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Tim Lincecum has been so dominant in his first two full major league seasons that even his top bosses don't know how he can get much better.
Randy Johnson made what could be the last appearance of his brilliant, 22-year big league career, pitching one adventuresome inning of relief in the San Francisco Giants' 4-3, 10-inning win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
Randy Johnson believes he will pitch again this season for San Francisco, albeit as a reliever.
At least Randy Johnson is able to maintain his sense of humor, even as his pitching future this season is in doubt.
Randy Johnson has never had a hurt shoulder among his long list of injuries, so it's hard for the Big Unit to predict when he might be back on the mound.
Randy Johnson is expected to miss at least two starts as the 300-game winner recovers from a strained shoulder.
Todd Wellemeyer rebounded from his shortest start of the season with 7 1-3 solid innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Thursday night.
Nate Schierholtz hit a two-run homer to help Randy Johnson earn career victory No. 302 and the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 in the 2009 Bay Bridge Series finale Wednesday night.
Tom Seaver brought a bottle of his wine label to congratulate Randy Johnson for his recent 300th win. Gaylord Perry and Nolan Ryan, two more Hall of Fame members of the elite 300 club, also showed up to celebrate the Big Unit's milestone victory.
Barry Zito carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, Randy Winn hit a go-ahead single and the San Francisco Giants took advantage of another Texas mistake for a 3-2 victory over the Rangers on Sunday and a series sweep.
Matt Cain endured several years of little run support with no complaints. So, imagine his joy at watching Nate Schierholtz's inside-the-park home run highlight San Francisco's latest win.
Sean West did not allow a hit until the seventh inning in his fourth career start and Brett Carroll hit his first career home run to help Florida Marlins beat Randy Johnson and the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on Monday night.
Randy Johnson has left his start with a chance to earn his 300th win.
The Big Unit was held up by Mother Nature, putting history on hold. Randy Johnson's bid for 300 wins was postponed Wednesday night after a series of thunderstorms left the field at Nationals Park unplayable for Johnson's San Francisco Giants and the Washington Nationals.
The emotions finally flowed for Randy Johnson when the final out was made.
San Francisco Giants shortstop Edgar Renteria acknowledged he'll be a little more edgy than usual when Randy Johnson starts against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.
Mere mention of the milestone causes Randy Johnson to recoil.
Randy Johnson earned his 299th victory with six impressive innings, yielding three hits and one run in the San Francisco Giants' 6-3 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.
Adrian Beltre and Ken Griffey Jr. homered, leading Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners over the San Francisco Giants 5-4 Sunday.
Matt Cain stymied the mighty Mets and singled in a run to help his cause, and the San Francisco Giants ended an eight-game losing streak to New York with a 2-0 victory Sunday night.
Ryan Zimmerman's 30-game hitting streak ended when he went 0 for 3 with two walks, but Shairon Martis allowed two hits over seven sharp innings to remain unbeaten this season in the Washington Nationals' 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.
Rich Aurilia drove in Steve Holm with a 10th-inning single to end a pitching-dominated afternoon with the San Francisco Giants' ninth victory in 12 games, 1-0 over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.
Conor Jackson hit a bases-loaded single in the 12th inning, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.
Randy Johnson took a no-hitter into the seventh inning against his former team and the San Francisco Giants held on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0 Sunday.
Rafael Furcal hit a leadoff home run and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 7-2 Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.
Let's take a quick spin around the league, see what they were talking about regarding the march to Friday's trade deadline. *The Boston Red Sox reportedly made a big play for Roy Halladay. But then the Red Sox denied it.
Randy Johnson seemed optimistic after having his injured shoulder examined by team doctors Monday, explaining: "I'm feeling a lot better than I was three weeks ago" and will "have to get with the doctor and see what he recommends and just kind of take it from there." Less than 2 …
* Ian Browne of MLB.com has an interesting note about 42-year-old Tim Wakefield's first All-Star selection: "Wakefield became the oldest player to make the All-Star team for the first time since Satchel Paige.
