Congrats, Randy Johnson - Now get the hell out of the NL West
by jrockies on Jan 6, 2010 10:50 AM MST
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PrintI would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Randy Johnson on a great career. It was a lot of fun to watch a left handed power pitcher with two back surgeries pitch as well as he did for as long as he did.
For his career he went 303-162 with a 3.69 ERA and 4875 strikeouts in 4135.1 innings. There can be very little debate as to his hall of fame candidacy. The question is who does he go in with? I doubt the Expos, Giants, Astros or the Yankees, but the Mariners (10 years) and the Diamondbacks (8 yeasrs) seem like good choices.
Thanks for letting me watch you and thanks for finally leaving our division.
And a picture to finish it off:
via a.espncdn.com
Eat. Drink. Be Merry. But the above FanPost does not necessarily reflect the attitudes, opinions, or views of Purple Row's staff (unless, of course, it's written by the staff [and even then, it still might not]).
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fixed that title for you 0:-)
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Left handed batters everywhere just breathed a sigh of relief
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 6, 2010 11:12 AM MST up reply actions
The lefties he faced with more than 10 PA and a BA >= .250
Todd Helton (48) .271/.300.375
Aubry Huff (11) .273/.333/.273
David DeJesús (12) .250/.357/.417
Bobby Abreu (12) .250/.357/.250
Jim Eisenreich (10) .300/.333/.600
Kent Hrbek (11) .364/.462/.364
Shawn Green (57) .281/.359/.456
Mo Vaughn (31) .323/.382/.581
Don Mattingly (42) .381/.409/.548
Adam Kennedy (12) .250/.308/.583
Geoff Jenkins (14) .286/.333/.357
Matt Stairs (17) .412/.474/.471
Brady Anderson(35) .257/.366/.314
Barry Bonds (49) .306/.452/.551
Ichiro Suzuki (18) .444/.444/.500
Fernando Vina (20) .250/.318/.250
Larry Walker (28) .393/.485/.571
Lance Johnson (30) .267/.290/.267
That makes 18 total Left-handed bats. Not very many. If you want to see who had really good numbers against him go luck up Albert Pujols stats against RJ.
JFK
Larry done me proud
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 7, 2010 11:43 AM MST up reply actions
Why Arizona?
IS that because he won a WS with them?
the time between the season ending and spring training makes me feel dead inside.
And threw a perfect game
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf." - Tug McGraw after being asked if he liked grass or Astroturf better.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 6, 2010 7:19 PM MST up reply actions
I remember seeing the Letterman top-10 list after that
one of them was “Yankees sign him to a 7-year 150M contract”
and then the Yankees signed him
- was “Now maybe people will finally forget about that bird incident”
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 7, 2010 11:10 AM MST up reply actions
I don't think there's any contest
When you think Randy Johnson, you think Arizona
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well griffey is not comparable
he was an icon of the nation in Seattle, and a sad injured person in Cincy.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 6, 2010 3:24 PM MST up reply actions
Disagree
I think of Seattle. I realize that he posted ridiculous numbers in AZ, but I think of him as a Mariner first.
by controlled_slide on Jan 6, 2010 3:23 PM MST up reply actions
haha fair enough
this could be due to my age, lol
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by Hollidayrain on Jan 8, 2010 12:26 AM MST up reply actions
Who was he playing for
when he blew up that bird with a fastball?
the time between the season ending and spring training makes me feel dead inside.
seattle
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 6, 2010 3:07 PM MST up reply actions
i stand corrected
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 6, 2010 3:23 PM MST up reply actions
That is still one of the most amazing things ever
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf." - Tug McGraw after being asked if he liked grass or Astroturf better.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 6, 2010 7:21 PM MST up reply actions
I never tire of seeing that video
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
I think the PETA people are the only ones who would tire of it
"They fired me for being too old. I'll never make the mistake of turning seventy again." -- Casey Stengel after being let go by the Yankees
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 6, 2010 8:58 PM MST up reply actions
I don't know man
The Peta people were made when the Pads called the bee kepper to get rid of the bees in that game against Houston last year. They are really nuts.
"They fired me for being too old. I'll never make the mistake of turning seventy again." -- Casey Stengel after being let go by the Yankees
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 6, 2010 11:02 PM MST up reply actions
I think Sports Science once did an episode to determine the likelihood
of a pitcher hitting a bird. The result was mathematically impossible.
