thought of Wes Helms naked is not something I want in my head.

[Party]

LoMo is sporting love handles.

[MiamiHomer]

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Cogz w/ the @SportsCenter #2 play of the night. Totally orchestrated by yours truly yelling "IN" when the ball came off the bat.


:lol

[Miamarlin21]

hahahaha

[MiamiHomer]

Hanging out with the enemy (http://www.mobypicture.com/user/LoMoMarlins/view/9195432)

[Ramp]

sick pad

[mbitcronod12]

Who else is that other than Uggla?

[AdamRavs]

Maybe LoMo will smother him with a pillow

[Miamarlin21]

Who else is that other than Uggla?

I can't tell.

[marlins_virus.exe]

Uggz is such a gaywad. I bet his massive closet is full of nothing but Affliction and Ed Hardy shirts 3 sizes too small

[Miamarlin21]

Uggz is such a gaywad. I bet his massive closet is full of nothing but Affliction and Ed Hardy shirts 3 sizes too small

Extra medium.

[Party]

And panties.

[Fishfan79]

And panties.

belonging to cody ross

[Miamarlin21]

I think he was talking about Uggla in this tweet:

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Cause even when I dream of you, The sweetest dream will never do, I’d still miss you Dan, And I don’t want to miss a thing...

[Ramp]

you think?

[Miamarlin21]

lol. LoMo is best:

How 'bout my scouting report on your Twitter name - whipped much? RT @colbyloveskara: LoMo what's ur scout on young Beachy for the braves?
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This isn't bad either:

Thanks, Mom RT @ayaplayaboom: LoMo U r quickly becoming my fav Marlins player. If only u had an ass like Stanton's. Though urs isnt 2 shabby

[Mainge]

http://a3.img.mobypicture.com/93a0347d9a83ee28406ce325d06e95e2_view.jpg

:(

No bueno.

[Madman81]

It's to raise money for lung cancer research/awareness/whatnot. I'm ok with it.

[Mainge]

That is cool.

[Miamarlin21]

That's fucking awesome, minus the team.

[Ramp]

haha I want one in another color

[MiamiHomer]

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Twilight Saga. Hes team Jacob, im soo Edward RT @CoquiOX: LoMo What were you & Howard chatting about everytime u got on 1st?


lol

[Miamarlin21]

Logan is fucking awesome:

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
I slept w/ that girl... Now can u hate me? RT @PHoelz26: LoMo I want 2 hate u but I cant. Ur like that hot girl in HS who dumped me @ prom

[MiamiHomer]

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Thanks for all the well wishes! I strained my arch. I don't even know u could do that! If I can be out there I will. Go fish!


twitter

[Miamarlin21]

What is an arch?

[Ramp]

prob in his foot?

/didn't see game

[Miamarlin21]

Oooh. I'm dumb.

[MiamiHomer]

LoMo getting MRI today. Hope there isn't any tear of some sort.

[MiamiHomer]

LoMo is killing it on twitter right now.

[Ramp]

he might be headed to the DL

[MiamiHomer]

Once I heard about the MRI I figured that's what was going to happen. He says there is pain when he walks on it but at least he can actually walk, if there was some sort of severe tear he probably wouldn't be able to. He actually said he doesn't think it's his arch but he isn't a doctor so we should find out tomorrow for sure.

[Ralph]

Nothing on MRI yet.....

But enjoy

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/9378/twitterview-qa-with-logan-morrison

[mbitcronod12]

LoMoMarlins: I told the beat writers I wouldn't break it on twitter. I'll let everyone know when I get to the field today. I did get some new crutches.

/Twitter

[AdamRavs]

/Twitter

reading between the lines there.. I would say he will be going to the DL..

[mbitcronod12]

reading between the lines there.. I would say he will be going to the DL..

That is what I'm taking from it as well.

[Swifty]

Whatever it is, I just hope it doesn't need surgery.

Bonifacio is hitting spectacularly well right now, so if it's 10 days of Emiliooooooooooooo I'm ok with it. If it's figure out what to do for the next 8 weeks, that's a killer.

[jay576]

Most important thing I got from the interview is the marlins need more mermaids to help lomo focus.

[MiamiHomer]

CBS says he was quoted in the Miami Herald saying he expects to miss "about 2 weeks". I can't find the herald article right now though.

