10 Questions with Derek Johnson

10 Questions with Derek Johnson

2/14/2004

10 Questions with Derek Johnson

With the start of the 2004 Vanderbilt Baseball season less than a week away, the coaches and players can’t wait to get the season going. Each weekday leading up to first pitch, VUCommodores.com will sit down with the three Commodore seniors and the four coaches in a segment we call — 10 Questions With.

VUCommodores.com: What is the best baseball movie of all-time? Derek Johnson: The Natural.

VU: What web site do you check first everyday?
DJ: sebaseball.com

VU: What CD is in your player right now?
DJ: “Baby Mozart” for my son, Teague.

VU: Who on the team talks the best chatter?
DJ: Nick Pilkington.

VU: What’s the most obscure place you’ve ever played baseball?
DJ: A run-down stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

VU: What is the biggest game on the schedule this year (to you personally)?
DJ: Every game… but Baylor if I had to choose because I think it will show what type of team we will be.

VU: What major league ballpark would you like to play in?
DJ: Wrigley Field.

VU: What pregame/in-game superstitions do you have?
DJ: Put socks on the same way everytime… left sanitary, left stirrup, right sanitary, right stirrup.

VU: How do you break in a new glove?
DJ: Glove conditioner, ball, wrap and tie/alternate the way you tie it up.

VU: Tell us some interesting fact about you.
VU: DJ didn’t respond to this one but we at VUCommodores.com will let you know that he has coached five consecutive pitchers who have been named Freshman All-American.

Check back on Sunday when VUCommodores.com chats with head coach Tim Corbin.