Mike Morse

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=Mike Morse
position=Utility player
team=Seattle Mariners
number=12
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1982|3|22
birthplace=city-state|Fort Lauderdale|Florida
debutdate=May 31
debutyear=2005
debutteam=Seattle Mariners
statyear=2008 season
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.300
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=3
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=37
teams=
*Seattle Mariners (by|2005-present)

Michael John Morse (born March 22, 1982 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Seattle Mariners. He was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd Round (82nd overall) of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft. Morse attended Nova High School in Davie, Florida, the same school that produced future NFL players Autry Denson and Omar Smith, and future MLS star Cory Gibbs.

Morse was acquired by the Mariners along with Miguel Olivo and Jeremy Reed for Freddy Garcia and Ben Davis on June 27, by|2004. Beginning the by|2005 season with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, he made his major league debut on May 31, mlby|2005. Although Morse made it to the big leagues as a shortstop, with the arrival of Yuniesky Betancourt, Morse began to develop as a utility player, having spent time at first base and left field.

On July 6, mlby|2006, Morse had surgery to repair a torn medial meniscus of his right knee. In mlby|2008, Morse had the best batting average in the major leagues in spring training batting .492. After playing only 5 games in 2008, Morse suffered a torn labrum diving for a ball against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; he had surgery to repait it and missed the rest of the season [cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2004370017_marinotes24.html?syndication=rss|title=Mike Morse out for season after shoulder surgery |accessdate=2008-08-31 |work=Seattle Times |publisher= |date=2008-04-24 ] .

He resides in Plantation, Florida.

teroids

On September 7, 2005, he became the ninth Major League Baseball player to be suspended for testing positive for steroids. Morse admitted that he had taken steroids in by|2003 after tearing his thigh muscle, being suspended in May 2004 after testing positive for the drug. Morse adamantly claimed that the 2005 positive testing was a result of the earlier usage [cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2154494 |title=Morse suspended for steroids he says he took in '03 |accessdate=2008-08-16 |work=ESPN.com |publisher= |date= ] .

ee also

*List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

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