Randy Johnson No. 51 retirement: Rick Rizzs remembers the Big Unit’s Mariners legacy
The Seattle Mariners will honor Hall of Famer Randy Johnson with a pregame ceremony at T-Mobile Park on Saturday, officially retiring his No. 51 before the team takes on the Kansas City Royals. Legendary Mariners broadcaster Rick Rizzs joined the Uncruise Adventures Rick Rizzs Show on “Seattle’s Morning News” on KIRO Newsradio to share his memories of the Big Unit and talk about a team that’s shaking off its slow start .
“One of the most intimidating, dominating, fiercest competitors I’ve ever seen on the mound,” Rizzs said of Johnson. “And one of the greatest pitchers in the history of Major League Baseball. ”Johnson will become the fifth player to have his number retired by the Mariners, joining Ken Griffey Jr.
(No. 24), Edgar Martinez (No. 11), and Ichiro Suzuki, who had his own No.
51 retirement ceremony last year. All MLB teams have retired Jackie Robinson’s No. 42.
The club is also giving away Randy Johnson ’80s jerseys to the first 20,000 fans at Friday night’s game. Randy Johnson’s path from wild to dominant Rizzs called games alongside the late Dave Niehaus during Johnson’s entire run in Seattle and watched the 6-foot-10 left-hander go from erratic to overpowering. The Mariners acquired Johnson from the Montreal Expos in 1989 in the trade that sent Mark Langston to Montreal.
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