[mbitcronod12]

JCRMarlinsbeat: @LoMoMarlins spotted on crutches and donning a cast up to his knee. Doesn't look good. #Marlins

JCRMarlinsbeat: @LoMoMarlins' cast will come off Monday. Will be re-evaulated then, but seems like DL is likely. #marlins

/Twitter

[Miamarlin21]

I read that it's rumored he'll miss two weeks.

I assume Petey gets recalled once LoMo goes on the DL.

[Ramp]

out 2-4 weeks

[Ralph]

son of

[marlins_virus.exe]

season over

I hope Scotty Cuz sees some ABs when Bonerface remembers who he is

[Erick]

season over

I hope Scotty Cuz sees some ABs when Bonerface remembers who he is

lol

[Miamarlin21]

lol

Nothing to lol about. It's a true statement.

[Hugg]

lol

[Chewford]

lol

[Beef]

I think that I do not follol

[AdamRavs]

So if he goes on the DL we call up Peterson? He is really our only OF option right?

[Miamarlin21]

Yea, he's the only other outfielder on the 40.

[Erick]

Why not just call up Badenhop and carry the extra reliever? At least Badenhop can give quality innings out of the pen.

Petersen is rather useless.

We're ok for now with a short bench of Hayes, Dobbs/Helms, Murphy, Cousins. And Bonifacio's versatility means you can move him around anywhere making late moves convenient, either way.

Petersen does nothing. Just wasting a roster spot.

[TealMonster08]

I like Erick now for writing that. Even if it is probably wrong.

[Omar]

Since Murphy doesn't seem to be able to handle regular ABs (hasn't had more than one AB since Tax Day), you're basically limiting yourself to a bench of 1.5 (because two of Bonertron/Dobbs/Helms/Cousins have to start). I don't think we can afford that at the moment.

[Erick]

Since Murphy doesn't seem to be able to handle regular ABs (hasn't had more than one AB since Tax Day), you're basically limiting yourself to a bench of 1.5 (because two of Bonertron/Dobbs/Helms/Cousins have to start). I don't think we can afford that at the moment.

Good point.
But Petersen can't hit, anyway.

If (err, when) they call someone up, I'd rather have Salazar.

[Bobbob1313]

He has basically identical numbers as the guy already on our bench who hit a grand slam today.

[nny]

dwayne wise made bad choice

But Pete has a .256/.408/.462/.870 line in NOla right now with a 9/9 BB/k

If we remove someone (Which we very very very likely won't) there's also Ruben gotay, who's hitting .269/.397/.423/.820 and you gotta wonder about "Starting 3b?"

[Erick]

Not everyone can transition from the minors to the majors.

It's obviously a rather small sample, but Cousins was actually playing this way last year, at the end of the year, when given a chance.

Petersen, on the other hand, has looked overmatched in his brief time in the big leagues. Like, he's literally been a waste of a roster spot the few times he's been called up.

Plus, I would imagine a right-handed hitter makes more sense, at this point. Helms is the only right-handed option off the bench, with Murphy being unavailable to hit/not wanting to use Hayes because he's the backup catcher.

I'm guessing they'll just callup Salazar.

[nny]

the point is Petersen is doing grossly better than last year (.686 OPS, 0.54 K/BB) - But, while this year is a very small sample size, he was well enough thought of prior to his fall off last year that he might be back to form.

More importantly is the 40 man roster spot. Morrison will be back and Salarzar/Gotay is out of options. Unless they're getting called up for potential starting option - and not a bit spot off the bench - I doubt they remove someone from the 40. Possible - and likely makes us a better team - but I doubt it.

[Miamarlin21]

Nny has a point. However, if they do, which I highly, highly doubt, Reed and Hatcher are possibilities. Hatcher has done well thus far if I recall.
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LoMo is taking advantage of this haha:

Now that Im disabled Im going 2 need a nurse (4 feedings & sponge baths etc) Please forward ur resumes 2 @LoMoDimples. *Males need not apply

[Erick]

Nny has a point. However, if they do, which I highly, highly doubt, Reed and Hatcher are possibilities. Hatcher has done well thus far if I recall.
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LoMo is taking advantage of this haha:

Why is Evan Reed on the 40-man, anyway? Isn't he out for the year?

[Miamarlin21]

Why is Evan Reed on the 40-man, anyway? Isn't he out for the year?

Yea, I honestly don't understand that.

