A first-round draft pick by the Kansas City Royals, John Morris, who became a backup outfielder for the Cardinals, was uncanny at how he delightfully impersonated the mannerisms and batting stances of teammates Willie McGee, Tom Herr and Jack Clark and even branched out to Los Angeles Dodgers World Series hero Kirk Gibson. He was so good, in fact, that NBC devoted much of a pregame show to him on a Saturday afternoon in 1989.
“I remember Whitey Herzog coming up to me in spring training that year — I think it was March 20. He said, ‘Spring training is so boring.