Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 16, 2008
Talking to Davey

Kevin Van Valkenburg catches up with one of my favorite managers, Davey Johnson.

Team USA (which embarrassingly failed to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens) followed it up by beating powerhouse Cuba in the final. Johnson also led Team USA to a first place finish at the Baseball World Cup in Taiwan last year, but it was the celebration that broke out when the United States made it back to Olympics that he remembers the most.

"Guys were passing around a jug of rum, trying to get me to take a sip," Johnson said. "They were chanting 'Skipper! Skipper!' So yeah, I took a sip. I've never had a bus ride like it."

I wish he were still managing in the majors.


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PLEASE TELL ME WHY COOPER CONTINUES TO PUT VALVERDE IN THE GAME WHEN HE HAS ONLY BLOWN SAVES FOR THE ASTROS. HE WAS MIRACULOUSLY SAVED BY TEJADA IN ANOTHER GAME WHICH HAD BLOWN AS WELL. WHY???

Posted by: EDY at April 16, 2008 05:24 PM

PLEASE TELL ME WHY COOPER CONTINUES TO PUT VALVERDE IN THE GAME WHEN HE HAS ONLY BLOWN SAVES FOR THE ASTROS. HE WAS MIRACULOUSLY SAVED BY TEJADA IN ANOTHER GAME WHICH HAD BLOWN AS WELL. WHY???

Posted by: EDY at April 16, 2008 05:24 PM
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