Would Milton Have Gotten The CATCH RJ Made? (take 2)

maybe

of this post. Reed Johnson made the catch, enuff said. Its a pretty well established concept that MB is an injury risk — if he can pull his groin running a base he most certainly could pull it trying to make a catch. What more discussion can we have on the topic?

well said

I do not have to respect “Cheeseburger”, I don’t care if he tips his cap and blows a kiss.

now if he means REED JOHNSON not Cliff (?) then NO.

Since when is Clavin patroling right field?

“You been smoochin’ with everybody! Snuffy, Al, Leo, Little Moe with the gimpy leg, Cheeks, Bony Bob, Cliff… I could go on forever, baby!”

Cliff Floyd would not have been able to get off the ground to make that catch.

Put down the drink.

It’s good karma. 8-)

Sometimes this crap is just ridiculous. Al, SBN, I’ve emailed about this more than once. Com’on people.

no cliff on roster
but we do have a milton
wait, what was your point?

http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/02/prospect-corner-cliff-andersen/

I do not know if he made a catch or not, but we do have a Cliff playing OF in the organization

Chicago Cubs Prospect Cliff Andersen

■6’2"
■190LB
■OF
■Bats: L
■Throws:L
■Drafted by the Cubs out of Cottonwood HS (Salt Lake City, UT) in the 9th round of the 2006 draft.
Physical Description: Good athletic body, well proportioned, rangy and strong.

Strengths: Extremely athletic, plus runner (6.6 60), average arm strength for a RF’er. Quick hands at the plate, and should generate power in the future.

Weaknesses: Very raw, has not developed accordingly to plan, applauded for his approach at the plate in pre-draft workouts & has struck-out 238 times in 704 ABs. Despite the 238 strikeouts, indicative of a struggling power hitter, he has only 4 HRs in those 704 ABs as he has not been able to translate impressive rounds in the cages into game action. This is caused by a poor approach with two strikes. He pulls off the ball and seldom goes gap to gap, and struggles with the breaking ball.

Likely Destination: Should repeat at Peoria to improve on his .221/.306/.298 numbers last year. Most optimistic scenario is that he does well t Peoria and shows enough progression with his approach at the plate to possibly end up at Daytona. Most pessimistic scenario is that he struggles early at Peoria, ends up at Instructional ball until Boise begins, and finishes the year at Boise.

Major League comparison: N/A

Likely career path: It’s hard to say at this point given how far he needs to go just to project as a starting RF’er, but he has the tools to do so. The Cubs certainly won’t give up on him as they highly value his tools and spent $155,000 to sign him (well above the norm for a 9th rd. pick). There isn’t a log-jam of OF’ers coming up the pipeline, so the Cubs can and will be extremely patient with Andersen waiting for him to become the prospect that they believe he can be,

and is hoping Bradley catches the fans as they jump off

LOOK AT THAT INTIMIDATION!

on what the #$%&*#@ he was talking about. I am pretty sure Cliff Claven would not have caught that ball personally.

Yeah, you all know who I meant … sorry for sounding like a lobotomized fool for posting it.

Don’t know where my head was in the 10 minute break in the middle of a mad morning when I wrote that. Guess the degenerative brain disease is kicking in.

But the responses here were priceless. Thanks for bringing me back to consciousness.

I will never again use the name Cliff here in place of …. uh, who was that guy?

if Reed Johnson is

Clifford Reed Johnson
Reed Clifford Johnson
“Cliff” Reed Johnson
Reed “Cliffy” Johnson

and so on

The short answer is:

Who cares? Sometimes, you need breaks in a season. No, Bradley wouldn’t have made that catch. Hell, if you give Johnson 10 tries at it, he might not make it 7 times.

would PIE have made that catch. And the answer is “it’s possible, but there’s no way to know for sure.” Bradley making that catch? Probably not. It was skill and luck and the luck part you can’t control.

pure and simple.

So a pseudo-freak injury – if we can really call it that – had a huge impact on the Cubs winning the game; wow…