Saturday, August 13, 2011

Ernie Johnson Jr. emotional, grateful, proud following death of his father | Atlanta Braves

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“I know how great a guy he was from living with him for 55 years, but it’s so cool to read,” Johnson said. “Some of those things just hit you so strongly. It was stories about having dad sign something for an 8-year-old kid or just sneaking transistor radios into your shirt to listen to Braves games….
“And I read one (Saturday morning) that just was just so simple and just buckled my knees. It said ‘When you heard Ernie Johnson do a game, it was like…”
Johnson paused as he was overcome with emotion.
“…summertime would never end.”
Johnson Sr. used to like to say games were zipping right along, and in the end, his son said, that’s what it feels like. It all went so fast.
“Life is a blink,” he said. “It really is. It zips right past you…We treasure having him for 87 years or as old as we are. He had a great life. He impacted a lot of people and just taught us all a lot – not by preaching but just by watching him on a daily basis. Going to the ballpark with him, watching how he interacted with players, watching how he interacted with fans, how he took time for everybody.”
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