Randy Johnson retiring

[sportscardtheory]

So very sad to see him go

It figures, I started to buy a lot of his stuff for when he got to 5,000 Ks... my luck is sh$t. A truly outstanding career by an amazing pitcher.

 

[championMan]

Randy can finally rest his back problem.

 

[djrulz]

He is my favorite Jamestown Expos player. Sad to see him retire. Maybe more cards that picture him as an Expo will show up on ebay now.

 

[MOFNY]

Who knows if we will ever see such an amazing stretch like him with the Dbacks. One of the best ever.

 

[Sly]

See you in 5 years in Cooperstown Randy!!

 

[70Chip]

What a great pitcher he is, sorry to see him retire. Next stop....Cooperstown

 

[HoustonTeams4Me]

He is my 2nd favorite pitcher of all-time (luckily for my #1 all-time fave that Randy is retiring, as Johnson is probably the only pitcher who could break Nolan's K record)! I think Nolan Ryan's strikeout record is now safe but baseball is losing a sure-fire HOF'er in:
Randy "the Dove Killer" Johnson :lol:

 

[jeff550]

See you in 5 years in Cooperstown Randy!!

+11

 

[Sly]

The question now...

Does he go in as:

Mariners: Where he really came to as a pitcher, winning 1 Cy Young (3 other times in the Top 3) and had two of his best seasons ever ('95 18-2, 2.48 ERA, '97 20-4, 2.28 ERA)

or

Diamondbacks: Where won 4 Cy Youngs, had one of his best seasons ever ('02 24-5, 2.32 ERA) and struck out 300+ 4 times and of course, won a World Series.

It's hard for me to say anything other than Seattle...but you can't argue about his time in Arizona.

 

[blitzerlover]

The question now...

Does he go in as:

Mariners: Where he really came to as a pitcher, winning 1 Cy Young (3 other times in the Top 3) and had two of his best seasons ever ('95 18-2, 2.48 ERA, '97 20-4, 2.28 ERA)

or

Diamondbacks: Where won 4 Cy Youngs, had one of his best seasons ever ('02 24-5, 2.32 ERA) and struck out 300+ 4 times and of course, won a World Series.

It's hard for me to say anything other than Seattle...but you can't argue about his time in Arizona.

Yankee?

 

[Sly]

The question now...

Does he go in as:

Mariners: Where he really came to as a pitcher, winning 1 Cy Young (3 other times in the Top 3) and had two of his best seasons ever ('95 18-2, 2.48 ERA, '97 20-4, 2.28 ERA)

or

Diamondbacks: Where won 4 Cy Youngs, had one of his best seasons ever ('02 24-5, 2.32 ERA) and struck out 300+ 4 times and of course, won a World Series.

It's hard for me to say anything other than Seattle...but you can't argue about his time in Arizona.

Yankee?

Of course, how could I forget. Where are the Yankee fans to defend this!!

 

[MOFNY]

He should go in as an Expo!!!!
Or maybe Houston :?

 

[sebpoo]

Way to go Big Unit:

 

[bikerider60]

He had a great career and he dominated , Modern Day Walter Johnson. HOF all the WAy!!!!!

 

[darocker80]

So very sad to see him go

It figures, I started to buy a lot of his stuff for when he got to 5,000 Ks... my luck is sh$t. A truly outstanding career by an amazing pitcher.

might see a little bump in prices when he gets into the HOF

I could see him as a Mariner or a Diamondback. I thought he said he wanted to go in as a MAriner (Maybe because when he really started to become an ACE and won his first cy young_. However, he did accomplish so much as a diamondback.

Or as a Giant where he finally got Win number 300 (joke).

 

[disengager]

as much as I'd like to see him go in as a Mariner, it makes the most sense for him to go in as a D'Back. Hats off to a great career, RJ.

It's sad watching all my childhood heroes retire. Clemens & Johnson are now officially replaced by Lincecum & Felix

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

Not to completely discredit the above statement...but Linecum and Felix have a long, long way to go before we can say that they are replacing Johnson and Clemens.

In all likelihood, we'll never see another pitcher with the prolific K statistics that Randy Johnson put up over his career.

As many of you know, he has been my favorite for decades, and when I couldn't make it to Cooperstown 4 years ago, I figured I would hold out until Johnson's induction day.

The dude was a flat-out strikeout king.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Not to completely discredit the above statement...but Linecum and Felix have a long, long way to go before we can say that they are replacing Johnson and Clemens.

In all likelihood, we'll never see another pitcher with the prolific K statistics that Randy Johnson put up over his career.

As many of you know, he has been my favorite for decades, and when I couldn't make it to Cooperstown 4 years ago, I figured I would hold out until Johnson's induction day.

The dude was a flat-out strikeout king.

This is true. Nolan Ryan may have more total Ks, but Johnson had them more frequently than any pitcher in baseball history.

 

[darocker80]

as much as I'd like to see him go in as a Mariner, it makes the most sense for him to go in as a D'Back. Hats off to a great career, RJ.

It's sad watching all my childhood heroes retire. Clemens & Johnson are now officially replaced by Lincecum & Felix

I agree, we shall see how they do the rest of their careers.

 

[darocker80]

Not to completely discredit the above statement...but Linecum and Felix have a long, long way to go before we can say that they are replacing Johnson and Clemens.

In all likelihood, we'll never see another pitcher with the prolific K statistics that Randy Johnson put up over his career.

As many of you know, he has been my favorite for decades, and when I couldn't make it to Cooperstown 4 years ago, I figured I would hold out until Johnson's induction day.

The dude was a flat-out strikeout king.

This is true, they do have a long way. Lincecum JUST needs 3 more CYs

If Lincecum keeps it up he may have similar (not saying better/overmatching) K statistics as Johnson.