THE BIG UNIT Randy Johnson talks hitting the bird, new MLB rules & photography ⚾ | Pat McAfee Show
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THE BIG UNIT Randy Johnson talks hitting the bird, new MLB rules & photography ⚾ | Pat McAfee Show
Hall of Famer Randy Johnson joins The Pat McAfee Show to discuss:
0:00 Reflecting on hitting a bird with a fastball
4:00 Intimidation tactics
9:10 New MLB rules
14:05 Not having his best stuff
23:58 Being a photographer
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RJ is incredibly humble in this interview. He is one of the most dominant athletes in the last 40 years. Very much the Shaq of baseball
Randy’s a legend. I could listen to him talk ball all day.
@fireinthenight9028
23 күн бұрын
I don't know the guy but he really look interesting and very invested in the interview. It's nice to hear his approach and work ethics. 👍
For those of you who aren’t into baseball, this man was probably the most intimidating pitcher to ever live… and not just that, he was ELITE; he’s in most people’s all-time starting rotation. A league where the men played this sport at the absolute highest level in the world, he was a king amongst men.
@atm1919
28 күн бұрын
Randy is an all-time great, but anyone who doesn't know how intimidating Bob Gibson probably should go back and do some more research.🤷
@Realdrlipschitz
28 күн бұрын
@@atm1919 love Gibson was, (you can out Nolan Ryan up there too for intimidating) but RJ was a 6’10 lefty that could hit 100 mph if he needed too, wild af when he was young and then got his control as he aged… Gibson was intimidating, but no one was scarier than RJ.
@atm1919
28 күн бұрын
@Realdrlipschitz ur jusr wrong and that's okay. #sorrynotsorry
@Realdrlipschitz
28 күн бұрын
@@atm1919 lol. Have a good one kid 👍
@atm1919
28 күн бұрын
@@Realdrlipschitzcool come back... I mean fuck Ryan was more intimidated cuz he was as wild n threw harder
Randy is my GOAT. Dude upped his game halfway through his career and became one of the scariest pitchers in history
My all time favorite player of ALL TIME!!! The big unit!…Mr. Randy Johnson!!! Hells yeah!!!
Great interview. As a Braves fan, would love to see Chipper or Maddox on the show. Would be a good time.
He was one of my favorite pitchers growing up. ❤
Randy looks unrecognizable!! Not necessarily in a bad way but just different! I think it’s the beard and glasses
@jaceking5938
12 күн бұрын
I might guess he used to be an athlete by his size,but I would have walked past him and never recognized him 1000/1000 times
This man made the steroid era hitters shake in their boots.
@flame-sky7148
28 күн бұрын
He sure did however, pitchers juiced too.
@rbw3000
17 күн бұрын
He was like 12 ft tall, he didn’t need to.
Wish he touched on the two guys that really turned his career around, Tom House & Nolan Ryan. They set him on the path to greatness.
"Baseball is the greatest game ever invented" Babe Ruth
Favorite player of all time! Absolutely LOVE RJ
Bro crazy I been watching Randy highlights since I been playing MLB the show recently, and first interview I’ve ever seen him in like a week later. Crazy
One of the best signature
"I AM RANDY JOHNSON" is all i heard and im satisfied
One of the best! Now Randy is a photographer for the NFL
Awesome interview.
Absolutely love this guy. Hard to say he’s underrated given his stats and his HOF status. But I think with his occasional wildness makes some think he’s not as good as he is. He’s phenomenal. I absolutely love this guy. I also love his personality. I remember after he hit the bird, he was not amused. He was pissed at everyone laughing because he felt so badly. I mean, it’s not his fault, and it’s incredible, so I’m glad he can laugh at it now, but still… I love his compassion for animals. Not at all surprised that he’s doing safari photographs and the like now. So on brand. I haven’t a clue what his politics is, but he SEEMS like a compassionate, caring, loving guy. …on top of his phenomenal career. Love everything about him. One of my top five favorites of all time who didn’t play for my own team.
Thank you for covering a sport and legend that adults still care about. Unfortunately, folks find it easy to say “baseball is boring” because it’s become cool to have the attention span of a 4 year old.
Randy’s voice sounds like Bill Walton.
One of my top 3 favorite pitcher's
Lifetime Mariners fan! Big Unit is the dude! Unstoppable freak and the bird moment is 1 in a 1,000,000,000
Great interview, yea the last era of pitchers that could go the whole nine if needed (Randy, Clemens, Maddux, Glavine). Which had happened for over a hundred years. And what an incredible nick name "The Big Unit."
We dont need exploding birds and 4,000 strikeouts just to broach the topic of baseball on ESPN
@austin8783
29 күн бұрын
There's for sure been a shift in the last decade, but i appreciate segments like this. Guys are trying to bring baseball back in the spotlight. No other league is trying to bring their sport center stage as much as baseball. Now get rid of the goddamn blackouts and we're rolling
@Savethepeople2004
28 күн бұрын
@@austin8783 Your assertion that no sport is doing more to grow the sport is laughable. This Week In Baseball (TWIB) AND Baseball Tonight are off the air. USA Today Baseball Weekly is GONE. There is literally NOWHERE to watch nightly game highlights.
@Mikeyjfox1
28 күн бұрын
Wtf is broach
@the_swoletariat1621
28 күн бұрын
@@Mikeyjfox1raising a subject to a conversation
@Savethepeople2004
28 күн бұрын
@@Mikeyjfox1 cover/discuss/publicize
Tucson represent 🙏🏽
Dude so intense
My pops met him at a Hooters in Baltimore when the Mariner’s were playing the O’s…he signed a receipt and has the TINIEST signature I’ve ever seen
Fuckin great surprise to see the big unit on here, nephews should check out this legends highlights
“Hittin the bird” sounds like a euphemism😂
They show the Kruk one but the one with Larry Walker in the ASG is even better.
