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MLB: Best ever? Reed Johnson’s grab reverberates
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — MLB: Best ever? Reed Johnson’s grab reverberates Great catch, or the greatest catch? “What a great play,” Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. “It’s as nice a play as you want to see. The way he not only caught the ball and slid almost headfirst into the wall and when his cap came up—you’re not going to see a nicer catch than that.” The brim of Johnson’s cap had flipped up from the impact. “At Wrigley, they might have had to call time out to find his head in the vines,” Piniella said. “That’s the best catch I’ve seen live, in person,” said Cubs outfield coach Mike Quade, who was ...

Reed All About It
Bronx Liaison — What-a-catch-from-Reed-Johnson. Reed all about it.

Be like Slice: Reed Johnson's face looking a lot like Kimbo's
Big League Stew — Cubs outfielder Reed Johnson (right) came to the annual Cubs Convention this past weekend in full disguise. Or perhaps he was just paying a bearded tribute to a famous mixed martial artist. Johnson said his overflowing beard grew out of "laziness," not as tribute to the House of David, the barnstorming Israelite baseball team from the early 20th century. He said his wife repeatedly asks him the same question — "You think you look GOOD?"  Meanwhile, teammate Ryan Dempster said Johnson "looks like the white Kimbo Slice." But with subzero temperatures in Chicago, maybe Johnson has the last laugh. ...