Yesterday I posted a blog about Kwame Harris and in that blog I mentioned my all-time favorite Bay Area athletes. I somehow omitted Bob Brenly, great guy. He goes on the list.

I also included a quick list of my all-time least favorite Bay Area athletes, although I somehow left out John Montefusco. So here's to you, John. You're one of my all-time least favorite Bay Area athletes.

But this is about Joe Morgan. A few Zohn readers wondered why I included him on my all-time least-favorite list and one reader wondered if it's because Morgan is "arrogant." Let me start by saying, yes, I think he's arrogant. You can hear it on his broadcasts. He's a know-it-all and, I believe, he is locked into his point of view which he thinks is the only point of view. And he's uninterested in other points of view. But that's no big deal. Many athletes are that way.

Before I get into why Morgan is one of my all-time least favorites I want to make something clear. I am not saying Morgan is a bad person. He seems like a good citizen and he's quite intelligent and I assume he's a decent man. I just don't like him and he sure doesn't like me. A few weeks ago we passed each other at a shopping center, looked each other in the eye but never acknowledged each other even though we've been acquainted the better part of three decades. I'm sure if you asked Morgan about me he'd have a lot to say.

But this is my blog, not his. I phoned him one day, years ago, when he was on the road. I said I wanted to ask him a baseball question. He said he was in a production meeting for a game broadcast and I should call him back in an hour. When I called back he said, as I recall, "I'm not talking to you."

That came as a surprise. "Why?" I asked.

"Because you wrote something bad about me."

I very well may have been critical of Morgan -- I criticize lots of people -- and if he didn't want to talk to me that was his business. But I didn't actually remember writing anything bad about him, so I said, "Gee, Joe, what did I write?"

Now came the defining moment, the surreal moment -- and, hey, I don't think I was hallucinating. Unless I was temporarily insane, this really took place. I had asked why he wouldn't speak to me and Morgan said, "I don't know what you wrote, but my cleaning lady read the article and she said it was critical and I shouldn't speak to you anymore."

That was the last time I ever spoke to Joe Morgan, but I've thought a lot about that last conversation and that cleaning lady. If I had decided to cut someone dead for life I would take a few minutes to actually read the offensive column. I would want to know what I was talking about and why I disliked the guy on the phone. I wouldn't leave it to the cleaning lady.

But I'm probably all wrong. Maybe this cleaning lady is a genius. Maybe while she dusts the furniture she also reads every article written about Morgan and grades them and then she tells Morgan who's in and who's out. If this is the case, Morgan's cleaning lady is a phenomenon and whatever he's paying her isn't enough.

So here's what I conclude. I don't like Morgan but I think his cleaning lady is the tops.