In honor of The Big Unit....

I remember as a young man growing up on the westside of Indianapolis reading about a young 6'10" pitcher that the Indianapolis Indians had playing that 100 MPH heat and basically MADE my dad take me out to Bush Stadium that same weekend so I could see him pitch.....

Mr. Johnson then was the Real life Wild Thing, 6'10" a raging mullet and the ugliest athlete I had seen since Larry Bird.. LOL( as a matter of fact they could have fell out of the same ugly tree) BUT man the guy brought the heat..... And he was either going to strike you out or maybe kill you with a wild pitch....

But looking back I am just glad I got to see him before anybody else knew who he was...

Why all the mentioning of Randy?? Did he pass away??

cravnravn wrote:Why all the mentioning of Randy?? Did he pass away??

Officially retired yesterday.

Ahhhhhh..

cravnravn wrote:Why all the mentioning of Randy?? Did he pass away??

Some would say Randy has been brain dead for years now....

dblshockpwr wrote:I remember as a young man growing up on the westside of Indianapolis reading about a young 6'10" pitcher that the Indianapolis Indians had playing that 100 MPH heat and basically MADE my dad take me out to Bush Stadium that same weekend so I could see him pitch.....

Mr. Johnson then was the Real life Wild Thing, 6'10" a raging mullet and the ugliest athlete I had seen since Larry Bird.. LOL( as a matter of fact they could have fell out of the same ugly tree) BUT man the guy brought the heat..... And he was either going to strike you out or maybe kill you with a wild pitch....

But looking back I am just glad I got to see him before anybody else knew who he was...

Where on the west side are you from if you don't mind me asking? I'm an eastsider who moved to the west side in search of wild women, exotic drugs and free flowing booze parties......

Beldar wrote:

dblshockpwr wrote:I remember as a young man growing up on the westside of Indianapolis reading about a young 6'10" pitcher that the Indianapolis Indians had playing that 100 MPH heat and basically MADE my dad take me out to Bush Stadium that same weekend so I could see him pitch.....

Mr. Johnson then was the Real life Wild Thing, 6'10" a raging mullet and the ugliest athlete I had seen since Larry Bird.. LOL( as a matter of fact they could have fell out of the same ugly tree) BUT man the guy brought the heat..... And he was either going to strike you out or maybe kill you with a wild pitch....

But looking back I am just glad I got to see him before anybody else knew who he was...

Where on the west side are you from if you don't mind me asking? I'm an eastsider who moved to the west side in search of wild women, exotic drugs and free flowing booze parties......

Avon, Just head to Dancers Beldar and all your dreams will come true if thats what you want.

dblshockpwr wrote:

Beldar wrote:

dblshockpwr wrote:I remember as a young man growing up on the westside of Indianapolis reading about a young 6'10" pitcher that the Indianapolis Indians had playing that 100 MPH heat and basically MADE my dad take me out to Bush Stadium that same weekend so I could see him pitch.....

Mr. Johnson then was the Real life Wild Thing, 6'10" a raging mullet and the ugliest athlete I had seen since Larry Bird.. LOL( as a matter of fact they could have fell out of the same ugly tree) BUT man the guy brought the heat..... And he was either going to strike you out or maybe kill you with a wild pitch....

But looking back I am just glad I got to see him before anybody else knew who he was...

Where on the west side are you from if you don't mind me asking? I'm an eastsider who moved to the west side in search of wild women, exotic drugs and free flowing booze parties......

Avon, Just head to Dancers Beldar and all your dreams will come true if thats what you want.

I went through all that before I moved out here and more after I became a westsider. Got married, raised 3 daughters and now walking across the room wears me out I'm with Joe Walsh on life....it's been good to me....

http://www.indy.com/posts/randy-johnson-s-season-with-the-tribe-was-one-wild-summer-in-indianapolis

Here is a great piece about Johnson in triple A ball here... we have been pretty fortunate to have had some really great players come through Indy on their way to the show....

Hey here's a little piece of trivia for those that don't know.. Waybe Gretzky started his pro career here with the Old Indianapolis Racers (Or maybe it was the Checkers then, one of the Old guys like Kurt would know that for sure )

dblshockpwr wrote:http://www.indy.com/posts/randy-johnson-s-season-with-the-tribe-was-one-wild-summer-in-indianapolis

Here is a great piece about Johnson in triple A ball here... we have been pretty fortunate to have had some really great players come through Indy on their way to the show....

Hey here's a little piece of trivia for those that don't know.. Waybe Gretzky started his pro career here with the Old Indianapolis Racers (Or maybe it was the Checkers then, one of the Old guys like Kurt would know that for sure )

Great story on Johnson.....and Razor Shines was always one of my favorite players. But we had Roger Maris, Rocky Colavito, Harmon Killebrew, Herb Score and scores of other baseball players come through here. Indianapolis has always been an exciting city to live in....... Of course, not everyone has that opinion.....

Beldar wrote:

dblshockpwr wrote:http://www.indy.com/posts/randy-johnson-s-season-with-the-tribe-was-one-wild-summer-in-indianapolis

Here is a great piece about Johnson in triple A ball here... we have been pretty fortunate to have had some really great players come through Indy on their way to the show....

Hey here's a little piece of trivia for those that don't know.. Waybe Gretzky started his pro career here with the Old Indianapolis Racers (Or maybe it was the Checkers then, one of the Old guys like Kurt would know that for sure )

Great story on Johnson.....and Razor Shines was always one of my favorite players. But we had Roger Maris, Rocky Colavito, Harmon Killebrew, Herb Score and scores of other baseball players come through here. Indianapolis has always been an exciting city to live in....... Of course, not everyone has that opinion.....

Yep... We even had Hammerin Hank here with the Old Indianapolis Clowns from the Negro leagues....