But already, for reasons that Johnson preferred not to consider, a wholly new vegetation had sprung to life.
Johnson prefers to start every fifth day, which means his turn would come Thursday night against the Tigers.
Some baseball people have believed that Johnson would prefer to play for the Arizona Diamondbacks because he lives only a few miles from their park.
Gregory exemplified the type of author that Johnson preferred to work with: industrious and liberal-minded, but not bent on self-glorification.
But Johnson preferred to step lightly around egos in his first season.
Johnson, one of the discoverers of Ebola virus, preferred to talk about these events while fly-fishing.
Johnson preferred to remember "the good times in 1985 and '86," meaning the two victories over his old fishing buddy.
Did Johnson prefer to face the Celtics?
Johnson prefers the word "commentator" to "critic."
Those were the numbers Johnson would prefer to remember.