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The Catching Conundrum

Frame it: Rob Johnson getting a hit.

Question: If someone walked on the field and put a bullet in Rob Johnson’s head, would anyone stop them?

Answer: It wouldn’t matter. The bullet would just get past him anyways.

This question was posed to me via text message yesterday by my friend Pete, right after Johnson had allowed yet another passed ball. He currently leads the majors with six of those, more than double his closest competition (three players tied with three PBs, including his teammate, Adam Moore).

Worse yet, Johnson has been on the receiving end of 11 wild pitches, as opposed to just four for the entire 2009 season. Technically, blame for that statistic lies on the pitchers. But with such a huge gap between last year’s numbers and this year’s numbers, it’s hard not to point the finger at Johnson.

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