UPDATE: In honor of our website being down most of the day, and of Randy Johnson announcing his retirement, we bring back this tribute to RJ originally published June 4, 2009 after he won his 300th game.
Here at The Real Dirty Mets Blog, we are first and foremost Met fans, but surprisingly enough we are also baseball fans. Tonight we salute Randy Johnson, who with the Giants’ victory over the Nationals this evening has become only the 24th pitcher in the glorious history of Major League Baseball to win 300 games. So for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence, Randy Johnson this phantasmagorical montage is for you:
Je me souviens
First began cultivating the mullet in the Great White North
Even his signature is huge
Oh to be young, 6′ 10″ and near the Space Needle
Near mission control, could be seen from space
Briefly in Houston which proves too humid for proper mullet styling
Soul patch a good combo with mullet
It’s not just him, no one looked good in those early DBack uniforms
The worm in the big apple
Yankee tradition put a temporary dent in the mullet
Thank God they changed the team colors
The dry heat is better for the mullet
One step for Giant man
One leap for Giant into history books
Ladies and gentleman, Randy Johnson, 300 game winner
14 comments
rustyjr
6/4/2009-9:08pm at 9:08 pm (UTC -4)
Thanks for putting a smile on my face grave
stickguy
6/4/2009-9:16pm at 9:16 pm (UTC -4)
he looked old even when he was young.
dirtysanchez
6/4/2009-9:28pm at 9:28 pm (UTC -4)
lol been a crazy day but this was a bright spot
I watched the game live on MLB Network
It was great as a baseball fan to see another 300 game and perhaps the last in quite a looong while. Im glad he got this done and congrats to him and his family. He has to lighten up tho lol
Kingman 26
6/4/2009-9:34pm at 9:34 pm (UTC -4)
Thanks for this post Grave.
I lived in Seattle during the 90s, and in his last years there and first years in AZ, he was more dominating over a long stretch as any pitcher I have ever seen. He and Griffey and Edgar were a fine second favortie bunch in the dark days of the Dallas Green era.
Great collection of shots, and definitely some needed comic relief on a seriously dark day in Metdom.
fongy2
6/4/2009-11:12pm at 11:12 pm (UTC -4)
Indeed,Thanks!
A nice break from the wake!
Always a fan of the Big Unic!
A Yankee killer who then became a Yankee disapointment.
Is there anything better?
Mr North Jersey
1/5/2010-6:35pm at 6:35 pm (UTC -4)
OMG Who turned off the lights?
Sounds like the work of Gremlins to me.
Mr North Jersey
1/5/2010-6:35pm at 6:35 pm (UTC -4)
Did I miss anything today?
GravediggerHebner
1/5/2010-6:46pm at 6:46 pm (UTC -4)
Nope. Nothing at all happened after I fed the Gremlins at 12:01am this morning. Absolutely nothing to mention.
CaseStreet
1/5/2010-6:50pm at 6:50 pm (UTC -4)
Okay, is it time to start passing around the hat for a new server?
metsfan4decades
1/5/2010-8:07pm at 8:07 pm (UTC -4)
Whew! Finally was able to sign in. Have to admit I was getting anxious. A day w/o my TRDMB is like a day w/o caffeine – unacceptable!
Pass the hat, I’ll gladly contribute if necessary!
CaseStreet
1/5/2010-10:43pm at 10:43 pm (UTC -4)
yup yup
metsfan4decades
1/5/2010-8:09pm at 8:09 pm (UTC -4)
One of the great pitchers of my time. He deserves the tribute.
njstuckintx
1/5/2010-8:11pm at 8:11 pm (UTC -4)
When Randy threw that pitch to John Kruk in the All-Star game… Ahhh, the memories.
dirtysanchez
1/5/2010-9:32pm at 9:32 pm (UTC -4)
lol that and him mushing the cameraman in ny are the memorys that comes to mind when i think about randy…what a career