I guess the thought that some team would keep him even though he had Tommy John. I still don't understand why he wasn't put on the 60-day disabled list. Guess I'll never know.
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He's on a roll tonight:

Thats y u should always stretch b4 masturbating RT @briangarcia1993: LoMo get better bro. I once fractured both of my wrists @ the same time

[marlins_virus.exe]

they can easily create a spot by putting Reed on the 60 day DL, and I'm sure they will when the time for someone to be added comes along.

[Mainge]

Nothing to lol about. It's a true statement.

lol.

[Miamarlin21]

I don't understand how LoMo can stay on point 24/7. This guy is great:

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Im actually in the clubhouse going thru teammates lockers RT @GeneInMalvern: LoMo How do u keep ur head in the game when ur in dugout on DL?

[Ramp]

I'm on point 24/7

[MiamiHomer]

clarkspencer clarkspencer
#Marlins Logan Morrison optimistic he can come off DL when 15 days are up on May 5. Foot checked out pain-free when cast came off today.


He is also auctioning the cast after getting the team to sign it.

[marlins_virus.exe]

he's so dreamy

[Ramp]

MIAMI GARDENS — Logan Morrison got an earful Tuesday from manager Edwin Rodriguez, who wasn't happy when the injured outfielder ran on the field to celebrate the Marlins' victory in the bottom of the ninth inning Monday night.

"We had a conversation, a very mature conversation,' Rodriguez said. "It was - How do you call that? - a monologue, with his eyes open.'

Morrison went on the disabled list last week with a sprained left arch. He had the cast removed Monday afternoon, but the foot is far from being healed.

Rodriguez didn't see Morrison leap up the steps and celebrate with his teammates after Omar Infante's two-out single. But after being alerted by a team trainer, Rodriguez went to a video monitor to see the replay.

"When I looked at the picture, there he is, right in the middle,' Rodriguez said.

By then, the players had left the clubhouse. So, Rodriguez's first order of business Tuesday to talk to Morrison. He wouldn't share exactly what he said.

"You don't want to know,' Rodriguez said, rolling his eyes. The gist of it: "You have to be smarter." Rodriguez said Morrison got the message.

Post-game celebrations are a delicate topic for the Marlins. Last July, Chris Coghlan suffered a season-ending knee injury while celebrating a walk-off win.

"Chris Coghlan last year and now Logan Morrison,' Rodriguez said. "We can laugh now - nothing happened.'

The Marlins, who have nine come-from-behind wins this season, have had a few on-the-field celebrations, including players applying the shaving cream pie-in-the-face, which is how Coghlan got hurt last summer.

But Rodriguez noted that even those celebrations have been toned down.

"I like it. Times change,' he said with a laugh. "We have to make adjustments."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/marlins/1435074.html

[Flum]

Edwin sounds like a bad-ass in that article.

[Swifty]

I really like Edwin. And LoMo, I like him too.

[Miamarlin21]

I was very worried last when I saw him running.

[MiamiHomer]

LoMo claims this is a baby picture of him. I'm skeptical but it's hilarious anyways.

http://plixi.com/p/96890453

[marlins_virus.exe]

literally if you wanted to end your skepticism you could just type "baby kissing doll" into google image search

[MiamiHomer]

I didn't care enough to waste my time doing that.

[MiamiHomer]

Manny_Navarro Manny Navarro
Hanley Ramirez said he'll sign Logan Morrison's cast, up for auction on e-Bay, when the team returns to Miami.


He said he was never asked.

[Hugg]

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
What do u think?RT @EazyESachs @LoMoMarlins I heard he never got asked to sign it is that true?

http://twitter.com/#!/LoMoMarlins/status/64133606112628736

[Bobbob1313]

That's a shitty answer. It's not like the no-answer is somehow better than actually answering it.

If you're not gonna badmouth your teammate, don't badmouth your teammate. But don't leave it to innuendo.

[Erick]

That's a shitty answer. It's not like the no-answer is somehow better than actually answering it.

If you're not gonna badmouth your teammate, don't badmouth your teammate. But don't leave it to innuendo.

He didn't give an answer on Twitter, but he did give an answer on Sid Rosenberg's radio show.

http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/marlins/2011/04/29/florida-marlins-shorstop-hanley-ramirez-hopes-to-add-his-signature-to-logan-morrisons-charity-cast/

[Beef]

"seeing what he hangs out with"

ohmygoshdirty

[Bobbob1313]

He didn't give an answer on Twitter, but he did give an answer on Sid Rosenberg's radio show.

http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/marlins/2011/04/29/florida-marlins-shorstop-hanley-ramirez-hopes-to-add-his-signature-to-logan-morrisons-charity-cast/

That sounded to me like he was joking at the time.

