Memories of Rob Johnson

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

...who according to Los Internets, signed a minor deal with the Cardinals today.

One of those guys effusively praised in absence of almost any evidence. Gary Cohen couldn't shut his trap about what a stud this guy was defensively, and what an invaluable resource to your pitchers and so on, and he gets up here and plays catcher about as well as Lucas Duda could have.

Plus, he can't hit or run.

Now, I was never expecting much of him, and had he gone out and did what he did without the bullshit chorus to accompany him, then, OK, Rob. Thanks for being marginally better than Nickeas. My criticism here is really with the press corp.

[metirish]

I can't even picture him.......nice body?

[Guest Swan Swan H]

metirish wrote: I can't even picture him.......nice body?

As compared to who? Thole, Nickeas or Mrs. Lima?

[metirish]

Of course she had as they say a nice body and good hands

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: ...who according to Los Internets, signed a minor deal with the Cardinals today. One of those guys effusively praised in absence of almost any evidence. Gary Cohen couldn't shut his trap about what a stud this guy was defensively, and what an invaluable resource to your pitchers and so on, and he gets up here and plays catcher about as well as Lucas Duda could have. Plus, he can't hit or run. Now, I was never expecting much of him, and had he gone out and did what he did without the bullshit chorus to accompany him, then, OK, Rob. Thanks for being marginally better than Nickeas. My criticism here is really with the press corp.

What are you talking about? This guy was the best reliever we had.

[Edgy MD]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Thanks for being marginally better than Nickeas.

Has the jury actually returned a verdict on this?

[Guest themetfairy]

Man, I don't even have a picture of him!

Apparently he pitched a scoreless inning for the Mets in a blowout loss to the Blue Jays in May. Which isn't even a memory for me as much as a researched detail.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Edgy DC wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Thanks for being marginally better than Nickeas. Has the jury actually returned a verdict on this?

Outhit him by 75 points, doubled his OPS+ (64 to 32) out antiWARred him -0.2 to -0.7

[Edgy MD]

Oh, chee, I read Nickeas but thought Thole.

[stevejrogers]

Jason over at Faith And Fear In Flushing has this as his entry in The Holy Books

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

He could be stuck in an elevator alone with me and I wouldn't be able to place him. Hell, he could be stuck in an elevator alone with me while wearing a nametag that says "Rob Johnson, baseball catcher" and I wouldn't be able to place him.

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: He could be stuck in an elevator alone with me and I wouldn't be able to place him. Hell, he could be stuck in an elevator alone with me while wearing a nametag that says "Rob Johnson, baseball catcher" and I wouldn't be able to place him.

funny story, back in 2009 I was in a Jupiter, FL elevator with two players from the Braves organization and had no idea.

[MFS62]

Didn't he just get traded to Toronto?
Oh, wait.
Never mind.

Later

[G-Fafif]

Rob Johnson pitched a scoreless inning in Toronto but never should've been given No. 16. He was the first post-Doc Met given the number at random, as opposed to having some equity in it (Bell and Cone wore it for Doc; Nomo, Mientkiewicz, Lo Duca and Pagan had worn it elsewhere).

He wanted pitchers to pitch to the batters' weaknesses versus the Mets' general preference that their pitchers pitch to their own strengths (which sounds a little coddlesome). Anyway, he was Matt Harvey's personal catcher for a spell. That didn't take, I guess.

[ashie62]

He was better than Mike Nickeas