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A Quick Salute to The Big Unit 5/18/2004 8:41:08 PM
Randy Johnson becomes the oldest pitcher EVER to throw a perfect game. The 40 year old, future Hall-of-Famer did it against the Atlanta Braves. [For those who are not baseball savvy, this means - out of 27 batters - not one Atlanta Brave reached base via a hit, walk, being pitch by a pitch or due to an error by any of the nine fielders.]
The now-second oldest pitcher to throw a perfect game is Cy Young 100 HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Only seventeen perfect games have EVER been pitched in baseball history.
[Side note: I first saw Johnson pitch in A-ball in 1984 - the lowest level of the minor leagues - in a game in Clearwater, Florida. He was terrible, could not get a pitch over the plate, prompting me to tell my then-wife: "The kid has a good fastball but he's too wild. He'll never make it to the majors."] Post a Comment More Blogs by William J Neven Now available in two volumes - Saturday, May 15, 2010 Only at Amazon.com! - Sunday, April 18, 2010 A new party animal symbol - Saturday, April 17, 2010 Obama's reply to Constellation cancellation - Thursday, April 15, 2010 Obama and NASA - Wednesday, April 14, 2010 The Dwight Gooden story - Tuesday, January 31, 2006 There are some great players who are also great people - Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Bush gives new material to Leno and Letterman - Wednesday, January 25, 2006 15 Cubans are turned away by the White House! 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