[Mainge]

Hanley and Infante are fucking two of my friends. They aren't dirty.

[Beef]

Hanley is fucking a lot more than two of your friends.

[Mainge]

One of*

[Beef]

I know, but still, I know.

[Party]

Tag team?
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Eiffel tower?

[MiamiHomer]

ST. LOUIS — As the Marlins take on the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, Logan Morrison continues his recovery process from a strained left arch back in South Florida.

Morrison is working out at the Roger Dean Stadium complex in Jupiter. The other day he was re-examined by doctors, who have cleared him to do more baseball activities.

In the past couple of days, Morrison has taken swings in the batting cages, and he’s done some light running. On Wednesday, he is expected to take batting practice on the field.

The Marlins return home to face the Nationals on Friday, and Morrison is scheduled to do pregame workouts with the team.

Before being reinstated off the disabled list, Morrison will play in some rehab assignment games, which could begin early next week.

LoMo making progress (http://joefrisaro.mlblogs.com/2011/05/04/lomo-making-progress/)

[MiamiHomer]

JCRMarlinsbeat
@LoMoMarlins taking BP today, expected to start rehab assignment Monday and be activated for road trip next weekend.


Juan C. Rodriguez

[MiamiHomer]

Winning bid for his cast was $1,500.

[MiamiHomer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRDo93L9sh8

:lol

[dgriot]

His facial expression to signing the bat sells it.

[MiamiHomer]

gohammerheads Jupiter Hammerheads
Wow. @LoMoMarlins runs all the way into foul territory to snag a fly ball, then gets it back in to double the runner at first! #marlins


Sounds like that foot feels fine.

[Ramp]

someone in RF tonight has a #sharktits poster

[Bucklin12]

Ha. I glanced over this once and didn't even realize that he is tweeting with my sister-in-law.

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
U maybe the first person every to say thatRT @ToriMo_fosho @LoMoMarlins you do baseball pants some justice #swag
11 hours ago

[Miamarlin21]

lol...


LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Just called down to the front desk & asked if they could send up someone to give me a Hug. *silence* .....

[Madman81]

MIAMI -- Logan Morrison tweets to the amusement of thousands and the dismay of his team's top executive.

The 23-year-old left fielder known as "LoMo" may lead the league in Twitter wisecracks.

"It's amazing how many people take you seriously," he says. "I don't take it seriously at all."

That's what worries team president David Samson. The Marlins monitor tweets by all of their employees, and Samson says he has warned Morrison that his R-rated material could carry negative repercussions.

"I'm not a dinosaur," Samson says, "but I'm not thrilled. It's very scary to me. I've told Logan, 'People are waiting for you to make a mistake. They're going to bait you on Twitter to say something inappropriate that you can never take back.'

"It takes an entire career to build a reputation, and one tweet to lose it. As long as he understands that, it's fine."

Morrison has more than 26,000 followers. That total's impressive considering he's less than halfway through his first full season in the major leagues and plays for the Florida Marlins, a team unaccustomed to attention.

Morrison estimates the age of his audience at 15 and up. He says he'll tweet with asterisks on occasion but otherwise sees no need for self-censorship because kids are going to come across the language he uses somewhere else anyway.

"If you don't want to follow me, don't follow me," he says with a shrug.

Not all of his humor is of the clubhouse variety. Many LoMo tweets can be fun for the whole family.

But Morrison also tweets about sex, body parts, the Miami Heat and humidity, odorous cabbies, the Philadelphia Phillies and the injury that sidelined Morrison in April.

"Breaking news: sprained ligament in my foot out 2 to 4 weeks," he tweeted. "Told u fantasy people not to pick me up."

Morrison says he's just being himself: a native of Kansas City, Mo., who grew up a Coast Guard brat, lost his father to lung cancer and is blessed with the ability to hit a major league curve.

Whether he's sitting at his locker, watching TV at home or eating at a restaurant, LoMo's liable to be tapping out a message on his iPhone. When asked if he would ever tweet during a game, Morrison hesitates before saying no.

"I think he has a slight addiction," teammate John Buck says.

Morrison engages in exchanges with his Twitter followers, unlike celebrity athletes who limit their tweeting to status reports on dinner plans and such. Morrison says he understands why famous Twitterers might dislike interacting with the not-famous, but he sees it as a chance to break down barriers and show he's a regular guy.

