Corcoran off DL, Johnson to the BL.

by Matthew on Jun 13, 2009 1:51 PM PDT in Seattle Mariners Transactions

The Mariners have activated relief pitcher Roy Corcoran, who has been on the disabled list since April 30 with a strained neck. Corcoran, for now, will take the roster spot of catcher Rob Johnson, who was placed on the bereavement list. No details yet available, except that it's a family emergency.

Righteous.

I hope whatever the emergency is, it resolves itself well. I may vehemently dislike Rob Johnson's current skill level and the praise for his defense, but I do not wish harm upon random other people just because they know Rob Johnson. I bet he's a very nice fellow in fact.

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I like Rob Johnson as a person

I just hate him as a ballplayer

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by gregrabble on Jun 13, 2009 2:14 PM PDT reply actions

Have you met Rob Johnson?

by Matthew on Jun 13, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions

I have

by barabuski on Jun 13, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm basing this mainly off of interviews I've seen

Also, there’s just no way someone with that smile could not be friendly

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by gregrabble on Jun 13, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions

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by Aaron Campeau on Jun 13, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Bundy's is more sincere

by abender20 on Jun 13, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions

In fairness he was quite friendly.

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 13, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Except for the whole "I'm gonna kill you, bitch!" attitude.

Awaiting the day I catch a Russell Branyan foul ball. I will make love to it.
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by JLProck on Jun 13, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions

That came later.

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 13, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Rob's still looks so much more innocent and sweet

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by gregrabble on Jun 13, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions

I think he smiles like a cop.

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 13, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Rob just looks like the kind of guy that's always first to offer you a hug when you're sad

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by gregrabble on Jun 13, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions

So does Bundy!

And he was!

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 13, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions

But then he murders you, if you're a woman

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by gregrabble on Jun 13, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe "family emergency" means "they found my family's bodies."

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 13, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions

If that turns out to be the case I take back anything nice I ever said about his personality.

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by gregrabble on Jun 13, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Or at least his family found all the dead hookers.

by abender20 on Jun 13, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Perhaps he's bereaving the fact that he sucks

by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 13, 2009 2:58 PM PDT reply actions

His Mother in Law was killed in traffic accident.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Jun 13, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Suck

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 13, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Being a ballplayer would be hard when it comes to things like this.

His wife and their infant were in Seattle and now she and the baby are flying to Texas alone where Rob will meet them.

I also have a job that keeps me from my family for weeks at a time and this is always my fear. That something terrible will happen while I am not there to help. I hope he spends as much time with his wife as she needs.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Jun 13, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Well that's quite a bit less funny

by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 13, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Lockhorns could probably make it funny.

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 13, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions

I still think it's funny

by Graham MacAree on Jun 13, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions

You should have been a government assassin.

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by thewyrm on Jun 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions

How do you know he isn't?

This baseball thing is probably a cover.

by Wilder. on Jun 13, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions

So Josh Willingham's brother also died in a car crash last night and he is on the BL.

Per ESPN

How crazy would it be if both incidents were actually the same? Sad day for both families.

by Wilder. on Jun 13, 2009 4:22 PM PDT reply actions

I have met Robby several times...

He’s a friggin’ great human being. It’s hard hard hard for me to root against him on the field, it really is. As was mentioned earlier in the thread – he lost his mother-in-law in a car accident. This is crushing news for everyone. Every time I hear of a traffic fatality it hits me extra hard (since my wife’s a nationally-recognized expert in traffic safety), but to bridge into baseball yet again — ugh.

Take your time, Robby. Be there for everyone. Live is waaay more important than baseball.

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by PositivePaul on Jun 13, 2009 11:17 PM PDT reply actions