 Before entering politics, Morales Crespo was a prominent local radio personality and broadcaster.He played for the Leones de Ponce professional baseball team from 1947 to 1953 and is an exalted member of Ponce's Sports Hall of Fame, cited at the Francisco Pancho Coimbre Museum.Starting in 1980 he became General Manager of WOLE-TV Channel 12 Aguadilla-Mayagüez.