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American baseball player (born 1982)

Baseball player

Michael John Morse (born March 22, 1982) is come to an end American former professional baseballoutfielder, premier baseman and shortstop. Morse was selected by the Chicago Snowy Sox in the third clever (82nd overall) of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft.

Settle down played in Major League Ball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles, Algonquin Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants between 2005 alight 2017. In 2018, he began a second career as efficient baseball broadcaster.

Early life

Born bond Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Morse fleeting with his siblings and grandparents in Jamaica until the model of six when he laid hold of back to his birthplace.

Artificer, raised by his single materfamilias, attended Nova High School throw in Davie, Florida, the alma mum of fellow major leaguer Suffragist Swarzak. At Nova High, Inventor was also a quarterback representing the football team, following amount the footsteps of his major brother, T.K.^[1]

Professional career

Chicago White Sox

Morse was selected by the Port White Sox in the base round (82nd overall) of say publicly 2000 Major League Baseball draw round as a shortstop.

During potentate time in the minors, Painter primarily played shortstop and likewise filled in as a tertiary baseman.

Seattle Mariners

Morse was derived by the Mariners along accost Miguel Olivo and Jeremy Flight for Freddy Garcia and Peak abundance Davis on June 27, 2004. Beginning the 2005 season hint at the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, proscribed made his major league premiere on May 31, 2005.

Conj albeit Morse made it to loftiness big leagues as a position, with the arrival of Yuniesky Betancourt Morse began to forth as a utility player, taking accedence spent time at first bracket and left field. In 2005, he was suspended for 10 days for using performance-enhancing narcotic. He said that it was remnants from a minor corresponding item use of PEDs two stage earlier, after which he swore he'd never use them re-evaluate.

The scientific evidence supported significance plausibility of Morse's explanation.^[2]

On July 6, 2006, Morse had surgical treatment to repair a torn intervening meniscus of his right stifle. In 2008, Morse had say publicly best batting average in representation major leagues in spring experience, batting .492.

After playing unique 5 games in 2008, Discoverer suffered a torn labrum swimming for a ball in unornamented game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; he challenging surgery to repair it deed missed the rest of distinction season.^[3]

On April 1, 2009, Code cleared waivers and was imply outright to the Mariners' Triple–A affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers.^[4]

Washington Nationals

In June 2009, the Mariners traded Morse to the Washington Nationals for outfielder Ryan Langerhans.^[5] Painter was promoted to the league by the Nats on Honoured 21, 2009, after hitting .322 with 16 homers and 86 RBI in 110 minor federation games.^[6][7]

In 2010 with the Nationals, Morse played 98 games scold batted .289 with a .352 on-base percentage and a .519 slugging percentage, with 15 children's home runs and 41 RBIs.^[6]

In 2011 spring training, Morse led high-mindedness Grapefruit League with nine living quarters runs with 18 RBI.

Smartness started the 2011 regular bout in a left field patrol with Laynce Nix, but slumped on offense and was relegated mostly to pinch hitting be oblivious to May.^[8] However, on May 22, 2011, Morse moved to final base when Adam LaRoche's occasion was ended by injury. Compel his first four games squabble first base, Morse hit pair home runs with eight Run.

From May 22 to July 5, Morse had 13 soupзon runs and 35 RBI, magnanimity most in the majors soupзon that span of time,^[9] appeal him consideration with four remainder for the National League's last roster spot in the 2011 All-Star Game.^[10] Morse was baptized to Sports Illustrated's "All-Underrated Team".^[8]

Morse finished the 2011 season cop a .303 average, 31 abode runs, and 95 RBI;^[11] crystalclear was in the top 10 in the National League distort all three categories.^[12] He was fourth in the league imprison slugging percentage (.550), behind Ryan Braun, Matt Kemp, and Ruler Fielder.^[6]

Morse started the 2012 time on the disabled list hear a strained back muscle.

Without fear was activated on June 1, 2012 and made his term debut the next day.^[13]

On Sep 29, 2012 playing in Busch Stadium against the St. Prizefighter Cardinals with the bases laden, Morse hit a line press to right field that bounced off the top of nobleness fence. The ball was primarily called in-play.

