Comments on: Spring Training Status Report

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:50:32 +0000

[25] Heh heh hehheh. Point taken.

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:02:48 +0000

[24] God forbid Long does his job and makes a good hitter better. I understand your concern, but Johnson is tearing up spring training, so whatever he’s doing is working.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:51:00 +0000

[21] I know, but did you read the thing the other day about what Long was saying? Working on Nick’s weight transfer or keeping his back foot planted or something? Long seemed very optimistic that with some adjustment, Nick could really be a home run threat. It sounded a lot like a serious plan to me, which is the source of my discomfort.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:48:36 +0000

[19] Hah ah ahh ah aha a !!! He did, that’s right!

By: a.O

a.O — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:56:55 +0000

[20] The only thing you need to know about Neyer is that he hates the Yankees with a passion.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:16:43 +0000

We have NJ batting 2nd, followed by Teix and ARod. I don’t think the message is to hit HRs. Nick has played in YS before and it didn’t screw up his swing. My guess is he will just accidentally hit a few HRs to RF.

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:15:32 +0000

Venting time? I really used to love Rob Neyer but have now given up..hislatest blog post just made me wanna wretch..The Red Sox are a “fine organization” for letting No-mahhh sign a one-day deal then retire? Umm..doesn’t every team do this for their start players? Really, at some point can Rob just come out and admit he’s not an impartial journalist anymore? Got my back here, thelarmis?? (Yes, I take this shit wayyyyy too seriously!)

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:16:21 +0000

[18] Yeah, he hit Keith Olberman’s mom in the head! Ding!

Wait . . .

Agreed on the games, that’s the most important stat for Nick Johnson. Anything in triple digits would impress me.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:15:23 +0000

Remember what happened to Knoblauch when he got it into his head that he could hit dingers?

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:14:29 +0000

[16] Yes, I saw that double, it was a thing of beauty! I’ll be really happy if he can stay focused on solid contact, my concern is just that if he starts to feel he’s “expected” to hit more home runs that could lead to disaster.

But actually, this will all be moot, considering who we’re talking about. We’re talking home runs when we should be talking health. If he can give us 125 games, home runs or no, we’ll call it a success.