Morrison also freely concedes he's trying to promote himself. He began using Twitter before the 2010 season at the suggestion of his agent, Fred Wray, who saw it as a way to expand the LoMo brand.


"Twitter fit Logan," Wray says. "It's an online conversation, and Logan likes to talk. He has the gift of gab."

Soon after Morrison reached the majors last July, his followers outnumbered attendance at the typical Marlins home game.

"The main goal was to get my name out there and make me more money and bring more money to the causes I support, like the American Lung Association," Morrison says. "In this market you've got to do things you wouldn't ordinarily do to get followers, and it's working."

His late father's battle with lung cancer ended in December, and Morrison traded stories about the illness with others on Twitter. After he recovered from his foot injury, his auctioned cast sold for $1,500, with the money going to the lung association.

Morrison adopted another cause: campaigning for Marlins first baseman Gaby Sanchez to make the All-Star team.

If not for Morrison's injury, he might be a contender himself. After hitting .283 in 62 games as a rookie last year, this season he's a big part of the Marlins' surprising success, batting .322 with six home runs through Monday.

When it comes to Twitter popularity, Morrison can't rival Nick Swisher (1.3 million followers), Jose Canseco (394,000) or even Ozzie Guillen (143,000). But he figures the best way to gain ground on them is with base hits.

"Obviously the better I do, the more followers I'm going to get," he says. "I'm sure it will be way up if I make an All-Star Game; it doesn't matter how original or funny I am on there."

On that point, Morrison and the Marlins brass agree.

"I've told Logan," Samson says, "no one will care about his tweets if they're coming from New Orleans (where the Marlins' Triple-A team plays)."

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6611550

[Miamarlin21]

Samson is just jealous because if he made a real twitter no one would follow him.

[Omar]

I can see Samson's POV, but have some faith in your players. Also, don't take that kind of stuff to the media.

[dgriot]

I'm sure the one calling out Posey's agent and ESPN didn't help matters, either.

Our team feels terrible for buster! His agents letter was ignorant and uncalled 4. Espn showed there ignorance as well 4 airing that trash

[Swifty]

Eh.

I don't get Samson; he's made it very clear over the last 9 years they've been here that not only do they not care about public opinion, they openly flaunt their indifference.

This is the same guy who criticized the Ichiro contract, who had neither subtle nor secretive conferences with the mayors of Las Vegas and San Antonio and who still disputed the deadspin figures even when faced with seemingly incontrovertible evidence of authenticity.

It would be one thing if we were an organization built around morals and character, or with a team first mentality that minimizes if not all together eliminates the mindset of singular importance, but that's not the case here; nor has it ever been with this ownership group.

[Party]

Didn't Samson talk about pornos and sex toys on the Lebatard Show a couple years ago?

[marlins_virus.exe]

sure but he never built up a good reputation so he had nothing to ruin

[Chewford]

LoMo's dating tips:
http://mlbfancave.mlb.com/fancave/video.jsp?content_id=15479283&topic_id=19224580&tcid=fb_CAVE_15479283&c_id=mlb#fbid=4oxedrzBxCs (http://mlbfancave.mlb.com/fancave/video.jsp?content_id=15479283&topic_id=19224580&tcid=fb_CAVE_15479283&c_id=mlb#fbid=4oxedrzBxCs)

:marchmellow

[Miamarlin21]

I took notes.

[Party]

That wasn't funny at all.

[Sandroimbuto]

He tries too hard

[Beef]

mm hmm

[mbitcronod12]

Talk to anyone around the Marlins, and you will hear that left fielder Logan Morrison is the emerging leader of the club.

Morrison, 23, proved it twice recently, calling out Giants GM Brian Sabean for his comments about the Marlins’ Scott Cousins and then his own owner, Jeffrey Loria, for the team’s firing of hitting coach Dave Mallee.

Many of the younger Marlins were upset by the dismissal of Mallee, their former minor-league hitting coach. Morrison merely gave voice to their concerns, but both Loria and Marlins GM Larry Beinfest spoke to him about criticizing the owner.

Yet, Morrison is not backing down.

If anything, he found it curious that in his conversation with Loria, the owner linked Morrison’s reaction to the player’s loss of his father, Tom, last December.

“(Loria) said he’s not mad at me,” Morrison said. “He basically said that you’re an important part of this organization and you’re going to be for a long time, and that going through what I’ve gone through, he understands why I’d be mad.

