Rob Johnson, Professional Athlete

by Matthew on Sep 21, 2009 11:26 AM PDT in Miscellaneous

Catcher Rob Johnson hasn’t been able to play the past two days because of a sprained left ankle.

How’d he hurt it?

During the home-plate scrum after Ichiro Suzuki’s game-winning homer Friday against the Yankees, the Mariners gathered around home plate and performed their traditional whack-a-thon with their hero. There was a lot of slapping, pushing and jumping around.

Johnson came down wrong on his left ankle.

In a battle of who has the worst footwork, Rob Johnson managed to out duel both Jeff Clement and a man with both feet chopped off.

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It happens.

There was a Padres prospect, I believe, a few years back who was on his way to some sort of major league career when he stomped on home plate in an excessive show of exuberance after hitting a game-winning grand slam against the Rainiers. He ended up breaking something, I forget it was a bone or a snapped ligament, but he wasn’t doing so well after that.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 21, 2009 11:31 AM PDT reply actions

The immortal Tagg Bozied.

Yeah, he ended up tearing multiple ligaments on that stomp, and never really recovered as a prospect.

by marc w on Sep 21, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions

That's the one!

I knew you’d pick up on that one.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Sep 21, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions

I was at that game

we were all excited about the game-winning HR and then when the pigpile cleared and Bozied didn’t get up the whole stadium got really quiet really fast.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Sep 21, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Didn't a player miss the post season a few years back with a split fingernail?

Got stepped on during the celebratory dog pile. I can’t remember the players name and I’m failing at google.

by Kermit. on Sep 21, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions

Denny Hocking

by msb on Sep 21, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Whee Rob Moore wheee

Also, it appears Kenji isn’t quite as toast as it appeared at the beginning of the year.

I also like the fact that Kenji totally smokes Rob Johnson on CS% and passed balls/game, but obviously Rob Johnson is the better defensive player, ‘cause his CERA’s awesome, and the pitchers love working to him.

by eponymous_coward on Sep 21, 2009 11:45 AM PDT reply actions

Rob Moore

by CMC_Stags on Sep 21, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions

So what the hell happens if Rob Moore gets hurt?

I’m not wishing ill on the man – far from it, I’d like to see him take advantage of the opportunity – but there’s no formal catchers left on the 40-man roster…

by Spoomeister on Sep 21, 2009 11:53 AM PDT reply actions

The Mariners send a check for $6.43 to the Nationals and buy Jamie Burke back?

by eponymous_coward on Sep 21, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

Adam Moore?

Wakamatsu said that Rob could have caught in an emergency; the plan apparently for next year is to send Hannahan to Peoria to work on it— he was Emergency Catcher when with the A’s.

by msb on Sep 21, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions

So he'll catch in spring training?

by w00tah on Sep 21, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Doubt it--

I can’t recall any of the previous emergency catchers actually working a game.

by msb on Sep 21, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions

That's what the emergency catcher is for,

I would have loved to see Raul Ibanez or Willie Bloomquist get behind the plate.

Raul Ibanez would be the Seattle Mariners’ emergency third catcher if needed and Willie Bloomquist would be the “emergency, emergency catcher,”

by Janic on Sep 21, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

As Raul caught in the minors, it wasn't a big stretch for him.

by msb on Sep 21, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions

So who's emergency catcher now? Hannahan (who is day-to-day with some quad thing, I think)?

by Spoomeister on Sep 21, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Rob or Hannahan, apparently

Hannahan is ok, Langerhans has had upper-back spasms, Hall has the quad

by msb on Sep 21, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Sweeney came up as a catcher

Just sayin’…multiple knee surgeries later, wonder if he could even crouch for an inning.

by appleshampoo on Sep 21, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Christ - I meant Adam Moore, obviously. I glanced up at the previous entry while entering mine.

Bah!

by Spoomeister on Sep 21, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Sweeney was the emergency catcher at the beginning of the year, if I recall correctly.

He was a catcher early in his career before he got shifted over to first base.

by I Lick Squirrels on Sep 21, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions

I know he was on the list that day Joh left with the hamstring injury-- he and Tui

by msb on Sep 21, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Kenji?

by Mariner John on Sep 21, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions

What happens if a player refuses?

Is MLB leaving itself open to a lawsuit if a player rides the bench because they wouldn’t wear the pink backpack?

(Also, did Ichiro have to do anything like this in 2001?)

by Janic on Sep 21, 2009 12:00 PM PDT reply actions

Why would a player be benched for not wanting to wear the bullpen backpack?

by msb on Sep 21, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Players can get in their manager's dog house for many reasons,

but if a lawyer was able to prove that it was the result of their refusal to be hazed, I would think that they could sue for all sorts of things. (or at least in a regular workplace enviroment they could) I don’t know if such a lawsuit is possible against MLB, so that’s why I’m asking.

by Janic on Sep 21, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Why would you turn down a chance to dress up as Catwoman?

by Poochie on Sep 21, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions

And yes, when handed a Hooter's outfit in 2001, Ichiro wore them.

They say he now has them framed, and on a wall.

Kaz apparently made it clear in his rookie season that he thought it was beneath his dignity (I know) and so was not made part of the rookie day.

by msb on Sep 21, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Would you have messed with Kaz Sasaki

Big muscly foreign dude, who clearly liked a jar now and again?
I’m not asking him to wear a frock.

Danny Blanchflower Lives!

by Colm on Sep 21, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions

When Ibanez left the Ms

I was worried if there was a replacement defender for LL to post gifs of and commentary about their defence. Luckily you kept the collection of Raul taking pride in his defence (I can watch lawn dart over and over and never tire of it) and Rob Johnson came along.

by kyokom on Sep 21, 2009 12:21 PM PDT reply actions