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
It's nice to know that with good mechanics, I can have a game like this. Now it's just a matter of going out and stringing them together.
It's spring training and we want to see what's working, there's going to be games or innings where I decide to just work on this pitch or that pitch, even if we get racked around. Six games, there's not a lot of time to work on everything. I've got a job to do and I just need to go out there and do things and get ready to do it when the bell rings.
It's frustrating. We're in the heat of the pennant race, and I feel good. To pitch like that but then have one inning, that's frustrating. I was cruising along the first three innings, then you saw what happened.
It's been a long year, a frustrating year. But if that's been the problem, I'll continue to work hard on it. To pitch the way I did today, that's the reason why, I believe. Having inconsistent mechanics resulted in inconsistent velocity and inconsistent arm angles. The bottom line is, I've been inconsistent on the mound.
It's been a long and frustrating year. But if that's been the problem, hopefully I'll continue to work hard on it and pitch the way I did today.
It's just a matter of let's work together and get the job done because the bottom line is winning ballgames.
It's a situation that my family has known about the whole time and (I will) just move on from here. It's a family matter so I just tend to keep it private, that's all.
It's a situation my family knew the whole time. It's a family matter. I want to keep it private.
It was basically a matter of a feel thing. It wasn't getting work in. It was just to get the feel of what you want to accomplish, and I got that in 35 pitches.
It was devastating. It's hard for all of us who deal with them day in and day out. They're a big attraction for us. People have been asking where she's at, and it's hard to handle.
It took me a while to get where I'm at, simply because I'm 6-10. I appreciate where I'm at. I realize I'm blessed.
It took me a long time to really find my mechanics, ... But that's the pitcher everybody expected, and that's the pitcher I expected.
They are needed. They are doing jobs that you can't find workers for, that employers can't fill.
It's clear we don't have enough workers with math and science degrees and in a workforce of 140m a cap of 65,000 is way too low. The cap has filled almost immediately over the past two years.