“I didn’t understand what one thing would have to do with another, personal life and baseball. But I kind of went along with it.”

Some with the Marlins say a change in hitting coaches was necessary, that Mallee placed too strong an emphasis on hitting mechanics and too little on mental approach.

The bottom line: The Marlins indeed operate differently than most clubs, with Loria occasionally making impulsive decisions. It will be interesting to see how much dissent the team tolerates from Morrison, one of the top young hitters in the game.

“They talked to me about it and said I can’t call out the owner and say this is why he got fired,” Morrison said. “I really don’t understand what I did wrong. It was accurate. It wasn’t a lie.

“I still don’t understand it. But sometimes you do things you don’t understand. I won’t do it again, I guess.”

Well, Morrison at times might want to choose his words more carefully, but he shouldn’t hesitate to be honest. Baseball needs more players who actually speak their minds.


Unlikely All-Star candidates and more (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/underrated-all-star-game-candidates-061311)

[Ramp]

Yikes.... Probably a bad idea to keep telling the press exactly what's on your mind, Logan. It's only going to get you into trouble

[Party]

Especially with some of the people who cover this team.

[Omar]

Dick move bringing up his dad

[Erick]

Dick move bringing up his dad

Yeah, seriously.

[mbitcronod12]

Marlins left fielder Logan Morrison has been told to tone down his comments by president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest after Morrison's reaction last week to the firing of hitting coach John Mallee.

Morrison said he was told he can't "point fingers at the owner, stuff like that," after he said it was not "right" and not "just" that Mallee was dismissed last Wednesday.

"I was like, 'OK,' ' Morrison said about the conversation. "I don't quite fully understand that because I didn't really say it in a negative way. I might have been written that way, I don't know. I was asked a question, I told the truth. But I guess I don't do that anymore."

Owner Jeffrey Loria also spoke to Morrison, but Morrison said Loria is cool.

"He's not really mad," Morrison said.

On the night of Mallee's firing Morrison also hinted the front office was putting pressure on the players. "Everybody has their finger on the panic button. It's hard to relax and play baseball," he said.

Several players were upset over Mallee's firing. The popular coach was in the organization for over 10 years, more than eight of those as the organizational hitting instructor before being promoted to the Marlins when Edwin Rodriguez replaced Fredi Gonzalez as the manager a year ago.

Morrison, 23, is the most outspoken player in the clubhouse. He is popular on Twitter with 35,138 followers and the Marlins already have told him to tone down his tweets after some inappropriate comments.


Florida Marlins front office tells Logan Morrison to quiet down after recent comments (http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/marlins/florida-marlins-front-office-tells-logan-morrison-to-1537674.html)

[jay576]

I'm so glad that someone has officially taken over Helms job of most outspoken player in the clubhouse. I think it might have to do with the fact Helms doesn't play.

[Miamarlin21]

At least he's honest:

LoMoMarlins Logan Morrison
Yeah, dont watch mine right now RT @alwayssunnyincp: LoMo any pointers 4 baseball swing? trying 2 make it to club baseball next school year

[Swifty]

His new twitter thing has a censored bar over his mouth. I've never gone from liking a player to hating him so quickly. He's a giant tool.

[Beef]

:-)

[Party]

When he's hitting he's that cliche TV character that knows everything but has a weird personality that can rub people the wrong way. When he's not hitting he's that dumb outspoken character everyone hates because of his ineptitude and outspokenness.

[Erick]

His new twitter thing has a censored bar over his mouth. I've never gone from liking a player to hating him so quickly. He's a giant tool.

Glad you've come up with that conclusion after never meeting him.

[Bobbob1313]

Glad you've come up with that conclusion after never meeting him.

I've never met the guy from Train, and yet there's zero doubt in my mind that I would hate him if I did.

[Erick]

I've never met the guy from Train, and yet there's zero doubt in my mind that I would hate him if I did.

Don't really follow them; perhaps you have your reasons for that.

I don't really see any reason to call Logan Morrison a tool, nor was anybody really doing so before he began to hit like crap this month.

[Bobbob1313]

I would bet anything Logan Morrison likes Jason Mraz.

[Sandroimbuto]

He is, indeed, a tool

[Beef]

Don't really follow them; perhaps you have your reasons for that.

I don't really see any reason to call Logan Morrison a tool, nor was anybody really doing so before he began to hit like crap this month.

Me!!!!

