Fantasy Baseball Cafe Forums

by **AussieDodger** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:27 pm

http://www.csnbayarea.com/01/05/10/FONT-COLORFF0000Johnson-retirement-telec/landing.html?blockID=112466&feedID=2478

SAN FRANCISCO -- CSN Bay Area has learned that 303-game-winner and future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson will officially retire at a 4 pm teleconference today.

Johnson, 46, is second on the all-time strikeout list with 4,875 over 22 Major League seasons. Johnson, who played for six Major League teams, won his 300th career game as a member of the Giants on June 4, 2009, against Washington.

First ballot HOF.
Long live the big unit ;-D

by **nsulham** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:47 pm

Any guy who can make a bird asplode on impact with a fastball is ok in my books :-b

by **Neato Torpedo** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:49 pm

5-time Cy Young award winner retires from baseball, giving him more time to devote to his Randy Johnson.
PolarBear_ - twitter.com - seconds ago

by **Neato Torpedo** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:01 pm

Truly a terror to watch on the mound. In this age of fireballers, he's the most intimidating, borderline terrifying pitcher to play the game (Bob Gibson, eat your heart out).

Also:

Hall Of Fame Statistics
Player rank in (·)

Black Ink Pitching - 99 (7), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink Pitching - 280 (13), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 331 (3), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 65 (12), Average HOFer ≈ 50

8-o

Baseball Reference says top 10 all-time pitcher. I'm inclined to agree.

by **AussieDodger** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:09 pm

KA POW! AWESOME

My favourite player :,-(

by **Another Blown Save** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:13 pm

Perhaps the last 300 W pitcher of our generation.
We'll see you in the HoF in 2015.

by **BitterDodgerFan** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:20 pm

i'll never forget him game 7 of '01 WS.

by **bigh0rt** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:29 pm

An absolute pleasure having been able to watch this guy pitch growing up.

by **Pogotheostrich** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:58 pm

Having your team face Johnson was always bittersweet. You knew you were seeing a dominating HOF pitcher which was great but you had to hope your team could eek out a win.

HOF pitcher and HOF mullet. ;-D