With Joe Morgan’s death, Major League Baseball has lost its conscience

San Francisco Chronicle columnist Ann Killion recalls the life of Oakland’s Joe Morgan, the Hall of Famer who — in recent years — had become the conscience of baseball. He would call her to chat about Title IX and women’s sports (his twin daughters were exceptional athletes) and to express his frustration with the state of baseball. With the steroid cheats. But most of all with the game’s backpedaling from the inclusion and embrace of African Americans.