Buster Olney Tells Incredible Randy Johnson-Seattle Mariners Story
As 'The Big Unit' gets his number retired by the Mariners, the ESPN MLB Insider had a great recollection on the 'Refuse to Lose' podcast.
Brady Farkas talks about Randy Johnson on the latest 'Refuse to Lose' podcast. On Saturday night, the Seattle Mariners will retire Randy Johnson's iconic No. 51, making him the fifth player to have his number retired by the franchise.
He'll join Jackie Robinson (42), Ken Griffey Jr. (24), Edgar Martinez (11) and Ichiro Suzuki (51) as the only M's players with that distinction. Speaking on the most recent edition of the ' Refuse to Lose ' podcast, ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney told his favorite Johnson story, which dates back to his time with the M's.
"But my outstanding memory of Randy Johnson was actually from a 'B' game on a sleepy morning in Peoria (Ariz. ). The Padres and the Mariners are playing a 9am 'B' game, and Randy got into it a little bit in the first inning with a hitter they had on that team named Phil Clark.
And he got mad, and all of a sudden, it was like, it went from this meaningless, just, 'let's get our work in for a few innings' game, to 'Randy's coming to kick your (expletive). And he went on, and I'll never forget this, he began to throw just pure power stuff and strike out everybody. And every time he struck out a hitter, he gave a wave of a glove like, 'get out of here.