More Joe Morgan Idiocy

From the Red Sox-Yankees game 6/3/2007 from our resident expert, Joe Morgan:

"Guys who walk enough lot, do not end up with 3000 hits..."

(ed note: We fixed the order of the quote and so this post has been slightly edited from its original form...also, yes, Joe did say "walk enough lot" )

So we hear at Real Baseball Blog present a list of all MLB players who walk a lot and DID end up with 3000 hits

	# of BB's - BB Rank			# of BB's - BB Rank
Ricky Henderson	2190 - 2nd		Hank Aaron	1402 - 23rd
Carl Yastrzemski	1845 - 6th		Tris Speaker	1381 - 27th
Stan Musial	1599 - 11th		Rafael Palmeiro	1353 - 29th
Pete Rose	1566 - 13th		Eddie Murray	1333 - 31th
Eddie Collins	1499 - 17th		Al Kaline	1277 - 39th
Willie Mays	1464 - 18th		Ty Cobb	1249 - 44th
Wade Boggs	1412 - 22nd		Dave Winfield	1216 - 47th

So there you have it folks. 2 out of the top 6 career leaders in BB's got 3000 hits. Completely contrary to what Joseph Leonard Morgan proclaimed. Also, he mentioned Babe Ruth and Ted Williams as two examples of this. Just like to point out that Babe Ruth ended his career 127 hits shy of 3000 (2873); a total he would have presumably reached had he begun being a full-time hitter earlier than his 6th year in MLB. Also, Ted Williams ended up with 2654 hits (346 short), which again he would have presumably reached had he not missed 3 complete years (1943-1945) and major parts of 1952 and 1953. So even those aren't valid examples. Also just like to point out that Bonds should reach 3000 hits next year (assuming he doesn't retire) and that would Joe as the only one of the top 5 in BB's that is nowhere near 3000 hits. Can someone please explain to Joe that just because something is true for him, it doesn't mean that it is true for everyone else...So once again, Joe, you my good sir, are completely and totally wrong.