So I get home from soccer practice just now, and as I walk in the door, I think “maybe I’ll leave the TV off tonight….ohhhhh, I can’t, I have to watch some baseball.” So, smelling to high heaven, I decide to flip on the TV for a second before I jump in the shower to see how the Astros and Braves are doing.
Flip to Channel 2. Astros won, game’s already over. Flip to Channel 31. The picture flickers into view and the Diamondbacks catcher is running towards Randy Johnson. Seconds later, he’s mobbed by the rest of the team.
What the…??? Did he just throw a no-hitter or something? For God’s sake, announcers, say something! Or at least show the scoreboard! Anything!
I finally had to run to the computer to check ESPN. It turns out that I flipped channels at exactly the moment that Randy Johnson got the final out in a perfect game. A perfect game!! Holy crap. My poor Braves. But a perfect game! So cool!
My phone rang moments later. When I saw that it was Jen, I knew why she was calling. Those Mariners fans still follow the Big Unit.
Hell no, I wouldn’t go easy on him. Make him earn it.
No kidding! Take it easy on him. Pah! That would cheapen the whole thing. The pinch hitter they put in for the last out has a history of hitting RJ hard.
All the Houston radio stations were talking this morning about how a “former Astro” got a perfect game. What kind of crap is that? He was an Astro for like 3 months.
Because if they can connect him to Houston somehow, it makes non-baseball fans more interested in the story. Sad but true.
I did the same thing, just flipped over to CNN.com and right on the front page was Randy Johnson. Wow.
Ok, so you just watched batter #26 go down. You are the last batter this guy is facing, if he gets you out, he accomplishes perhaps the hardest thing to do in baseball. Would ya go a little easy on him? I mean, c’mon!
it was sad cause joel made fun of me cause it was randy johnson. but then i noted that the mariners are not doing so hot themselves and he was quiet then.