For every homerun he's hit in the majors, he's hit 19 in the minors. He thought he'd caught a break in 1991 when Kansas City's regular first baseman, George Brett, was injured. It appeared that Morman, as Brett's back-up, would step in and play every day. Instead, the team's new general manager made a trade for Cincinnati's Carmelo Martinez and Morman was sent back to the minors, this time for nearly three years. They had no faith.
New people come in and they have their people they want to bring in.
In baseball, people are loyal to the people they're used to. He handles it better than me. After Kansas City, Morman played with Minor League teams affiliated with Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. He came close to playing in Japan one year, but was rejected in favor of another American player. He spent the last four seasons in the Marlins organization, filling in when Gary Sheffield, Jesus Tavarez or Andre Dawson was injured.