He batted .340 and the Reds won the World Series championship with other young players such as Barry Larkin, Eric Davis, Paul O'Neill and Jose Rijo. That 10 years would come and go like that. Don't even think about retiring. Just enjoy yourself while you've got the opportunity to play. Man, it was prophetic.
Time goes by so fast.
The idea of his career coming to an end seemed natural. The guys that I played with here earlier in my career, the majority of them are retired. I've chatted with some of them about that for several years. When the Reds added outfielder Ruben Rivera to the bench Wednesday, the odds of Morris making the team fell. Cincinnati figures to begin the season with 11 pitchers, two catchers, five outfielders and seven infielders.