300!
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 4, 2009 4:51 PM PDT
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PrintCongratulations to Randy Johnson! Eight of those wins came against the Giants, so I won't start really celebrating until 308, but this was pretty freaking cool. (Kidding...)
I can't decide if it's really cool that he did it in front of 1,000 wet 'n' soggy fans, or if that's a little anticlimactic. No matter. It was pretty fun to watch. Congrats, Randy.
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I made it home just in time to see the bottom of the ninth. Great stuff. We’re lucky to have such a great pitcher and lucky to have him reach a milestone in our colors.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2009 4:50 PM PDT reply actions
BRIAN WILSON SMELLS LIKE XANTHAN'S UNDERWEAR!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 4, 2009 4:50 PM PDT reply actions
before or after butt pee?
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 4, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats
I dont know If I can go another round of this. (That is, of course what she said)
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I thought it was cool how into it the tiny crowd was.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I was there and between 1/8 to 1/4 of the crowd were Giants/RJ fans. Everyone else, to their credit, were just excited to have something cool to cheer for. I don’t usually understand Nats fans and their strange attachment to a non-team with no roots in the region, but tonight they seemed almost human.
by thethrillisgone on Jun 4, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, except there wasn’t a perfectly respectable franchise to be a fan of an hour down the road in 1958 SF. My point being if you were actually a fan of baseball in DC before the Nats came, you would be a O’s fan. The people I see at the park here don’t really seem like actual baseball fans as much as dipshit hill staffers that think its cool to go to the ballpark and buy a Zimmerman jersey.
by thethrillisgone on Jun 4, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh jesus christ just shut up and allow me my cheap shot at a bad relocated franchise and its weird, paltry fanbase.
by thethrillisgone on Jun 5, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Also there...
That group behind the dugout was awesome. There were maybe 5,000 people in all there when the game ended. It almost seemed like the HP Ump wanted to be a part of history after that Dunn AB in the 8th. I’ll take it.
Certainly not a night I’m going to forget.
Maybe 2000 — and other than Johnson’s friends and family behind the Giants dugout most of us were huddled under the overhang of the bar above centerfield drinking and soaking up each other’s body heat for warmth — it was fun!
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Congrats..
That was a close one, still not sold that was a strike to Dunn. Have they said if game 2 is happening?
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it was
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“Mr. Johnson, who do you think will win next week’s Red Sox-Yankees series?”
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
“Can Kobe and the Lakers be stopped?”
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“Are you surprised at how well Tom Brady has come back from knee surgery?”
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by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jun 5, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, I really don’t understand why the commentators will say how he’s going to be the last to win 300.
I mean, I remember people saying that after Clemens, then after Maddux, then after Glavine…
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Anyway, Tim is obviously going to win at least 600.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
and strike out 1,000,000
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by Smoke on the Water on Jun 4, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
2-man rotation!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 4, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Flem and Miller kept talking about this, along with Rod Brooks during the delay. It was kind of annoying.
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He could very well be the last. You need to win an average of 15 games for 20 seasons to reach 300 and pitchers won’t last that long due to money, pitch counts and 5 man rotations.
RJ didn’t win his 100th game until his age 33 season. You never know what might happen.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Pettitte could easily do it
he’s over 200 and 37, RJ and Moyer are still pitching in their mid 40s.
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I think Mussina would have done it if he hadn’t retired after last year.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
possible
he still needed 30 wins and he would’ve been 40… but possible.
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by Smoke on the Water on Jun 4, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
um
aren’t pitch counts in the game so pitchers can pitch longer?
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as in more years, not per game, obv
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
But
that increases the chances for a ton of no-decisions due to the bullpen. There are way too many Tyler Walkers in baseball.
true
but it should be balanced out with more games
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Even one was way too many.
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Yeah...
we have a few pitchers pitching in their 40s
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We do?
You’d think one of them might win 300 games.
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This is awesome. I’m teary!
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pffft, girls
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hella
happy to be here!
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by tk on Jun 4, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
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by Natto on Jun 4, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
First ballot HOF Y/Y?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2009 4:53 PM PDT reply actions
If he’s not, then who is?
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Dunno mane
The same people who didn’t vote for Rickey Henderson come to mind…
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
True. But how the fuck don’t you vote for Rickey Henderson?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, but Bruce Bochy doesn’t even get to vote for the HOF.
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One guy claims he just forgot.
LOL
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 4, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
this
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
probably also the same people who vote for Ken Caminiti for the HOF because he “told the truth when no one else would”
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by rightcenterfielder on Jun 4, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
IF BABE RUTH ISN’T UNANIMOUS, THEN NO ONE IS
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by rightcenterfielder on Jun 4, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Mays missed it by one vote
I always thought it was due to someone being racist, or so they could brag to their buddies that they were the sole dissenting vote.
ignore the above post
I looked him up with some other HOFers and Mays missed it by the 23 voters who went for Art Shamsky!?!
