Nyjer Morgan, here are his greatest, wackiest and most memorable moments. In the fourth inning, Baltimore's Adam Jones hit a long drive to center field, where Morgan was playing.
Nyjer attempted a jumping two-handed grab at the wall and failed to bring it in. The ball bounced off of Morgan's glove, hit off the wall and landed on the warning track. Unfortunately for the Nationals, Nyjer thought the ball deflected off his body and over the fence for a homer. As Morgan threw his glove to the ground in disgust, Adam Jones continued around the bases for an inside-the-park home run.
Perhaps the lowest moment of Morgan's career came on September 1, during a game against the Florida Marlins. After a chippy five innings of baseball that saw the Marlins leading the Nats by 10 runs, Florida's Chris Volstad threw behind Morgan.
Morgan then charged the mound and started an extremely violent brawl. Morgan threw a punch at Volstad, only to be intercepted by Marlins first baseman Gaby Sanchez. The free-for-all proceeded and resulted in an eight-game suspension for Morgan. Volstad's pitch was prompted by Morgan's carelessness of breaking unwritten baseball rules. Despite trailing by a bunch, Nyjer continuously stole bases in an attempt to spark his team's offense. Reached base safely in 19 of his last 20 games and in 22 of his 25 starts in center field with the Pirates Ended the season with an game hitting streak, going for Had four infield hits, including three bunt base hits, with the Pirates Participated in the Arizona Fall League and batted.
Established minor league career highs in hits, triples and stolen bases Ranked second behind Pedro Powell 63 among all Bucco farmhands in stolen bases and third in batting Finished eighth among all minor league players in stolen bases Ranked second in Carolina League in stolen bases despite being promoted to Altoona in late June Went for Myrtle Beach Made all 61 defensive appearances with Lynchburg in center field.
Finished tied with Vic Buttler for team lead in stolen bases despite playing in only 56 games. Made 37 starts in left field, 15 in center field and two in right field for the Curve Missed the Eastern League playoffs due to injury Participated in the Hawaiian Winter League and hit. Finished fourth in the Carolina League in stolen bases Raised final average from.
Went 3-for-7 in two Carolina League playoff contests. Set minor league career highs in games, at bats, runs, doubles, home runs and RBI Ranked second in the league in stolen bases, third in games played and third in at bats Finished second among all minor league batters in being hit by a pitch and tied for eighth in stolen bases Ranked second behind Lynchburg's Rajai Davis 57 for the organizational lead in steals Lake County Kannapolis game one Was successful in each of his last 17 stolen bases attempts Went 8-for Subscribe to our Free Newsletter.
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