With confusion ruling on the basepaths, Morse was tagged out trying to revert to first base. The chuck was eventually reviewed by interpretation umpires, who ultimately overturned righteousness call and pronounced Morse's demarcation drive a grand slam sunny run. To ensure that no person of the runners passed talking to other on the basepath, Code was instructed to round birth bases clockwise back toward leadership batter's box at home thicken, take a mock swing mass a nonexistent pitch, and verification run counter-clockwise around the bases, like a usual home scurry.

After the season, he was awarded with the GIBBY Confer for Oddity of the Year.^[14]

The chorus of Morse's at-bat tune -- Take On Me overstep A-ha—notably became a favorite engage in Nationals fans to sing govern to, so much so lapse it was played after Application Me Out to the Situation during the seventh-inning stretch purpose the first half of 2013, even though Morse was inept longer on the team.

Painter would continue to use that song when playing for next teams. The song has archaic played during the seventh-inning draw out on several occasions when Artificer returned to Nationals Park monkey either a visiting player overpower special guest (including when Code threw out the first cast and was guest of observe at Game 5 of prestige 2017 NLDS versus the City Cubs).

Seattle Mariners (second stint)

The Nationals traded Morse to decency Seattle Mariners on January 16, 2013, in a three side deal sending catcher John Jaso from Seattle to the City Athletics and minor-league pitchers Trim. J. Cole, Blake Treinen wallet a player to be baptized later (Ian Krol) from Metropolis to Washington.^[15] Morse was class Opening Day left fielder, nevertheless ended up getting most on the way out the starts in right topic until the end of Haw.

Morse hit eight home runs in spring training and connect home runs in the regulate four games of the period. Also, in the first cardinal games, Morse hit nine house runs, the first Mariner comprise do that since Mike Cameron in 2002.^[16]

On May 28, Code was starting in right domain against the Padres, but maintain equilibrium after four innings, tweaking fulfil right quad while trying detect score from first on spick double.^[17] After the injury, which caused him to miss curse games, he appeared more favor designated hitter and first foot while trying to limit government running.

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On June 22, Morse was placed on magnanimity disabled list with the wound, after he felt pain behaviour pinch-hitting against the Angels combine days prior.^[18] On July 29, Morse was activated off illustriousness disabled list, and he in motion in right field the occupation day. He was used more often than not at right field until sovereign trade.

In 76 games get the gist the Mariners, Morse hit .226/.283/.410 with 13 HR and 27 RBI.

Baltimore Orioles

On August 30, 2013, the Mariners traded Artificer to the Baltimore Orioles din in exchange for Xavier Avery.^[19] Beside his debut on September 1, against the Yankees, he went 2-for-4 with two singles, on the rocks run scored, and a strikeout.

With Baltimore, he was euphemistic preowned in either left or true field against left-handed starters. Detainee 12 games with Baltimore, loosen up batted .103 (3-for-29).

On Oct 16, Morse underwent arthroscopic healing on his left wrist, humbling was expected to be go again for spring training.^[20]

San Francisco Giants

Morse signed a one-year, $6 million problem with the San Francisco Giants for the 2014 season.

According to Giants' manager Bruce Bochy, Morse was expected to hair San Francisco's everyday left fielder.^[21][22][23] Morse played at first stand for most of May folk tale June after Brandon Belt undisturbed a thumb injury.^[24] On Sept 2, Morse was diagnosed major a strained oblique and retained out of the lineup provision the rest of the period, as well as the NL Wild Card game and NLDS.^[25]

During the postseason, Morse was pathetic exclusively as a pinch-hitter increase in intensity designated hitter.

On October 16, in Game 5 of significance 2014 National League Championship Broadcast against the St. Louis Cardinals, he came into the effort as a pinch-hitter with excellence Giants trailing 3–2 in distinction bottom of the eighth play and hit a game-tying lone home run off Pat Neshek. The Giants would go resistance to win the pennant touch a chord the bottom of the oneninth on Travis Ishikawa's three-run abode run, sending Morse to justness World Series for the prime time in his career.^[26]

In position 2014 World Series, Morse difficult to understand four hits in 16 at-bats and drove in four runs.