ROCKEFELLER!!!
Aparently not
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." Vin Scully: On-Air Radio Broadcast (1990)
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 10, 2010 12:16 AM MST up reply actions
math is a language
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 10, 2010 2:03 PM MST up reply actions
It's the language of the universe
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." Vin Scully: On-Air Radio Broadcast (1990)
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 10, 2010 2:24 PM MST up reply actions
Arizona
I don’t think there’s any doubt about it. He went to the D’Backs as a free agent twice, won 4 (consecutive) Cy Young’s there, got his only WS there, had the best years of his career there, and signed a deal in his last year to work for them in some capacity in his first year of retirement.
In short, he’s a Diamondback.
"I intend to kick your ass today." - Denver Broncos legend Tom Jackson
Free agent once.
We traded for him the 2nd time.
"The existence of flamethrowers is proof that someone, somewhere, said to himself, 'I want to set those people over there on fire, but I don't feel like walking over there to do it.'"
I just gotta say
As much as I hated seeing the Rockies face him, I’m sad to see RJ retire. He and Greg Maddux are the best pitchers I’ve ever watched play, with Roger Clemens not far behind.
In my lifetime, I have only intentionally bought tickets to one game to see an opposing player. That was Randy Johnson in 2001. I’d probably do it for Roy Halladay, but that’s more of a sentimental thing, though he’s also damn good. Johnson was just that unbelievable to watch.
"I intend to kick your ass today." - Denver Broncos legend Tom Jackson
I did that with Clemens in 2006
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 6, 2010 6:23 PM MST up reply actions
As much (I thought) I respected him as a player
He was a jerk-wad, and he’s creepy to boot. Nope. Good riddance.
Don't hate the player, hate the game, except all Yankees players.
Are yo reffering to the camera incident in NY
"They fired me for being too old. I'll never make the mistake of turning seventy again." -- Casey Stengel after being let go by the Yankees
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 6, 2010 10:59 PM MST up reply actions
I think
they’re referring to Clemens, who had an affair with an underage country music singer. (While in his 40s)
"The existence of flamethrowers is proof that someone, somewhere, said to himself, 'I want to set those people over there on fire, but I don't feel like walking over there to do it.'"
How do you know that will be the matchup?
"They fired me for being too old. I'll never make the mistake of turning seventy again." -- Casey Stengel after being let go by the Yankees
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 6, 2010 11:00 PM MST up reply actions
I think he means this past year
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 7, 2010 11:11 AM MST up reply actions
Ah my bad
In the offseason it becomes hard to know exactly when this year became last year.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 7, 2010 9:30 PM MST up reply actions
yeah, I meant the 2009 season
one of my favorite days of the year. Great pitching matchup, game winning Seth Smith homer, then a Flaming Lips show at Red Rocks that night.
Awesome.
ROCKEFELLER!!!
You should have gone to the game the next night.
Your game turned out to be the appetizer.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 10, 2010 12:17 AM MST up reply actions
but there wasn't an awesome concert to follow it up the next night
(though I agree…the only way to be sure is to purchase season tix)
ROCKEFELLER!!!
When he signed with Arizona
two years ago I was at a ST game he was starting and bought tickets to sit right behind the plate just to watch him pitch from that angle.
JFK
Another great Randy Johnson video
Right Guard Commercial
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The only time I sat behind home plate at Coors in my life
I saw Randy Johnson face off against Darryl Kile. Somehow, Kile won that game in the rain
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 7, 2010 11:45 AM MST reply actions
favorite randy johnson moment ….. his “chicks dig the long ball” commercial
Half of this game is 90% mental.
Good call. Great dld skool commercial right there
Welcome to the Row by the by the way. If you like history you will love some of the conversations on here.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 7, 2010 9:48 PM MST up reply actions
Wasn't that Maddux and Glavine
feat. Heather Locklear and Mark McGwire?
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 8, 2010 1:00 PM MST up reply actions
there was two commercial
his was something like “instead of being known as the big unit, I want to be known as the long unit”
Half of this game is 90% mental.
by christianrockie on Jan 8, 2010 5:12 PM MST up reply actions
I found it
but I can’t find one where I can actually hear the damn thing, the one I found has all these static soundbreaks
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 10, 2010 2:08 PM MST up reply actions
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