MSNBC.com: Baseball (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
... 26th in wins with 287. No it’s not 300, but it’s time to put that thinking to rest. Because when Randy Johnson becomes the 25th member of the 300 club this season, he will be the last for a generation.You want postseason success? Blyleven played on two world champions, went 3-0-2.59 in LCS play and 3-1-2.35 in the World Series.And along the regular-season way, there were three shutout...
MSNBC.com: Baseball (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and everyone there from Gaylord Perry to Steve Carlton to Tom Seaver to Roger Clemens to Randy Johnson all came up to me and told me I should be in the Hall of Fame. It’s nice when your peers acknowledge your career and say I should be where they are at or where they are going to be. That’s the kind of thing I get a lot of reward out of. My first year on the ballot was 1998 and in...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | yesterday
... unlikely. San Francisco Giants: The Giants are gunning for the NL West next season. They signed Randy Johnson, Edgar Renteria and bullpen help to short-term deals. Their pitching can carry them with an average offense, attainable with a big bat. Manny is by far the best one available. It would keep him away from the Dodgers and we know how much Brian Sabean loves slightly rotting...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
BALONEY: If the Giants sign Ramirez (36) on the heels of Randy Johnson (45) they are abandoning their youth movement. That's a full load of baloney. Pablo Sandoval (24) is a big part of their future. So are Angel Villalona (18), Buster Posey (21), their young pitchers and other prospects in whom the team has invested much money. It's one thing to build a team around Barry Bonds with aging...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
... House. "It was "ominous" how quickly the House leadership was moving on the legislation, said Randy Johnson, vice president for labor policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, who also complained about the lack of debate." Of course these same issues were fully aired in hearings in the last Congress, where Ledbetter testified, and the Paycheck Fairness Act was first introduced eleven...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Choosing new leadership that matches leftward swings in the Minnesota Legislature and in Washington, D.C., the Hennepin County Board on Tuesday elected DFLer Mike Opat as its chair. Opat replaces Randy Johnson, a Republican who had been the board's leader since 2004.While the board is supposedly nonpartisan, politics do play a part in selection of the chair. When Johnson succeeded...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
The second of the four baseball/stathead books I decided to read this year-The Hardball Times Annual- came in the mail this week, and here are a few nuggets of information that could be helpful to fantasy/roto players in 2009: 64% of the ground balls allowed by Randy Johnson resulted in outs, the lowest in the majors for starting pitchers-does it get any better with Sandoval, Renteria,...
Knuckle Curve (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
... 36, Pettitte could very well have a few years of good pitching in his arm. With pitchers such as Randy Johnson getting contracts who are almost a decade older than Pettitte, it would be surprising to see Pettitte not get another solid offer during the offseason. There’s even talk that the Yankees may make another offer to keep Pettitte. At one point it was rumored that the Yankees...
Fanster - All Sports. All Phoenix. (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... (7), Stephen Drew (5), Dan Haren (4), Katie Burkhart (4), Steve Breaston (3), Shane Doan (3), Randy Johnson (3), Ilya Bryzgalov (2), Brock Heffron (2), Rudy Carpenter (2), Jennie Finch (2), Conor Jackson (1), Lopez Lomong (1), Brett Wallace (1), Domiskatrix (1) This year’s voters were: Mark Asher (Sports 620 KTAR), Matt Blake (Fanster.com), Dave Burns (Sports 620 KTAR), Greg Esposito...
Walkoff Walk (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
... Zito is now the Giants' fifth starter. After San Fran's GM Brian Sabean inked grizzled veteran Randy Johnson to a one-year deal, the best pitching staff in the NL West now looks like this: Lincecum, Cain, Sanchez, Johnson, Zito. Maybe with less pressure on him, Barry Z will be able to rediscover his once crushing curveball. Dusty Baker Can't Let Go: Reds Sign Corey Patterson...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
... backing Bob Howry could solidify the Giants’ pen for little cost or commitment. Sabean also stole Randy Johnson from their division rivals, at a sensible cost. San Francisco, as projected, possibly improves to 85 wins . That could be more if they sign a decent second baseman and add Manny Ramirez or the more likely Adam Dunn into the outfield. In a division where the other four teams...
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Attention, Ed Wade. Bargains await. Be patient. Spend shrewdly. Your time is about to come. Yes, indeed. Baseball's free-agent market has collapsed. Sure, the Yankees have thrown some bucks around. The Giants (Randy Johnson and Jeremy Affeldt), Mets (Francisco Rodriguez), Indians (Kerry Wood) and Angels (Briane Fuentes) have all filled some needs. Furcal (3-$30M) got some nice coin,...
Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
As expected, Plaxico Burress’s sweatpants have seen more action this off-season than the D-backs front office. There have been some moves, but overall it has been more interesting to watch where former D-backs (Randy Johnson, Adam Dunn, Orlando Hudson) would land than what the team would do. There have been a few moves made, here [...]
