Randy Johnson: Diamondback Hall of Famer
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I don't know what the Mariner version of a coog/doog/hook is, but you'd have to be a clueless one of those to think he wasn't going in as a Diamondback.
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Well just let me say this about Randy Johnson. Everyone thinks he got his "Big Unit" nickname because he was tall. His wife was the one who originally gave him that nickname, and it kind of stuck to his baseball career. And early in his baseball career, he threw a lot of balls.
He could throw the ball real fast. And when he wasn't throwing the ball fast, the ball would come in slower. Later in his tenure with the Mariners he was consistently throwing strikes. When he wasn't throwing strikes, he was throwing balls.
But who can forget that magical year of 1995? He turned in a gutty performance, yet he did give up the go ahead run. Fortunately for him, as you all know, 'gar (ILTCHT) came through with that double down the left field line, with the iconic image ingrained in our memories of Griffey running the bases hard, something you rarely saw. I personally soiled my Depends. In fact, I had to change my Depends 7 or 8 times that series. Butt plugs don't help.
If it wasn't for Gar, Johnson would have been the loser of game 5. The Safe (ILTCIT) just may not have been built. Howard Shultz would have bought the Mariners, then later sold them to Clay Bennett and maybe the Mariners would be in Oklahoma City right now, Seattle would still have the Sonics, and Howard Shultz and Clay Bennett would be heroes instead of the vile scum of which they have both become.
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tl; drRon_Fairly said:Well just let me say this about Randy Johnson. Everyone thinks he got his "Big Unit" nickname because he was tall. His wife was the one who originally gave him that nickname, and it kind of stuck to his baseball career. And early in his baseball career, he threw a lot of balls.
He could throw the ball real fast. And when he wasn't throwing the ball fast, the ball would come in slower. Later in his tenure with the Mariners he was consistently throwing strikes. When he wasn't throwing strikes, he was throwing balls.
But who can forget that magical year of 1995? He turned in a gutty performance, yet he did give up the go ahead run. Fortunately for him, as you all know, 'gar (ILTCHT) came through with that double down the left field line, with the iconic image ingrained in our memories of Griffey running the bases hard, something you rarely saw. I personally soiled my Depends. In fact, I had to change my Depends 7 or 8 times that series. Butt plugs don't help.
If it wasn't for Gar, Johnson would have been the loser of game 5. The Safe (ILTCIT) just may not have been built. Howard Shultz would have bought the Mariners, then later sold them to Clay Bennett and maybe the Mariners would be in Oklahoma City right now, Seattle would still have the Sonics, and Howard Shultz and Clay Bennett would be heroes instead of the vile scum of which they have both become.
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I have a new pillow for youRon_Fairly said:Well just let me say this about Randy Johnson. Everyone thinks he got his "Big Unit" nickname because he was tall. His wife was the one who originally gave him that nickname, and it kind of stuck to his baseball career. And early in his baseball career, he threw a lot of balls.
He could throw the ball real fast. And when he wasn't throwing the ball fast, the ball would come in slower. Later in his tenure with the Mariners he was consistently throwing strikes. When he wasn't throwing strikes, he was throwing balls.
But who can forget that magical year of 1995? He turned in a gutty performance, yet he did give up the go ahead run. Fortunately for him, as you all know, 'gar (ILTCHT) came through with that double down the left field line, with the iconic image ingrained in our memories of Griffey running the bases hard, something you rarely saw. I personally soiled my Depends. In fact, I had to change my Depends 7 or 8 times that series. Butt plugs don't help.
If it wasn't for Gar, Johnson would have been the loser of game 5. The Safe (ILTCIT) just may not have been built. Howard Shultz would have bought the Mariners, then later sold them to Clay Bennett and maybe the Mariners would be in Oklahoma City right now, Seattle would still have the Sonics, and Howard Shultz and Clay Bennett would be heroes instead of the vile scum of which they have both become.
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Would have been awesome if he went in as an Astro.
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Be disappointed with the organization, as they didn't build a team around him.Fire_Marshall_Bill said:
Not reallyRoadDawg55 said:He won 4 consecutive Cy Youngs for Arizona and a World Series. It should have been a no-brainer.
He still played more seasons in Seattle.
It could go either way, but I'm disappointed he's going in with Arizona (and I like the Dbacks).
