Randy Johnson
Randy Johnson
Randall David "Randy" Johnson, nicknamed "The Big Unit", is an American former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1988 to 2009 for six teams, primarily the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks. His 303 career victories rank as the fifth-most by a lefthander in major league history, while his 4,875 strikeouts place him second all-time behind Nolan Ryan and are the most by a lefthander. He holds five of the seven highest single-season strikeout totals by a lefthander...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth10 September 1963
CityWalnut Creek, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Everything's fine. Everything's good. It's early in the year.
Everybody thought I'd be the first one to break down in this rotation, and I was the one who was the most stable.
At this point, being 41 years old, it's just a few little keys here and there. It's hard to get to know somebody; he doesn't know me, either. It's kind of hard to evaluate his input.
Communication is going to be 60 percent of the job. And he has instant credibility.
Tonight I really felt comfortable on the mound, ... I felt like everything was there. I was hitting my spots, and that's the biggest thing.
Throwing 95 (mph) is a luxury for me now. I'd much rather be efficient when I go out there.
Obviously, it's a nice honor, but there's a lot of work between now and then.
Nobody's more disappointed in the clubhouse than me right now,
Mechanically, I've struggled all year long with my arm angle, with my velocity and my effectiveness. That stems from poor mechanics. Tonight, I felt really comfortable on the mound.
Last year was a good learning process. I learned a lot about what I need to adjust to this coming year. That's why I'm coming into this year feeling a lot more relaxed.
(Posada) didn't have as much time as Flaherty did to analyze what was going wrong with me.
Seventeen wins is good, but I expect more this year. I want to show people I still have the stuff.
She was star-gazing. She was looking up to the sky, and her eyes had a blank look to them. They were empty.
No one is going to tell me at 41 what I can't do.