6.05.2009

If you thought 250 was great...

Then youll love Randy Johnson's 300th win last night, also against the Nationals.

Randy Johnson is about as opposite as Jaime Moyer, other than the fact that both are lefties. Randy Johnson is 6'10 and in his prime, which lasted a long time, was the most dominate pitcher out there. A lefty who throws 95-105 mph, will pitch inside, will never back down from any batter, and has one mean ass stare, that was Randy Johnson.

You can remember RJ from his time in Seattle, when he and Griffey Jr. put the Mariners into the playoffs several years in a row. You can remember RJ from his time in Arizona where he and Schilling led the team to their first World Series win, as he and Schilling were co-MVPs.

Another big 300 is strikeouts in a season, an accomplishment equivalent to 4000 passing yards in a season. Johnson reached this 5 times in his career, including 4 years in a row from 1999 to 2002, where he also won 4 straight Cy Young awards. He left Seattle in 1998, looking like maybe he was waning in his career. From there he went to Houston, Arizona, then back to the AL to the Yanks and back to Arizona and now in San Fransisco.

Johnson becomes only the 24th player ever to reach 300 wins, and could very well be the last player ever to do so. Just in how baseball is played these days, guys don't pitch as much as they used to, which influences the amount of wins. Pitchers these days have pitch counts, inning counts, injuries all mean pampered pitchers that don't want to go 7, 8 or 9 innings, which means more relievers are going to get wins.

Congratulations to The Big Unit, Randy Johnson and to baseball history.

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