Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson
Actor, stuntman and cowboy who won an Academy Award for his role as Sam the Lion in the 1971 Western, The Last Picture Show.
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 June 1918
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He showed me the ropes. A lot of the struggles I had in the minors, he's had as a ballplayer. We clicked on that level. We just tried to make a lot of the adjustments I needed to make. Not only on the field, but off the field, how to carry yourself, how to be a professional.
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He's done so much for the community, and spends so much time helping everybody. He always gave the extra effort, not just his job.
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He goes out and plays hard every day, ... Lately, he's been hitting gaps, a lot of triples and doubles. He's definitely fun to watch and a great teammate, always upbeat. He's a catalyst for this team. When he's going good, he's always on base.
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Getting with Rob Deer has really helped me out.
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I faced him quite a few times and fared pretty well.
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I still feel like I have to make the team. Here, nothing is given to me. I have to earn it. That's a tough outfield to break. It's not going to be easy for any outfielder.
bunt men
We had two men on, and I couldn't get a bunt down.
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We've got speculators calling us -- mostly from California and the Northeast -- who say, 'We'll just send crews out there and start building hundreds of homes,' There's a lot of interest in securing a hundred to a thousand acres of land.
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I'm in a family of six. And I'm also engaged, and my grandparents want to come. The biggest group being overlooked is students who are underclassmen and friends (with the seniors).
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We're definitely going to have our work cut out for us. (Corpus Christi) King, the defending district champ, is still pretty good and Miller is up and coming so simply put, we are going to have to take care of business if we want to get to regional.
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Yesterday (Tuesday) we put ourselves into position to do what we did today (Wednesday). I was overly pleased with the way we hung in there and pulled things out, especially in difficult conditions.