Davey Johnson vs. COVID

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Jay Horwitz says the manager of the 1986 Mets won't just beat the coronavirus. He's going to dominate it.

[Edgy MD]

Sometimes it's hard to find an artful way to pass on some awful news.



That's a weird post. That's some awful news. Get well, DJ.

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Edgy MD wrote: Sometimes it's hard to find an artful way to pass on some awful news. That's a weird post. That's some awful news. Get well, DJ.

Jay has been around a long time and he may be nearing his expiration date as a publicist. Those words didn't seem to flow out too easily.

Best wishes for a quick recovery to Davey.

Later

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Jay hasn't been PR guy since 2018, focusing solely on alumni relations. He's trying to be optimistic, I guess.



Art Howe pulled through. Hopefully Davey can keep the comeback streak going.

[Frayed Knot]

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Art Howe pulled through.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Davey is out of the hospital and resting comfortably at home.



https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30761256/davey-johnson-hospital-covid-19-treatments-former-new-york-mets-spokesman-sayshttps://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30761256/davey-johnson-hospital-covid-19-treatments-former-new-york-mets-spokesman-says

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I think Jay was trying to relay Davey's combativeness. He was probably the most combative manager we ever had

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[Edgy MD]

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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I think Jay was trying to relay Davey's combativeness. He was probably the most combative manager we ever had

Dallas Green?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Salty Parker?

[Edgy MD]

I could be wrong, but I think Yogi was the only Mets manager who saw actual combat.

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Edgy MD wrote: I could be wrong, but I think Yogi was the only Mets manager who saw actual combat.

Bronze Star-winner Gil Hodges saw his share.

In April 1945, Hodges landed with the assault echelon at Okinawa and was assigned to his battalion's operations and intelligence section as asistant to Colonel Merchant. Just getting ashore at Okinawa was an experience in itself, as Hodges explained in a letter to his family: “We arrived here [Okinawa] the first of April and things really cut loose. We were always having air attacks and the ships were really knocking down the planes. It's just like being tied down when you're on board a ship because you can't do a thing but just stand there and wait for something to happen. One Jap plane, a Zero, came circling around where we were anchored and when everyone saw it they really cut loose. I don't see how it was possible for him to escape with so much firing being done at that time. He was the plane that really gave all of us a scare. He started to pull away from the firing and then he got hit and started circling around, then into a suicide dive. He started coming down and boy he was really moving. He crashed on the bow of another LST not very far from our ship and exploded. I don't know how many got hurt but I'm sure there were quite a few. Well, that's just one incident and I don't want to go into any other at the present time because I could probably sit here and write all day and still not be through.”

https://www.baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com/decorated/hodges-gil.htmlhttps://www.baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com/decorated/hodges-gil.html

[Edgy MD]

Sheesh, how did I swing and miss on that?

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Update from Jay: