The Big Unit

I got a bad feeling, backed up by weather.com's forecast for tomorrow night.

Not good. Not good at all.

 

shut up with that weather talk! it will be gorgeous, and we will watch history.

 

What was the answer?

 

Jim Leyritz, actually. He hit .111 against Unit in 45 at-bats.

Rickey hit .119 in 59 ABs.

 

Frank Menechino, who was at most three apples tall, actually took Johnson deep twice in 12 at-bats. And he managed to hit a whole 34 homers off of other pitchers.

 

I saw him pitch a gem against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 11, 2005. A 1-0 win where he went seven or eight innings and struck out eight. Guy was a helluva pitcher. Time to hit the road toward Cooperstown, though.

 

Wow. Jim Leyritz had a lower BA against Johnson than his BAC.


And I am so rooting for the Nats tomorrow night.

 

Goddamn, that is awesome.

 

My favorite Randy Johnson story -- Several years ago on the Braves pre-game radio show, a old lady called in and asked Skip Caray why Johnson was referred to as "The Big Eunuch."

 

Oh man that was an awesome game. Beautiful day on a sad anniversary (reminded me of 9/11/01 in terms of how sunny and cloudless it was), Wakefield matching Johnson pitch-for-pitch except for a Giambi homer that just got over the RF fence. And I think Rivera had two hairy innings but got the save. One of the best regular season games I've ever seen.