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Johnson's big personality lit up Minors ballparks

Baseball world mourns COVID-related loss of beloved manager
@JoshJacksonMiLB
February 11, 2021

Over the bulk of the last three decades, Ron Johnson had such an overwhelming and sunny presence as a Minor League manager that he could practically change the weather. "He just lit up a room," said Heather McKeating, who was the Triple-A Norfolk Tides' director of community relations for the