Nyjer Morgan charges the mound



(By Wilfredo Lee - AP)



To get everyone in Major League baseball talking about you when you're a marginal leadoff hitter for a last-place team is no small feat. But playing the heel has always required a unique skill-set, and Nyjer Morgan has that talent.

From plowing over one catcher and objecting to his subsequent benching, to being suspended for an engagement with fans, to plowing over another catcher, to cursing out another fan, it's been a fairly eventful few weeks for Mr. Plush. The apex, of course, came Wednesday in Florida, when he was plunked, subsequently stole two bases in a rout, saw a pitch whiz behind his back, charged the mound, throw a few roundhouses, got clothes-lined, and then triumphantly paraded off the field while beating his chest and raising his arms.

"This guy has some serious problems," one of the Marlins announcers says in the MLB.com version of the melee. "If Major League Baseball doesn't do something about Nyjer Morgan, then they're coming up short."

There are a lot of potential words that could be affixed to that act, seen in full below. "Boring" is not one of them.