[MiamiHomer]

You hate everyone though Beef.

[Bobbob1313]

Would anyone be surprised to see lomo unironically wearing a fedorah?

[Party]

I know someone who wears fedorahs and is not a LoMo.

[Swifty]

Glad you've come up with that conclusion after never meeting him.

Wait, if I'm allowed to make that conclusion, I have met him, he sat in front of me for game 2 of the NBA finals.

[Party]

Deets?

[Beef]

My guess is that he did stupid things and then turned around with a giant grin and looked at the Swifts while nodding his head up and down to see if they were all laughing with him

[Swifty]

He was there, wearing black, he left early. I blame him for the collapse. He left when it was "over".
--------------------
Beef, he did do that!

[Ramp]

nor was anybody really doing so before he began to hit like crap this month.

he joined the douche academy when he publicly bitched about dan uggla not being respected when we wouldn't offer him that extra year

[Hugg]

Title of this thread should be "Why Triple-A Was Invented."

[Bobbob1313]

Funny enough, he's right around an .800 OPS now which is realistically what we should have probably expected.

[MiamiHomer]

He sure fell off a cliff to get there.

[Erick]

.265/.350/.460 ----> AAA!

Really...it's a good thing I'm not the one saying the stupid, semi-joke things in this thread. It would probably have a billion responses, if that were the case.

[Bobbob1313]

Climb down off that cross, Erick. You're nobody's martyr.

[MiamiHomer]

You are a silly man, Erick.

[Erick]

I just find it funny how there was a thread created for the dumb argument we had when I called Wes Helms "Aunty" (someone who actually sucks), yet the majority are on board thinking it's cool calling Logan Morrison a "tool," and now we have a guy saying he should go to AAA, despite the fact that he's a second-year player with an .OPS over .800.

Weeeee...

[MiamiHomer]

Try harder to not care.

[Erick]

Try harder to not care.

I would, but certain people on here tend to care a lot. It's serious business, apparently.

[Bobbob1313]

Calling someone a "tool" because you dislike their public persona is a lot less stupid than calling a player a woman because he's not good at baseball.

[Beef]

Hugg's delivery of the funnies is a lot better than what you are capable of, Erick.

Also, Logan Morrison sure seems like a giant douche. He's not LeBron, so people here won't mind not pretending that he isn't a douchecock.

[MiamiHomer]

I don't get your definition of douche, but whatever.

[Erick]

Hugg's delivery of the funnies is a lot better than what you are capable of, Erick.

Also, Logan Morrison sure seems like a giant douche. He's not LeBron, so people here won't mind not pretending that he isn't a douchecock.

You're right.

The guy who interacts with random fans and has been called a leader by some of his teammates is a "tool"/"douche."

But I guess since he's said some dumb things (which really, all the dumb things he ends up saying are out of loyalty to his teammates/coaches) via social network, he's definitely a tool.

I'm sure none of you have ever said something dumb on Facebook or something.
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By the way, there's literally no difference between calling someone "Aunty" and calling someone "douche." Just saying.

[MiamiHomer]

Beef does not dabble in social internet setting such as Twitter and Facebook.

[Bobbob1313]

He seems like a person I do not like. Why is that so hard to understand?

[Party]

Thread title changed to reflect reality.

[Erick]

He seems like a person I do not like. Why is that so hard to understand?

Wes Helms is a person I do not like. You seem to have a problem understanding that.

I guess it only applies when you don't like the person.

[MiamiHomer]

I thought "You play ball like a girl" is the ultimate insult to a ball player and is uncalled for in baseball circles. You did it to Helms!

[Party]

Can we please stop this?

[MiamiHomer]

I've asked the Marlins to stop losing but they ignored my request.

[Bobbob1313]

Wes Helms is a person I do not like. You seem to have a problem understanding that.

I guess it only applies when you don't like the person.

I do not like Wes Helms either. I have a problem with your immature, reflexive need to question anyone who you dislike's manhood.

[Beef]

Logan Morrison would cut in front of an old woman at Publix and use the express aisle despite having 12 items.

[MiamiHomer]

You have no evidence.

[Erick]

I do not like Wes Helms either. I have a problem with your immature, reflexive need to question anyone who you dislike's manhood.

Yet you just had no problem with Beef saying that Logan Morrison seems like he's a "douche."

