Johnny Bench,

Johnny Lee Bench ( born December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ) is a former professional baseball catcher who played in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983 and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

At the post-World Series press conference, Reds manager Sparky Anderson was asked by a journalist to compare Munson with his catcher, Johnny Bench.

Anderson replied, " You don't compare anyone to Johnny Bench.

The Cincinnati Reds proclaimed September 17, 1983, " Johnny Bench Night " at Riverfront Stadium.

Starting with the college baseball season, the best collegiate catcher annually receives the Johnny Bench Award.

In a September interview with Heidi Watney of the New England Sports Network, Johnny Bench, who was watching a Cleveland Indians / Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park, did an impression of late Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray after Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis, a native of Cincinnati, made a tough play.

* Johnny Bench: From Binger to Cooperstown, Baseball Digest, February 2000

He is second on Cincinnati's all-time home run leaders list ( 324 ) behind Johnny Bench and is the Reds'all-time leader in slugging percentage (. 554 ).

Other Reds players in the unit included Johnny Bench, Bobby Tolan, and Darrel Chaney.

On a team with many great players, Rose, along with Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Tony Pérez, was viewed as one of the club's leaders.

From 1983-1989, Buck teamed with the likes of Sparky Anderson, Bill White, and Johnny Bench for World Series radio broadcasts on CBS.

Buck, along with CBS Radio colleagues Johnny Bench and John Rooney, was on hand at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on October 17, 1989, when the Loma Prieta earthquake hit.

A few of the many Carolina League players who have gone on to star in the Major Leagues are: Johnny Bench ( Peninsula, 1966 ), Wade Boggs ( Winston-Salem, 1977 ), Barry Bonds ( Prince William, 1985 ), Rod Carew ( Wilson, 1966 ), Dock Ellis ( Kinston, 1965 ), Dwight Evans ( Winston-Salem, 1971 ), Dwight Gooden ( Lynchburg, 1983 ), Andruw Jones ( Durham, 1996 ), Chipper Jones ( Durham, 1992 ), Willie McCovey ( Danville, 1956 ), Joe Morgan ( Durham, 1963 ), Dave Parker ( Salem, 1972 ), Tony Pérez ( Rocky Mount, 1962 ), Andy Pettitte ( Prince William, 1993 ), Jorge Posada ( Prince William, 1993 ), Darryl Strawberry ( Lynchburg, 1981 ), Bernie Williams ( Prince William, 1988 ), and Carl Yastrzemski ( Raleigh, 1959 ).

" He also said Johnny Bench ( who played for him in Cincinnati ) " will never throw a baseball as hard as Mike Heath " ( a catcher who played for him in Detroit ).

Major League Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench grew up in Binger.

He came in third in the Most Valuable Player voting behind Billy Williams and winner Johnny Bench, his Cincinnati Reds teammate who had one of the best offensive seasons in the history of catchers that year (. 293 / 45 / 148 ), in addition to winning a Gold Glove.

During the decade of the 1970s, Pérez was second among all major-leaguers in RBI, with 954, behind only his teammate Johnny Bench.

* Johnny Bench, a former Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983

Other players with 10 or more wins include shortstop Omar Vizquel ( 11 ), catcher Johnny Bench ( 10 ), third baseman Mike Schmidt ( 10 ), and outfielders Ken Griffey, Jr., Ichiro Suzuki, Andruw Jones, and Al Kaline ( 10 each ).

The feat had previously been accomplished by Mickey Cochrane, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Johnny Bench and Carlton Fisk, all in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Reds catcher Johnny Bench was named World Series MVP.

A fairly obvious comparison of opposing backstops was made to Reds manager Sparky Anderson during the post-World Series press conference, to which, Anderson responded, " Munson is an outstanding ballplayer and he would hit. 300 in the National League, but you don't ever compare anybody to Johnny Bench.

Don't never embarrass nobody by comparing them to Johnny Bench.

On November 23, 2010, Jackson released another greatest hits package, entitled 34 Number Ones, which features a cover of the Johnny Cash hit " Ring of Fire ", as well as the duet with Zac Brown Band, " As She's Walking Away ".

* Think of a Number by Johnny Ball

Number 5 ( who renames himself " Johnny Five " after hearing the song " Who's Johnny " throughout the movie ) leaves for Montana with Stephanie and Newton.

* 1992 " Slow And Sexy "-Shabba Ranks Featuring Johnny Gill-UK Number 17-US 33.

* Raggedy Andy's Number Book ( 1924 ) written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle

As a singer he is best known for his hit song, " Johnny Remember Me " ( written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek ), which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961.

Leyton performed " Johnny Remember Me " during the show ( backed by The Outlaws ), and the single subsequently charted at Number 1.

According to Fred Bronson's The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, they thought about possibly getting Prince, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, or anyone else working with them at the time.

Hugh Taylor succeeded Ron Way as director and the regular cast now comprised Creyton, Frazer, June Thody, Neva Carr Glyn and Noeline Brown ( recently returned from her stint in the UK ), with guest appearances by Stuart Wagstaff, Arlene Dorgan, scriptwriter Barbara Angell, Bryan Davies, Johnny Lockwood ( who later starred in Number 96 ) and Penney Ramsey.