* Not only is Willy Taveras hitless in his last 32 at-bats while misguidedly playing through a hamstring injury, he's failed to reach base at all in eight straight games in which he's had at least two plate appearances.
Randy Johnson became the 24th member of the 300-win club Thursday, tossing six innings of one-run ball against Washington.
Randy Johnson wins 300th gameRandy Johnson's 300th victory didn't happen in front of a thumping, sellout crowd. Nor was it a nine-inning, strikeout-studded act of destruction.
Last night's rainout pushed Randy Johnson's first attempt at win number 300 to this afternoon. If history is any guide, however, we shouldn't hold our breath for history to be made today:
The Big Unit goes after a big milestone. - With not nearly as many intriguing pitching matchups on the schedule as on Tuesday, it will be easy enough to key in on the potential history-making event tonight. Game of the Night
Randy Johnson got his 299th win last night. Ann Killion of the San Jose Mercury News notes that no one in the Bay Area really cares:
One is nearing the end of the road, aiming for one last impressive milestone to pad a Cooperstown resume in no need of padding. The other is just getting started on a promising career, having given the fans a brief glimpse of dazzling potential last October.
This man might win 300 As Randy Johnson has lumbered towards 300, we have already seen multiple articles claiming that he will be the last of the 300-game winners. It's a tired topic, because, as Lar from Wezen-Ball notes, it's been used so many times before:
Gunning for 299 Randy Johnson is back in Seattle this weekend. Announcer Dave Niehaus remembers:
Struggling Unit Randy Johnson is limping his way towards 300. He was shellacked on Saturday, giving up seven runs in four innings in a loss to the Mets, and he has allowed 18 runs on 27 hits in the past 14 2/3 innings. For now he's stuck on 298.
It's that time of year again. AL pitchers rush to retrieve odd wooden sticks from dusty closets, inspecting them with perplexed looks. NL bench-warmers salivate at the chance to get a little extra playing time, and AL DHs look for a little vacation.
He's now 24th on the all-time wins list Randy Johnson served up three homers last night, but picked up the 298th win of his career thanks to great run support from the Giants' lineup.
Brad Wilkerson * Brad Wilkerson had an OPS above .840 in each of his first three full seasons, smacked 32 homers and drew 106 walks as a 27-year-old in 2004, was traded for Alfonso Soriano in 2005, and ... announced his retirement Sunday six weeks before his 32nd birthday.
Randy Johnson and Chien-Ming Wang entered Monday's schedule looking for redemption after poor outings in losses in week one. What followed were even more discouraging outings. Johnson gave up seven runs and two homers over 3 2/3 innings in dropping a decision to the Dodgers.
Randy Johnson, 45, to join Giants for 1-year dealThe Big Unit is heading home to the Bay Area. Randy Johnson and the San Francisco Giants agreed to a one-year contract Friday, meaning the 45-year-old pitcher will go for his 300th win with a new team.
How do you fix the New York Mets? David Wright says the team needs a facelift, but is the situation really that troublesome?
Bats break out again as Braves smash SnakesDon't look now, but the Braves are playing well. Atlanta won for the fourth time in five games Saturday night, pounding out 14 hits to top Arizona 11-4.
Cat Turns Into A Middle Aged Woman In Nigeria; Crowd Sensibly Beats Her SenselessWHAT could be described as a fairy tale turned real on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as a cat allegedly turned into a middle-aged woman after being hit by a commercial motorcycle (Okada) on Aba/Port Harcourt Expressway.
Big Unit More Dominant Than Clemens?I'm not going to dispute that Roger Clemens has had a more celebrated, illustrious career.
Scouts had some unique takes on baseball's starsA quiz from ESPN - Match the then-high school or college player with the actual free-agent reports filed years ago by scouts for one major league team.
Congratulations Mariners fans, we did it. We have reared another exceptional talent for the world to love and enjoy. The painstaking efforts of our farm system and our big-league coaches has led to yet another gem to be bestowed upon the baseball world.
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