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Randy Johnson (Baseball)

  • News

    May 2, 2012

    Jamie Moyer: Baseball's Oldest Winner

    The beloved ex-Mariner wants to throw until he's 50.

  • Music

    April 4, 2012

    The Dogfather

    The enduring legacy of Gregg Greene, the man who let the dogs out.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Corked Bats Not As Helpful As Baseball Cheaters Think, WSU Professor Says

    Image source​Edgar Martinez once used a corked bat. The legendary Mariners designated hitter made his confession to the New York Times in 2003, a few days after Cubs slugger and habitual cheater Sammy Sosa was busted for swinging doctored timber. Of course, while Sosa was caught red handed usi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Felix Hernandez Wins AL Cy Young Award: Too Bad the Rest of the Team Still Sucks

    ​Felix Hernandez might as well have told the rest of the Mariners to stay at home when he pitched. With the lowest amount of run support in the big leagues and the fewest number of wins (13) of any top pitching-award contender, he didn't have the normal bona fides of a classic Cy Young winner. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Randy Johnson's Soundgarden Pictures From Lollapalooza

    ​Randy Johnson, the tallest rock photographer in music history, worked the photo pit at last week's Lollapalooza. The former Mariner great, friend of the band and amateur shutter-snapper got his press pass from Spin magazine. Now the music mag has published The Big Unit's big photo spread of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Randy Johnson Played a Rock Photographer at Lollapalooza

    ​Not content with looking conspicuous as a professional athlete, former Mariner great, future Hall of Famer and all around large human Randy Johnson is now taking his talents to that small strip between the mosh pit and the stage. That's right, the tallest man you've ever seen is now a rock ph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Ryan Rowland-Smith Is the Worst Pitcher In Baseball

    ​Ryan Rowland-Smith is obviously not a good pitcher. You don't have be a stathead to understand that a guy who gives up 11 runs is probably not the second-coming of Randy Johnson, no matter how big or left-handed he is. Of course, if you did choose to check out the numbers, you might find out ... More >>

  • News

    February 3, 2010

    Statistical Heat

    Despite positive steps since last season, the computers say the M’s have their work cut out for them.

  • News

    January 13, 2010

    Saluting the Unit

    The real appeal of Randy Johnson.

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Remembering Randy Johnson's Black-and-Blue Collar Appeal

    The Big Unit will doubtless be the only Hall-of-Famer to have rocked a greasy, curly mullet in his prime.​With Randy Johnson's retirement yesterday and Edgar Martinez's coming up well short in today's Hall-of-Fame balloting, it appears that it will be the former who will be the first player to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    The Five Best Years for Good Pitchers on Bad Teams

    Zack Greinke's good year for a bad team may have been great, but it wasn't the greatest.​For too long, baseball writers who selected the year-end award-winners relied too much on wins to determine who had a good year. The arbitrary 20-win mark became a bar that, if crossed, almost guaranteed s ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2009

    Ten Names for Our Strip Club at the Park

    Another option for the seventh-inning stretch.

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    The 10 Best Names for Safeco Field's Strip Joint

    With a brand new strip joint soon to open within an infield single of Safeco Field, it's important that Roger Forbes opt for a name other than Deja Vu in a good faith effort to blend into the ballpark district. There's precedent for this sort of creative nomenclature: Forbes could have called his n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2009

    Congratulations, Randy Johnson!

    With a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals, the man they call The Big Unit just became the 24th pitcher in history to win 300 games. 120 of them were with the Mariners. The only other pitcher to have won some of his 300 games with the Mariners was famous ball-doctor Gaylord Perry.

  • Music

    July 30, 2003

    Breaking the Silence

    Queensrche return after a six-year absence.

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Queensrche return after a six-year absence.

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    World Series or bust?

    Outside Seattle, the Mariners don't get no respect.

  • Arts

    July 4, 2001

    Don't take me out to the ball game

    The charms of busty fans, the Kingdome, and the 1979 All-Stars.

  • Arts

    July 5, 2000

    Batman

    Start building the statue — Edgar Martinez has become the face of Seattle. And he's hitting damn well, too.

  • News

    February 24, 1999

    Coming soon: $29 hot dog

    The numbers look bleak for the Mariners. Can another bailout be far behind?

  • News

    April 15, 1998

    Letters

    The Firing of Bobby Ayala

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