Co-Jack: no superpowers necessary
This first entry is long overdue. My apologies to Conor Jackson for keeping quiet so long and for missing the opportunity to brag about his breakthrough season. He deserved better. After all, almost everyone -- scouts, pundits and even some colleagues -- said this guy was nothing special. They called him too boring, too slow and too weak to match up against other hard-hitting first basemen.
But that's what makes Co-Jack Co-Jack.
He can't outrun Michael Bourn to the dinner table, beat Ryan Braun in an arm-wrestling match or create an F-5 tornado by swinging and missing like Ryan Howard. He's got no superpowers. He's your average, run-of-the-mill hitter, the kind of guy kids never know about because toy companies don't create figurines for guys named Conor.
Well, if he can keep making fools of his critics, and build on this .331 average, this Conor may just get his own figurine, after all ...
- Alex Cushing
But that's what makes Co-Jack Co-Jack.
He can't outrun Michael Bourn to the dinner table, beat Ryan Braun in an arm-wrestling match or create an F-5 tornado by swinging and missing like Ryan Howard. He's got no superpowers. He's your average, run-of-the-mill hitter, the kind of guy kids never know about because toy companies don't create figurines for guys named Conor.
Well, if he can keep making fools of his critics, and build on this .331 average, this Conor may just get his own figurine, after all ...
- Alex Cushing
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