Comments on: Card Corner–Johnny Ellis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2008/11/29/card-corner-johnny-ellis/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:45:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: OldYanksFan http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2008/11/29/card-corner-johnny-ellis/#comment-64728 OldYanksFan Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:08:11 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=5050#comment-64728 I remember Johnny pretty well. Lumberjack strong... couldn't hit a curveball. At one game I was at, he hit a tremendous shot, a high line drive. The LFer, already playing deep, turned at the crack of the bat, sped to the wall, and caught the ball at the 402 sign. A bit higher and it was an easy HR, but this was a line shot, curving towards the line. It killed me, because like many hits of the day, this was 15 rows back in any other stadium. Johnny lost more then 1 homer to Death Valley. A 400' Line Drive. The kid was strong, but clumbsy in the field, and really, not much of a hitter (.262 BA). But man, when he hit them, they made some noise. I remember Johnny pretty well. Lumberjack strong… couldn’t hit a curveball. At one game I was at, he hit a tremendous shot, a high line drive. The LFer, already playing deep, turned at the crack of the bat, sped to the wall, and caught the ball at the 402 sign.

A bit higher and it was an easy HR, but this was a line shot, curving towards the line. It killed me, because like many hits of the day, this was 15 rows back in any other stadium. Johnny lost more then 1 homer to Death Valley. A 400′ Line Drive.

The kid was strong, but clumbsy in the field, and really, not much of a hitter (.262 BA). But man, when he hit them, they made some noise.

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