Some Randy Johnson Pictures From 1995 and Safeco in '09

The photos in the sports gallery he has of the M’s of this era are pretty effing cool. I’d share them, but the site’s not ready yet, and I don’t think he’d like me linking to a copy of his photos on my web site where I’m drafting his site. To think that I now own the lens he used to take them with is kinda cool – especially since I’m carrying forward the tradition of shooting Tacoma Rainiers games with it…

I’m missing a bunch of my old photos that I baaaaadly want right now. I’d do anything to have the photos I took from the 19 strikeout game in my hands right now…

I was going to say I missed my chance to see the guy pitch, then I remembered that I saw Randy pitch for Arizona vs. Florida in ’99.

That being said, I didn’t grow up with the 1995 Mariners, not even the 2001 Mariners. I started rooting for them in 2005 because they were the home town team after I moved here (opposite of what Red mentioned in his diary earlier, I tend to root for the home town team above all else, but I digress). I think while we do reflect on Big Unit’s accomplishments, we presently have an equally good, if not better pitcher in Felix, that we should cherish and not take for granted, or else he too might run away and win a World Series with someone else.

I feel kinda sad that the only game I watched him was a 2-0 blanking of the Twins, and I don’t remember anything from that game except “Holy crap he’s tall.”

And I think the blue Hydroplane won during one of the scoreboard races.

Thanks for posting ‘em. It’s like taking a trip in the Wayback machine…