Talk:Isaac Johnson

Isaac is mentioned in a recent IRM proposal for Jode Crutch.

hey!! i am proposing adding a segment to ike’s wiki page regarding his time in miami, where he is unionizing local businesses, making friends with Qais Dogwalker, Sixpack Santiago, & Howell Rocha, and picking up work as a lifeguard! full text of the update here!

Reasoning for this update: i thought it’d be fun to talk about what he’s doing on the dale, as he is no longer a firefighter and has to get his enrichment somewhere else.

24 hours are up so i will be posting the update now! :thumbs_up:

I am proposing adding a bullet point reading "Johnson is bisexual." to Isaac's trivia section.

Reasoning: - This is well-established lore for this player that in my opinion impacts how he is seen and discussed. - There are currently no players who use he/him pronouns that are stated on their pages as being bisexual.

This addition has been encouraged both by Firefighters fans and by Dale fans. If you have any concerns, feel free to reply to this thread or to contact me over discord, wtc#7453.

This is a proposal to change Isaac's place of employment from the Vienna Beef Factory to a random list of fake businesses that either already exist in Chicago Blaseball lore, are implied by Chicago Blaseball lore, or have been come up with over the course of Blaseball's existence by Chicago fans.

The reasoning is because A) it's fun and B) with the newest guidelines for referencing real people, I figure it is better to move to fictional businesses (though many of them are references to real businesses in Chicago). Any businesses that have relation to an existing page will have a link to that page, any businesses that do not will use the dead link function.

Here is the current list of businesses I have compiled to randomly choose from:

Hungry James's Greasy Spoon And Other Utensils

Geepa’s Lemonade and Also Food

Chicago Fields Museum

BIG JONNIES TOWING

LIL JONNIES ABANDONED VEHICLE RECLAMATION CENTER

The-Meat-Packing-Factory-From-Upton-Sinclair's-The-Jungle Meat Packing and Canning

Plortillos

Royal Crown Malört Bottling Facility

The World-Famous Chicago Sofas Depot

Will's Towing

Big Barnabas Roseheart's Olde-Style Boxing Glove Manufactory

Flermilab

Bruce's Phone Books

Suzanne's (Formerly) Two-Star Burgers and Fries

Alvarado and Sons Legitimate Construction Company

Mledieval Times Dinner Theatre

The Chicago Yellow Journalism Company

This is an edit for the current Isaac page based off the lore from the Firefighters Lore Camp server over the grand siesta. If you have any notes, feel free to shoot me a DM on discord, I'm ope#7453! Thanks to Robbie and the rest of the FFs for the help : )

" History

Isaac “Ike” Johnson was born to a blue-collar, working class white father and second-generation Chinese immigrant mother. Johnson is a lifelong athlete and can often be found going for morning jogs outside of team training.

Like all of us, he is from Chicago. His jersey number is 779.

Anticapitalist Beliefs

Johnson is sometimes referred to as “Comrade Ike” due to his involvement in local organizing and strong negative feelings about capitalism. Johnson is known for his employment and union-forming efforts at several local businesses including the Vienna Beef factory, as well as for assisting in mutual aid projects across Chicago, often arriving to games directly after his shifts. When asked how he finds the time for these activities while also being a first responder and professional athlete, Johnson simply responded, “Time is a means of production and I am seizing it.”

Although he was already a self-identified leftist when he began playing in the ILB, Johnson’s communist sentiments have only grown since becoming a Siphon at the end of Season 9. In regards to this, Johnson is quoted as having said, “Blooddrain…” while narrowing his eyes and staring off into the middle distance.

Trivia

- For reasons that remain unclear, Firefighters fans have been known to refer to Johnson as “The Him.”

- Johnson owns a significant collection of running equipment including a pair of state-of-the-art toe-separated barefoot running shoes.

- In early seasons, Johnson was also commonly called “Walker” due to his tendency to take walks while at-bat.

- When convinced by teammate Caleb Alvarado to take a love language quiz, Johnson’s top three results were acts of service, quality time, and wealth redistribution.

- Johnson is familiar with the works of a number of leftist theorists including Karl Mlarx, Vladimir Llenin, John Maynard Kleynes, Emma Gloldman, Dolly Plarton, and Angela Dlavis.

- Johnson has estimated that through his family he knows 85% of the immigrant grandmothers within Chicago city limits.

- For unknown reasons, teammate Socks Maybe has a deep hatred for Johnson and will rarely be seen near him. This has caused a number of the problems on the team, as the two have only one lineup slot separating them. "