Man of the Year: January

Here at Homeruns & Hail mary's we like to honour those who for better have had an impact on us through their sheer awesomeness, people who make you go 'yeh im a full grown male but i want to put your picture on my wall', people who make you wonder 'howd he pull a chic like that?', everyone develops a man crush at some point of time so we here at homeruns and Hail mary's have developed the Homeruns and Hail Mary's Man of the Year.

Each month there will be one man cast Homeruns and Hail Mary's Man of the Month who will go in for the Chance to be coverted the Man of the Year.



However as two months have past already this year its time to do some retrospective awarding so first up is Januarys Homeruns and Hail Mary's man of the month.



:Mitchell Johnson:







For about two years now Johnson has been a stable fixture in both Australias Test & one day cricket sides, though his bowling can be at times erratic and wide, he has always managed to generate great speed and gain a steady flow of wickets.

However its the summer of 08/09 were Johnson has really come of age.

In the absence of Brett Lee & Stuart Clark, Johnson led from the front this summer with the ball taking important bags of wickets, none better than the spell in Perth where he tore the game apart with 5/2 in 4 overs.

Yet its not his bowling prowess that gains him the January man of the month, while this summer some of the most revered Batsman Australia has produced like Matthew Hayden and Mike Hussey failed to get the ball off the square Johnson trotted in at number 8 and smashed the South African attack with proper cricket shots.

Johnson was strongly making claims for all rounder status, fast forward 2 months and we know how true that is.



Johnson is an entertaining player who seems to pull out heroics in the most needed of times which makes him a perfect fit for the Homeruns and Hail Mary's Man of January.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2HiqaNzIW8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSLT7PJXSrg