Elliot Johnson

Should Elliot Johnson be playing more at second base?

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:00:07 GMT

Source: www.royalsreview.com --- Wednesday, May 08, 2013
The Kansas City Royals position players have been lacking this season, especially on offense. While their is plenty of blame to go around for the team's struggles, part of the problem is that the team has basically punted two positions this season that most people identified as weak last winter: 2B and RF. I'm still doing everything in more to not discuss Jeff Francoeur , so we'll talk about second base today. Kansas City second baseman have generally been dreadful, hitting a combined .245/.276/.372 on the season. Chris Getz has received the majority of the starts and has been some kind of awful, hitting .216/.247/.338 in 80 plate appearances this season. Getz played the lion's share of games at second base earlier this season, but manager Ned Yost has been splitting the starts at second base the past ten games. Getz has started five of the last ten games at second, with Elliot Johnson starting four and Miguel Tejada starting one. Granted, some of Johnson's increased playing time was due to Getz battling allergies, but Johnson seems to have earned himself more innings at second. If Getz continues to hit 50 percent below league-average, the calls for Johnson to start more often at second base will start to grow loud. Whether Johnson deserves that promotion or whether people (like me) are simply tired of Getz and want change for change's sake is up for debate. Neither player should really be a starting second baseman on a team that ...

Groundling Out with Elliot Johnson

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:05:00 GMT

Source: www.royaleswithcheese.com --- Monday, May 06, 2013
This past week, Chris Getz hit the bench with a case of the sniffles. I'm not mocking here. He literally sat out several games in a row for "allergies" in a week when the Royals already had multiple days off because of weather and dumb scheduling. I don't mean to belittle the guy, but this sure seems pretty pussified for someone who's only defining characteristic as a ballplayer is "grit." Grit means you aren't impacted by allergies or injuries or STDs. It means you play anywhere and everywhere you can. You bunt, you steal, you dive, you run. If you have to blow your nose, you blast a snot rocket onto the dirt and then use that snot to lubricate your slide into second base on your gritty-ass steal. Getz's absence opened the door for Player-to-be-Named-Later Elliot Johnson to take over the title of Miss Grit 2013. And he responded by playing like a beast, even while mourning the death of his favorite rapper, Chris Kelly from Kriss Kross. Up until last week, Johnson had mostly just been doing pre-game spots for Fox Sports KC. Because they think he's funny, I guess? For example, in Philadelphia, he sang the theme song to "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" in front of a basketball court: It was about as funny as it sounds. See, Johnson isn't really funny. He's "baseball funny," which is to say, his only competition on the Royals for funniest guy is Bruce Chen, who is about as funny as a Laffy Taffy wrapper. Yes, in the long tradition of come ...

Elliot Johnson went muddin'

Sat, 04 May 2013 14:07:49 GMT

Source: www.raysindex.com --- Saturday, May 04, 2013
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Elliot Johnson homered against his former team early in the game, and Lorenzo Ca...

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:46:25 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Thursday, May 02, 2013
Elliot Johnson homered against his former team early in the game, and Lorenzo Cain and Jeff Francoeur provided the key hits during a five-run, sixth-inning rally as both finished with a pair of RBIs, helping the earn its second straight … Royals rally with another big sixth inning to top Rays ...

Genealogy Query - ELLIOT : JOHNSON

Wed, 01 May 2013 03:09:03 GMT

Source: www.cousinconnect.com --- Tuesday, April 30, 2013
I am looking for Susan Johnson (nee Elliot) from Southport, England. She was born in 1943 I believe. Her father was James Gilbert Elliot and she married John Johnson in December 1966. . ...