The Giants lineup against Santana isn’t a fair fight. It would be cool I guess to see him pitch against Griffey.

If I were at the park I’d surely want him to get it— at least if he’s going for #300 at Safeco it sets up a no-lose situation, and if he is well received maybe he would consider returning at one point a la Griffey.

If the division remains tight, I can not willingly root against the M’s in a season where every win might matter. Despite him leaving very early in my M’s fanhood, I’ve always been a huge fan of him in general and the historical significance of such milestones is my favorite part of the game.

 That being said, after last year I am sick of rooting against this team and I find the idea personally unfathomable if the postseason is a realistic possibility but I understand where people that will be are coming from. The result that I would find most enjoyable would be seeing leave after 7 in a 2-0 game and Giants bullpen blow it after he gets the appropriate sendoff from the Seattle fans.

But if he’s not sitting on 300, I hope he gets shelled.

What would be my dream is RJ pitches for us and gets the 300th win but that is probably impossible so I’m just gonna say I’m gonna go with the flow and if the M’s win awesome if RJ gets number 300 awesome.

but if it were a tense game, no way. That said, if he won said tense game, I’d be ecstatic.

If RJ is going for 300, I’ll support him. Otherwise, he’s just another pitcher.

…but even moreso I wanted Randy back. He’s probably my favorite pitcher of all time, and is easily my favorite Mariner, barely ahead of Buhner and Griffey and George.

I got to meet him right after he was traded to the M’s (he was considered a throw-in, with Holman being the key component of the trade — uh, whoops!) and chatted him up for a good 1/2 hour. We shook LEFT hands, and I had more autographs than I knew what to do with (although I only have one or two left) — my brother was with me and he was barely older than Joey at the time. I told him I really hoped he panned out with the Mariners. I think he did all right.

When he threw the no-no, I was bouncing so hard on the floor upstairs in my parents’ house that I actually broke the light on the downstairs ceiling. It was probably my favorite moment next to Edgar’s double and back-to-back Griffeys…

Just because I don’t see him beating Johan, but if he did land on that start with 299 I wouldn’t be able to root for him to get it. I’m way too invested into this team and watching us lose kills me, just can’t root for that to happen. I do hope he pitches well though and I’d love to see him face Griffey

I’ve seen all kinds of bad seasons and some good ones. Loved Randy when he was here. Even before he could control his pitches. If he is in a position to get win #300 against the Mariners in a couple of weeks, no, I don’t want to see it. He can get that win against someone else. I can’t root for him to beat us, not this season, not any season.

then we could all honestly root for both. But since we’re talking wins, if Randy can get it and we’ve been playing like we have been, then yeah, I’ll root for Randy. I’d sure as hell rather see us lose to him than to Brian flippin’ Bannister.

Seriously, though, it’s just cool to see Randy pitching in Seattle again. If he notches win 300 against us, yay. If we win the game, yay. Griffey vs. Randy in Seattle would be surreal to watch.

RJ is the one I miss the most!

I hope I can see RJ win his 300th game. I want to see RJ to K JR. I want it to be a quick and painless game. I plan on going to the game and root for RJ.

After that game is over then it is back to business as usual.

Of course, I wouldn’t be unhappy if the M’s won, but if Randy’s 300th win is possible I will take it over any other outcome.

How fitting would it be that he accomplish that feat in the city that made him famous, in front of a fanbase which has proven able and willing to shower adulation on returning heroes?

Even if we were to lose the division by a game subsequently, there are already 6-7 games that we can look back and say we should’ve won…and countless more yet to be had.

I became a Mariners fan in 1993, and Randy Johnson was a massive part of that. I will not regret rooting for him in the slightest should this scenario arise.

If we had eight fingers instead of ten, people would be geeked for win 256. Go Mariners.

Even in the race for Strasburg I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Given that I wasn’t even following baseball when RJ was with the Ms, I will not be rooting for him to win. It would be cool to see him pitch though, regardless.

More likely it’ll be 298. Leaving aside Santana and the Mets vs. the Giants offense (ouch), I predict a Nationals power surge. Laugh if you want, but look at last night vs. the Dodgers!

Seriously though, I would have mixed feelings. If it was a night where we were either A.) out of competition or B.) secure in the knowledge that everyone else had lost in our division, then hey let the guy get 300. Maybe it pushes him closer to wearing an M’s cap into the Hall of Fame. (RJ was objectively better in AZ than Seattle, but as a player whose service time tilts more toward Seattle and who can boast of legendary accomplishments in both cities, he will almost certainly be given a choice by the Hall of which cap he prefers to wear.)

In any game where it mattered, however, I would have trouble bringing myself to root against ourselves.

Granted, my situation is a bit different. The Giants are my second team, after all, and while I’ll be at Safeco cheering for the Mariners for most of the homestand, it’s not going to be as painful as normal when they lose.

And it’s Randy. Randy was one of the first Mariners I got excited about when I started making the transition from loving the Giants more to loving the Mariners more. He’s special, damn it, and although normally I am solidly a team-cheerer rather than an individual-cheerer, in this case I would say it would be amazing to see him reaching a milestone in front of a crowd that includes many who cheered him from the near-start.

I went out of my way to get tickets for this game in part because of his pursuit for 300, but mostly just to watch him pitch again.

I miss seeing Randy on the mound every five days more than I have ever missed anything as fan. That being said, I hope he loses. I am unlike many people in that I do not fall in love with players more than the team itself. I stopped doing that when Bill Haselman got shipped out of town.

I will cheer like crazy when Randy is announced and I really hope to see him get an 0-2 count on someone and buzz a fastball at their head. That fierce attitude is what made him so much fun to watch. However, I hope he gets #300 in June against Oakland or Texas and not against us.

I am a Mariners fan and cannot root against my team. That said, I really do hope that Randy has an opportunity to pick up #300 because it is a hell of an accopmplishment. Maybe things will work out that he gets to do it against a division rival. However, if he does get it against us, I will openly applaud him for doing it, much like I’d applaud a guy for throwing a no hitter against us.

When I am bowling and my opponent has his first 8 strikes, I’m not cheering for him to get the rest and bowl a 300. I am rooting for him to miss and fail so I can win. But, if he gets the 300, I’ll be the first person to shake his hand and congratulate him (unfortunately, I’ve had to do this quite a few times before)