" Johnny Are You Queer " has been featured on the soundtracks to the movies Jackass Number Two and Valley Girl.

" Johnny Are You Queer " was later featured in Jackass: Number Two during the " Anaconda Ballpit " stunt and in the compilation album " A Date With John Waters ".

Arcade also employed Number 96s creator David Sale and its veteran scriptwriter Johnny Whyte as scriptwriters.

" by Lillian " Lil " Green and the 1942 and 1947 versions recorded by Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee, other versions were recorded over the years by Kay Kyser ( vocals by Julie Conway ), Ella Fitzgerald ( see her album: " Jazz at the Philharmonic, the Ella Fitzgerald Set ") and Joe Pass, Julie London, Cal Tjader and Mary Stallings, Mark Murphy, Shirley Horn, Johnny Otis, Mel Torme, Rasputina, Imelda May, Kiri Te Kanawa, Ashlee Simpson, Sinéad O ' Connor, Eden Brent on her album " Mississippi Number One " ( 2008 ), White Ghost Shivers on their album Everyone's Got ' Em ( 2006 ), and the Carolina Chocolate Drops on their album " Genuine Negro Jig " ( 2010 ).

A common device in science fiction is for robots, computers, and other artificial life to refer to themselves in the third person, e. g. " This unit is malfunctioning " or " Number Five is alive " ( famously said by Johnny Five in Short Circuit ), to suggest that these creatures are not truly self-aware, or else that they separate their consciousness from their physical form.

On October 1, 1962, Groucho, after acting as occasional guest host of The Tonight Show during the six-month interval between Jack Paar and Johnny Carson, introduced Carson as the new host.

With his third wife, Beryl, he had three children, Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. ( September 23, 1940 – July 27, 2006 ), Wendy Anne Weissmuller ( b. June 1, 1942 ), and Heidi Elizabeth Weissmuller ( July 31, 1944 – November 19, 1962 ).

In 2002, British comedian Johnny Vegas sold the exclusive rights to his wedding photographs to Viz for £ 1, in a flippant dig at celebrity couples who sold the rights to their wedding photos to glossy magazines such as OK!

The famous swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, later famous for playing the role of Tarzan, was born there ( his ethnicity being German ); he emigrated to the United States as an infant, before the age of 1.

Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan, a friend to the Cowboys, later testified that he first learned of the trouble while he was getting a shave at the barbershop after 1: 30 pm, which is when he had risen after the late-night game.

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* Running Bear, # 1 hit for Johnny Preston

* Johnny Mack Brown ( September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974 ) Born and raised in Dothan Alabama, was an All-American college football player and film actor originally billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career.

* On May 1, 1968, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash were married at the Methodist Church in Franklin by Reverend Leslie Chapman.

When LaMotta returned, he knocked out his first two opponents, Johnny Pretzie ( TKO 4 ) and Al McCoy ( KO 1 ), but a split decision loss afterwards to Billy Kilgore convinced him to finally retire.

The current " Johnny Vatos Boingo Dance Party " singer CPO ( Chris Paul Overall ) appears on the " Johnny Vatos Boingo Dance Party " Vol 1.

* March 1 – Johnny Cash and June Carter are married in Franklin, Kentucky, with Merle Kilgore as best man.

* Johnny Jones London production opened at the Alhambra Theatre on June 1 and ran for 349 performances

Osgood returned to Chelsea in December 1978 following a disappointing stint in the United States with the Philadelphia Fury, where he scored only 1 goal in 23 matches for a team which also included Alan Ball and Johnny Giles.

" His best-known compositions are the No. 1 successes " Would You Lay With Me ( In a Field of Stone )," which was covered by Tanya Tucker ; and " Take This Job and Shove It ," which was later covered by Johnny Paycheck that was later a hit movie ( both Coe and Paycheck had minor parts in the film ).

* January 1 – The final cigarette advertisements are televised in the United States, with the final one occurring during that evening's broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on NBC.

Their new album titled ' Puppet " is set to release on 11 / 1 / 11 Members of the band include Stabbing Westward and Econoline Crush drummer Johnny Haro, Murderdolls-guitarist Eric Griffin, bassist Martin Kelly from Living Dead Lights and guitarist Ryan Seelback.

* October 1 – The Lucy Show premieres on CBS ( 1962 – 1968 ); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson debuts on NBC ( 1962 – 1992 ); ABC launches Discovery ( 1962 – 1971 )

This happened on November 1, 1946, when he beat Johnny Ryan by a knockout in five rounds at New York City.

He continued to sell well in Jamaica and, to a lesser extent, the UK, returning to the mainstream pop charts in the US and elsewhere (# 1 in France ) with a version of Johnny Nash's " I Can See Clearly Now " on the Cool Runnings film soundtrack in 1993.

In 1964, Greene had a # 1 single on the music charts with his spoken-word ballad, " Ringo " ( which referred to the real-life Old West outlaw Johnny Ringo, not about Ringo Starr of the Beatles ), and got a lot of play time from, " Saga of the Ponderosa ", which detailed the Cartwright founding of the famous ranch.

After racking up a few wins, Hatcher faced WBA light welterweight champion Johnny Bumphus on June 1, 1984, in Buffalo, New York.