Johnson can scarcely have believed what he himself wrote, but he kept churning it out.
One good thing is that England have already recognised him with selection for the Lions, so if he keeps churning out the runs then further, and greater, honours will surely follow.
Yet in the unparalleled selection of old pieces that Taylor's forever pulling out of the basement and dusting off, and in the new works that he keeps churning out, he's mainstream in another way: He makes pre-'60s modes live on.
Compact and classy, he seldom catches the eye, but he keeps churning out the runs from No6, a more important slot in this team, with its two 10s and two 11s as a tail, than in other Test batting line-ups.
But if he keeps churning out Game 7 performances as he has in the Devils' last two -- Elias scored both goals in a 2-1 victoverover Philadelphia in last season's conference finals -- Elias just might get his wish of becoming recognized as one of the game's best.
Asad Shafiq (326 runs at 59, no wicket for 19 runs) Compact and classy, he seldom catches the eye, but he keeps churning out the runs from No6, a more important slot in this team, with its two 10s and two 11s as a tail, than in other Test batting line-ups.
Looking at the work of an artist like James Taylor, you might wonder how he kept churning out hit after hit.
The hulking second-year runner out of Oregon was very nearly halted at the line of scrimmage but he kept churning his legs and battering would-be tacklers all the way for six.
It's been hugely successful for Channel 4, so it's no surprise they keep churning them out.