@CjCroW
28 күн бұрын
No it wasn’t
Lfg boys 🔥
Being a diamondbacks fan and a raiders fan hearing Pat tell Randy he's like Maxx Crosby is music to my ears. Absolute legends of there sport. Maxx will go down as a hall of gamer and could be the greatest Raider to ever do it. Just like Randy is the best pitcher to suit up for the Dbacks...Brandon Webb a close second tho
Oldest/first IRL MLB memory I have is seeing Randy Johnson and the Diamondbacks at the Reds in 2002. I was only 8. 8IP and 11 Ks for Johnson but honestly I only remember one thing, him hitting a ground rule double. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d4aW2cFsdaSdd5M.html
The Big Unit
The bird thing would be trivially memorable if it happened to anyone else. It is so amazing because of all people to have taken a pitcher's mound, a bird accidentally flew in front of a baseball thrown by one of the greatest, most intimidating pitchers of our time. It is so funny. Not for the bird though.
Wow Randy looks so different now
@TankAssTanner
24 күн бұрын
Yup...looks older obviously but looks great.
The one pitcher I would never want to face if I was in the pros, ever. His hand would feel like it was inches from your face on release. No way..
The mlb was on the money adding the pitch clock, if you watch highlights from the 90s its not unusual for a player to take a 5 minute at bat🤣
@alexjones6190
28 күн бұрын
Its both good and bad. Its better for TV but going to the games i hate it. Most of the time you go to talk and BS around or for dollar beer night
mount rushmore
The bird was sacrificed so they could win the World Series.
@yungplouie
22 күн бұрын
almost happened again when Gallen killed a bird last year
As a Yankees fan I hated him but my god he was ridiculous. He casually threw a first pitch 77 mph like was playing catch in the backyard at the age of 50
He looks so different
@Mikeyjfox1
28 күн бұрын
He just looks like an older guy that use to be a bad ass lol
This man was so good the Yankees got him at like age 41 and we all treated it like Christ coming back to earth 😂😂 (he’d go on to be a terrible Yankee lol)
@Hereregoagain
22 күн бұрын
Wrote this before watching the interview, I could watch Randy talk ALL DAY! What a treat!
I feel like Randy is doing the like boomer thing when they yell into their speakerphone.
@2K9s
25 күн бұрын
Try going a day without saying, “like”.
@dirrtyduckk3179
20 күн бұрын
If you weren't blind it looks like he has a hearing aid in his ear
Baseball is better than football 🤷🏾♂️😂😂😂
Randy hits a bird...millions of viewers look up from eating chicken wings and nuggets to talk about how bad they feel for the bird... 🤔
@n_a8917
29 күн бұрын
Wow. You must be a blast at the office party
@Mikeyjfox1
28 күн бұрын
Nobody gave a shit about the bird at the time lol and they still don't. This wasn't in the "offended by everything" era
@wiffleballer28
27 күн бұрын
@@Mikeyjfox1 they still don't... Right, that's why we're still talking about it. The only offensive thing here is your inability to form a coherent thought.
@viktorstagnetti7491
24 күн бұрын
@@wiffleballer28 It's still talked about because of how unlikely it was to happen. Not rocket science, you absolute clahn.
@wiffleballer28
24 күн бұрын
@@viktorstagnetti7491 throwing out insults instead of thinking about the issue? again...inability to form a coherent thought. congrats! you've proven yourself ignorant twice!
Huh, this show is talking about baseball? That’s a first.
WARNING There is literally NOWHERE to watch nightly MLB game highlights. This Week In Baseball (TWIB) AND Baseball Tonight are off the air. USA Today Baseball Weekly is GONE.
@Realdrlipschitz
28 күн бұрын
There are channels that post mlb network content, but I know what you mean. It sucks
@richardcranium5801
28 күн бұрын
I remember when sportscenter just used to run highlights every morning, each anchor with their own signature catch phrases. Now it’s just tweets and talking heads.
@Savethepeople2004
28 күн бұрын
@@richardcranium5801 that's not at all what I was referencing
@Savethepeople2004
28 күн бұрын
@@richardcranium5801 ESPN literally does not cover MLB. At all. You are much more likely to see NCAA baseball and NHL as opposed to MLB.
@Zo3yX
26 күн бұрын
Mlb covers thr clips and mlb now has a redzone equivalent.
Awful show but Randy can make anything palatable.
@JohnRees3
21 күн бұрын
How bout you do us all a favor and grow a pair. Just fucking do it already, coward. No one cares about you, no one will miss you, it’ll actually be a good thing..
if that bird thing happened in todays space of time... baseball would be banned indefinitely.
@Mikeyjfox1
28 күн бұрын
Seriously doubt anything would happen lol a billion dollar company isn't gonna shut down because a bunch of blue haired "they/thems" cried on Facebook 🤣
One of the all-time worst with fans. Screw this guy.
it really goes to show the american mindset; just watch the nba right now. it’s fucking pitiful. and yet nba gets 60x the coverage of mlb.. sad sad sports state the country is in right now.
@Zo3yX
26 күн бұрын
Its more of wherr YOU are looking. We have the most content out there of all time. There are plenty of big baseball segments and shows.
Damn Randy didn’t age well
@Mike-gm2tc
28 күн бұрын
He 60 .. he looks like he’s in his 60s
@Zo3yX
26 күн бұрын
What do you mean he looks like a healthy older man. His beard is amazing
@2K9s
25 күн бұрын
Says the Asian
@Zo3yX
25 күн бұрын
@@2K9s what tf are you on?
The big fuccn unit him and Barry bonds were my favorite players growing up I love his personality