Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
A simple ratio of Fangraphs' Z-Swing% (swinging at pitches in the zone) to O-Swing% (swinging at pitches outside of the zone). Pitchers excluded. Top Ten, 2008: (minimum: 50 PA) 1. Nick Johnson, 5.7 2. Frank Thomas, 5.3 3. Jack Cust, 4.9 4. Chipper Jones, 4.6 5. Marco Scutaro, 4.6 6. Rob Mackowiak, 4.5 7. Willie Harris, 4.4 8. BJ Upton, 4.4 9. Doug Mientkiewicz, 4.3 10. Daric Barton, 4.3 Bottom Ten,...
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Northampton head of performance Nick Johnson believes Saints must improve their fitness if they are to challenge for a top-four spot.
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Northampton head of performance Nick Johnson believes Saints must improve their fitness if they are to challenge for a top-four spot.
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Northampton head of performance Nick Johnson believes Saints must improve their fitness if they are to challenge for a top-four spot.
D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
And so it begins. (By Jonathan Newton) Injuries cause misery and mess with big plans, but they also offer a choice. Teams can collapse, or compensate. So wrote my colleague Chico Harlan during some recent injury-ravaged Nats game. The ravages ravaged more this week, claiming Nick Johnson for the season, a result about as head-turningly shocking as the seventh inning stretch. And yet Johnson's injury...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Nick Johnson underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., on Tuesday, effectively ending his 2008 season and capping the number of games he has played for the Nationals the last two years at 38.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) - Washington Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery on his broken wrist, the Major League team said on Tuesday.
MySportsRumors (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
A surprise to no one, Washington Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson is now out for the remainder of the 2008 season. Johnson was initially out on the disabled list with a torn ligament in his wrist but only expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks. The injury was very similar to what [...]
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his wrist Tuesday and is expected to miss the rest of the season.
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Nick Johnson won't play again in 2008: First baseman Nick Johnson will miss the rest of the season, the Washington Nationals confirmed today. Dr. Richard Berger of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., operated today on the Nationals' clean-up hitter...
Covers.com (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his wrist Tuesday and is expected to miss the rest of the season. ''I feel bad for him, because I know how much Nick loves to play,'' Nationals manager M...
Just A Nats Fan (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
I eagerly anticipated Nick Johnson’s triumphant return this season from the leg injury that kept him out all of last season. He appeared completely healed, in shape, and ready to reclaim his role as the more nimble slick-fielding first baseman. That all changed with one bad swing of the bat and now it looks like [...]
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
With his right wrist still ailing from an injury, Washington Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson will have surgery Tuesday that could keep him sidelined for the rest of the season.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Washington Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson will undergo surgery today on his injured right wrist and might not return this season.
Baseball By Paul (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Nick Johnson Could Be Done Until 2009 You’d have to be heartless not to feel at least a little sympathy for Washington Nationals’ first baseman Nick Johnson. Coming off of a career year in which he finally managed 500 at-bats (500 on the dot, in fact), he is staring another season-ending injury in the face. [...]