[Hugg]

Back on topic

First 17 Games: .333/.427/.651 1.077 63ab 75pa
Since: .235/.314/.376 .690 149ab 169pa
Last 20 Games: .216/.280/.338 .618 74ab 82pa

Those first 17 games were real fun though.

[Bobbob1313]

Are you worried that douches will take offense to the use of the term as a pejorative?

[Beef]

Morrison seems to be a dickbasket. Maybe he is just putting on a show for us. But, like I said before, making someone else's job harder so that you can post something childish and not the least bit funny on social media is douchey.

[Erick]

Are you worried that douches will take offense to the use of the term as a pejorative?

The term "douche" has female context in it.

[Bobbob1313]

Uh...

Come on...

[Party]

Stop it.

[Hugg]

Less about him being a douche and more about him being bad at baseball for the majority of the season.

[Miamarlin21]

LoMo isn't necessarily a dick, he just can rub people the wrong way because he speaks his mind.

[Sandroimbuto]

And his mind isn't very intelligent

[CrimsonCane]

Also I'd venture to say that basically 99% of all professional athletes are douches. On the other hand, I know for a fact that 0% of professional baseball players are women and, by extension, aunts.

[marlins_virus.exe]

LoMo isn't necessarily a dick, he just can rub people the wrong way because he speaks his mind.
Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes who just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate — and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are an inch and half away from ass holes

[Party]

:o.

[MiamiHomer]

Surprisingly, Marlins interim manager Jack McKeon and 23-year-old outfielder Logan Morrison don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to Twitter.

On Saturday, the same day McKeon benched Morrison after a 4-for-33 batting slump, the Miami Herald quoted the 80-year-old McKeon telling him that he needs "to start spending more time on baseball and less on that Twitter [stuff]."

The same day, Morrison unveiled a new, oddly professional Twitter avatar that features a cartoon Marlins player with a piece of tape across his mouth, because hey, how dare his bosses tell him to stop acting like an Internet clown even though he can barely hit a baseball anymore and has been nothing but a pile of shitty PR for the club this month.

And the conflict goes deeper than the over-the-top avatar. It was inevitable: To McKeon, Twitter is a mysterious clicky lightbox machine, but to Morrison, it's the only reason people talk about him at all.

It was cute at first -- a few weeks ago Morrison told McKeon that he was going home to "play" with Twitter, and Morrison tweeted that McKeon responded with "what kind of dog is it?" But apparently McKeon doesn't take kindly to getting made fun of on those new-fangled interblags, because now he's started calling Morrison "Twitter." To the press. It's unclear if he means this as an an insult, or if he really thinks Morrison is actually Twitter.

It's not the first time the Marlins administration has gotten peeved at Morrison's big mouth: He caused a big stink earlier this month when hitting coach John Mallee was fired, and administrators told him to shut up -- you know, because your first full season in the majors is probably not the best time to start bad-mouthing your management. And maybe because he's not very good at sounding smart, and perhaps because he's batting .189 in June, including a 1-for-14 slide this week. Pick any of them -- he may have been a big deal when he got called up, but right now he's just another cog in a failing machine, and he's got a bigger mouth than the other cogs.

There's no denying that Morrison is funny when he's tweeting about trying to get an "hour long back scratch or tickle" at the Vinoy or mooning Tampa from a hotel room, but until he picks up the production, it doesn't look like he's catching any slack from Trader Jack.


Florida Marlins Stifling Mediocre Player's Creativity (http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2011/06/florida_marlins_stifling_medio.php)

[Ramp]

Fantastic

[Party]

Love it when Jack drops the hammer.

[Beef]

:-)

[FishFanInPA]

Man, this guy turned into a heel mighty quick. I dont even Vince McMahon could have orchestrated this any better.

[Ramp]

Not sure you understand what a heel is. Logan isn't a bad guy. He's just a bit immature, which is fine as he's a youngin.

[Namaste]

There are plenty of youngins on the Marlins that are immature yet manage not to come off as a complete tool box with the whole Twitter thing.

The whole Twitter thing works if he's producing. Being in a huge slump and being a Twitter "celebrity" just doesn't work.

[Party]

Do we like him again?

[Ramp]

He's ignoring us, so I am drawn to him again

[Erick]

Florida Marlins Stifling Mediocre Player's Creativity (http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2011/06/florida_marlins_stifling_medio.php)

Who wrote that?

[MiamiHomer]

Why don't you just click the link and check for yourself?

[Erick]

Why don't you just click the link and check for yourself?

I did; I was just wondering if it was someone from here.