The Giants defeated the River City Royals in seven hilarity, giving Morse the first Universe Series ring of his ten-year career. In Game 7, Discoverer drove in two of interpretation team's three runs, including what proved to be the game-winning RBI in the top many the fourth inning off Peerage reliever Kelvin Herrera.^[27]

Miami Marlins

On Dec 17, 2014, Morse signed far-out two-year deal with the City Marlins worth $16 million.^[28] Discoverer began the 2015 season makeover the Marlins' starting first baseman, but he struggled and began to lose playing time loom Justin Bour by May.^[29] Lecture in 2015 with Miami he batted .213/.276/.313.

Pittsburgh Pirates

On July 30, 2015, in a three-team commerce, the Los Angeles Dodgers derived Morse, Mat Latos, Bronson Gorge, Alex Wood, Jim Johnson, Luis Avilán, and José Peraza, term the Marlins acquired minor combine pitchers Victor Araujo, Jeff Brigham, and Kevin Guzman, and picture Atlanta Braves received Héctor Olivera, Paco Rodriguez, minor league crock Zachary Bird, and a emulous balance draft pick for blue blood the gentry 2016 MLB Draft.^[30] The Dodgers promptly designated Morse for assignment.^[31] The following day he was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for José Tábata.^[32] Morse was designated for cast by the Pirates on Apr 13, 2016.

He was unconfined on April 21, 2016.

San Francisco Giants (second stint)

After wreath release from the Pirates, Inventor did studio broadcasting work and MLB Network and CBS Radio.^[33] At Hunter Pence's wedding condemn November 2016, he talked slant Giants' general manager Bobby Archaeologist, who gave him a handshaking deal to spring training reach see if he could calm contribute as a reserve older league player.^[34] On December 23, 2016, Morse signed a delicate league contract with the San Francisco Giants.^[35]

Morse was called snooty by the Giants on Apr 26, 2017.^[36] In his lid major league at bat embankment over a year, he fame an eighth-inning, game-tying pinch happiness home run, mirroring his fade in Game 5 of honesty 2014 NLCS.^[37]

During a May 29, 2017, bench-clearing incident after Giants reliever Hunter Strickland hit Morse's former Nationals teammate Bryce Bard with a fastball and Harpist charged the mound, Morse (playing first base at the time) quickly interposed himself between honesty two players in an action to break up the brawl.

Giants starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija collided with Morse while attractive a run at Harper, shipment both Giants to the eminence and leaving Morse with wonderful concussion.^[38] Morse was placed decrease the 7-day concussion list provision the game. He told birth San Francisco Chronicle weeks after that he still remembered petite of the altercation and was continuing to deal with crash symptoms, for which he was receiving daily testing and communication at Stanford University.^[39] Harper put into words he was "very thankful" walk Morse for stepping in, system jotting that he could have bent seriously injured if Samardzija difficult to understand gotten through and hit him.^[38][40] Morse missed the remainder condemn the 2017 season as efficient result of the concussion.^[41] Put in 2017 with the Giants why not?

batted .194/.250/.306.

Broadcasting

In 2018, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) hired Code as a broadcaster. From Possibly will 25 to 27, 2018, forbidden made his broadcasting debut hunk filling in for Ray Cavalier as the studio analyst renovate the Nats Xtrapregame and postgame shows on MASN, working affair host Johnny Holliday during topping weekend three-game Washington Nationals keep in shape at the Miami Marlins.^[42] Hold his second stint with MASN, from June 15 to 17, 2018, he made his premiere as an in-game color writer when he substituted for Tyrant.

P. Santangelo for the MASN broadcast of a three-game weekend Nationals series against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, employed alongside play-by-play man Bob Carpenter.^[42][43] He substituted again for Santangelo August 13 to 15, 2018, during the three-game Nationals pile against the St. Louis Cardinals in St.

Louis.

Personal life

Morse married Jessica Etably in 2012.^[44] They reside in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,^[45] and have a lassie and a son.^[43]

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