Randy "Big Unit" Johnson retires

[rasczak]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...an/01/05/johnson.retires/index.html?eref=sihp

what a great run for him. i never watched baseball, but when he was televised i always seemed to watch his games. definitely HOF material. hope he gets in first ballot.

 

[techs]

Maybe the last 300 game winner for a long, long time.

 

[sjwaste]

He'll go first ballot. 300 wins is a huge milestone, and he was the dominant pitcher of his time (in his prime). He and Pedro Martinez are two locks for first ballot HOF.

 

[FoBoT]

got to see him live once :thumbsup:

 

[AMCRambler]

Zane's brother eh? I hear they were at the bar chasing trannies the other day. They didn't like their deep voices though.

 

[skyking]

got to see him live once :thumbsup:

We were lucky to have him here in Seattle. My wife knew a player on the team all through school, so we went to many games in the lean years.
We also watched Nolan Ryan throw his last pitch. It went wild and he just walked off the mound.
The batter before that was a no name guy with about 240 at bats in his entire MLB career, Dann Howitt. He hit a grand slam off Ryan. His arm was done.

 

[DougK62]

Great pitcher. I can only imagine the fear a batter would have seeing that big, ugly monster on the mound.

 

[skyking]

Great pitcher. I can only imagine the fear a batter would have seeing that big, ugly monster on the mound.

John Kruk showed it the best at the all star game. Watch this vid it is funny!

http://www.mlb.com/media/player/mp_...0&v=2&mType=w&urlstr=&mUrl=&type=v_free&_mp=1

 

[BrownShoes]

Now that's a big unit.

 

[rasczak]

John Kruk showed it the best at the all star game. Watch this vid it is funny!

http://www.mlb.com/media/player/mp_...0&v=2&mType=w&urlstr=&mUrl=&type=v_free&_mp=1

haha i remember that game. i just about died laughing

 

[darrontrask]

Watched him pitch for the Jamestown Expo's a few times. Never won a game for them.

 

[skyking]

haha i remember that game. i just about died laughing

Kruk was generally a very funny guy. He was the perfect victim.

 

[aldamon]

Damn. One more good year and he could have surpassed 5,000 strikeouts.

 

[rasczak]

Damn. One more good year and he could have surpassed 5,000 strikeouts.

i would rather he retire now than limp along for another 4 - 5 years trying to obtain that mark and look horrible doing so.

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

The Big Unit has to be one of the best sports nicknames ever, especially considering his name is Randy Johnson and he is very tall.

 

[MBony]

Damn, thought you mean Randy "The Dawg" Jackson, from American Idol. Would've been more exciting for me.

 

[anxi80]

ive met him before and the guy in my opinion is a dick. but he was a phenomenal pitcher with an even more phenomenal career and he gave us one of my all-time favorite sports moments...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiZZObWPi5Y

 

[jalaram]

i would rather he retire now than limp along for another 4 - 5 years trying to obtain that mark and look horrible doing so.

Agreed. His past few years didn't indicate that getting to 5k Ks would be easy. It's simply amazing that he has lasted this long and has that many strikeouts to begin with.