BABE RUTH WUSNT UNANIMOUS SO NO ONE CAN BE
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Babe Ruth received fewer votes than Ty farckin Cobb.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Having a moron brain
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 4, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
RJ will make it with like 80-85% on the first ballot
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Also he’s 155 K away from 5000.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
or just forgot to vote for him.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 4, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t wait for some douchey sportswriter to not vote for him because Babe Ruth wasn’t a unanimous pick.
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they will
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 4, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course.
World Series win
Bunch of Cy Youngs
All-Star Games
300 wins
2nd in Ks
No doubt about it.
He won’t be unaminous, most likely. Some people won’t vote for him because of whatever stupid reason they use to justify it.
by positiveuphemism on Jun 4, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Most likely, but it is decided by the HOF nowadays. He was well on his way to the HOF while he was an M.
by positiveuphemism on Jun 4, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
He did incredible things with both teams.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but..
4 of his 6 300K seasons with the Dbacks, 4 Cy’s.. I can’t see him not going in as the first Dback
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That was definitely a borderline strike.
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the Giants an Randy Johnson won - that's what matters
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There’s one under this for Game 2
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I feel lucky to listen to this historical occasion
This might be the last time the Giants are over .500 in our lifetime.
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Good save for Wilson
“Papa Dubs” was dealing. Upper 90’s fastball…4 K’s in 1.3 IP.
Can’t believe he refers to himself—in the third person—as “Papa Dubs”.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
OK, this is awesome.
That little blurb convinces me that it’s all an elaborate farce. Which makes me like him even more.
PHEROMONEZ!!11
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by tk on Jun 4, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Can I please punch him in the face?
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 4, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Johan Santana has a bunch already, doesn’t he?
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only 9. CC has over 20.
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And he's only done it against the AL East
Seriously, Halladay’s pretty freaking awesome. Can you imagine how much pub. he’d get if he pitched a little further south?
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by Smoke on the Water on Jun 4, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean, like, in Miami?
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You know, I’m glad he did this on the road. Can you imagine the Amy G interview? “So how did it make you FEEL?”
ugh
You're supposed to like that
being a girl on the internet!
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by tk on Jun 4, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
that was Krukow's first question exactly, minus the physical attractiveness.
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by tk on Jun 4, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
The response from Arizona sports talk radio has been unpleasant to say the least, but then again sports talk radio isn’t exactly a hotbed of intelligence. But with D-Bag fans, you’re just amazed they can operate a phone, let alone walk upright, without injuring themselves.
Without killing anyone
We won it 3 times
I was there for this game and it was awesome. Thanks to the rain and such, they let us sit wherever, so for my 10$, I was four rows back from third base for this game. I was front row for the Cain game. God bless the rain.
Good Night at the Ballpark
Hey all, long time listener, first time caller…
Have been lurking around here for about 5 years, but never really thought I had much to add to the conversation, and have learned a lot about baseball and about good writing from reading the posters and comments.
Anyway, just got back from Nationals Park, and despite the terrible weather and near empty ballpark, this will forever go down as a top “in person” memory for me. I was surprised at how emotional it was…and it wasn’t just me. The 500 or so fans behind the Giants dugout were living and dying with every pitch. In that small section of an otherwise empty ballpark, we were a community, if only for a couple hours.
The Nats and their fans also deserve a bunch of credit. Fans were able to sit wherever they wanted, and the Nats fans were incredibly gracious (the few that showed up).
All in all, a good night for baseball. This youth movement will have plenty of bumps in the road, so it was nice, for a night, to get a diversion from a 45-year-old in the twilight of his great career.
Go Giants!
Damn
mine sucks
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jun 4, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
gotta say striking out the final batter on a 98 MPH fastball in Randy Johnson’s 300th career win is just so appropriate.
that 3-2 pitch to Dunn was totally ball four tho.
PitchFX disagrees.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 5, 2009 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
PitchFX has no way to know if the pitch was too low (or too high). It’s not batter-adjusted.
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:-(
It’s not definitive, but neither is the picture posted elsewhere… it was a questionable call certainly.
That is the reason you are supposed to fight off close pitches with two strikes. Not that I think Dunn necessarily has the swing discipline/bat control to accomplish that task, but if you leave it in the umps hands you have surrendered control…
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 5, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
From Baggs blog. I put this here in case anyone wants to be there live.
“The Giants will recognize Johnson at AT&T Park sometime during the series against the Texas Rangers June 19-21. Club officials want to hold off picking a day because they aren’t sure how the rotation will line up, and obviously, on the days he pitches, Johnson is focused on one thing.”
Happy 300th Birthday Randy!!!
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His cake set the visitors clubhouse on fire
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I can’t decide between coconut cream or banana cream for my birthday pie Sunday.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 5, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
both, obv.
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thanks!
Was disappointed by the rainout. The Giants always play on the East Coast on my birthday, and they get rained out when they go. It sucks.
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Cake > Pudding > WNBA >>> Pie
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