I worked for a home restoration company in Phoenix and Big Unit called us cuz he had a water leak at his house in Paradise Valley. Long story short we cleaned it up and he gave us private suite tickets with free food, drinks, baseballs, Dbacks hats, t shirts etc etc. RJ is the man. Best lefty of all time 100%.

@mjk-th2tm

2 ай бұрын

Lefty? Heck he’s the best pitcher of all time! Nobody better than him.

@user-wn9wr9en7s

2 ай бұрын

Steve carlton is much better and Warren Spain is also better

@michaelkoch9421

2 ай бұрын

@@user-wn9wr9en7sRandy had better stats than both in every category besides wins lol

This is slowly but surely becoming one of the best series on KZread.

@anthonycooks8853

9 ай бұрын

Would rather watch this guy then espn for sure

@Cam23

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate you Retro! 🙌🏼

@Tyweezy84

9 ай бұрын

Easily

@lildubuoy

9 ай бұрын

Literally the sole reason I'm back into ⚾️! 🔥🔥🔥

@jareddanielcunanan4303

9 ай бұрын

@@Cam23Do a video about Nolan Ryan next please

Dude throws a no hitter at the age of 40! The Big Unit ranks only behind Nolan Ryan in career strikeouts. Another Great Video!

@Cam23

9 ай бұрын

The Big Unit’s run of dominance is hard to believe 😳 I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

And he did all of this while tipping his pitches the whole time. Dude was unreal.

He should have won that cy young. The stat line shows it. Better era, win percentage, and a save!

@dukedematteo1995

8 ай бұрын

2004? Yes, Unit had a better year than Roger. The writers, of course, favored win totals and team success.

@ekscalybur

Ай бұрын

@@dukedematteo1995 Favoring team success for a player that plays 20% or less of the games is asinine.

I'm a big Braves fan and I remember watching Randy Johnson throw that no hitter against the Braves. It was crazy

As a Seattle Mariners Fan, I vaguely remember that 1st No-Hitter he threw for OUR Franchise. Reflecting back, I remember being glued to The ABC Coverage of that 1 game playoff in 1995 to give us OUR 1st ever Division Crown and man oh man vrings tears to my eyrs. I still own a sealed casette tape of the miraculous 1995 Seattle Mariners Season with Dave Neihouse's Voice doing play by play. I'm happy he went in as a Diamondbacks Player. Mariners front office traded him for dumb reasons but in the end we wouldn't have kept Johnson though and Amazing what he did! Excellent Video. I'd Love to see Edgar Martinez Video as he's arguably The Best Designated Hitter of all-time!!

@Cereal_Killer007

8 ай бұрын

Dave Neihaus was the best announcer ever. He loved doing it too, baseball was in his heart 100%

@chrismartucci3005

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, crazy to think that if they managed to keep Randy and Junior for 2001, they probably could have gotten past the Yankees.

Do a video on the only guy ahead of him in K's, Nolan Ryan. His Longevity is insane and Randy is the only one close to that production after 35

@dustinwood7999

9 ай бұрын

Anybody is gonna collect stats if they play long enough. Nolan was amazing, don’t get me wrong… but idk.. seems like a stat collector.

@Theorpo

9 ай бұрын

@@dustinwood7999for reference JV is 40 Nolan retired at 46 (I'm pretty sure both were 19 when they came up I could be wrong) JV is about 53% of the way to Nolan in terms of K's (he's 13th all time) and Johnson who is 2nd place is 85% of the strikeouts while pitching about the same amount of time. If he was a Stat Collector, boy was he good at it

@yoo909

8 ай бұрын

another neat "stat he collected" is his 7 no hitters. If hes just a stat padder, how come no better pitchers have even come close to 7 no hitters?@@Theorpo

@Theorpo

8 ай бұрын

@@yoo909 100 percent agree he did them with ease as well.

@yoo909

8 ай бұрын

ez work for tne alvin kid @@Theorpo

🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂YESSSSSSSS!!!! The bird got a mention!!! Another great vid bud

It's always great to see a Randy Johnson video on KZread. I've been a die-hard fan of his since I had the good fortune of attending his 300th win. You've hit upon most of his career highlights, but I was surprised you didn't mention how Randy was so embarrassed by losing the 19-strikeout game in 1997 that he went out on August 8 and struck out 19 batters again, this time making sure he shut out the White Sox.

"I was at the transformer game." - This viewer Randy won 4 straight Cy Young's with power and intimidation. Maddux won his on finesse and guile. Both are absolute legends.

@poindextertunes

8 ай бұрын

I’d say Maddux won his on accuracy and also intimidation lol Bob Ross of the sinkerball with 19 inches of movement just painting 🎨

@THERetro_Savage

8 ай бұрын

​@@poindextertunesthe 18 gold gloves didn't hurt either

@dukedematteo1995

8 ай бұрын

Unit was better than Maddux. So was Clemens and Pedro. I love Maddog, I know his control was 2nd to none, but you aren't the best pitcher ever striking out 6.1 per 9. You gotta miss bats. He also played his entire career in the weaker hitting NL....and had an incredible defense behind him in ATL.

I remember when he had to get surgery. I was just a kid but I loved MLB and pretty much everyone was thinking his back issues were gonna ruin the rest of his career. Now to look back its crazy he did so much with as many injuries as he had.

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

He was incredibly resilient!

This is why it used to drive me crazy when people would say Randy always choked come playoff time. Yeah, he had some bad outings but some people ignore he had some great outings and playoffs but got no run support. Wasn't until the Dbacks won the World Series, in which he was great again, that this finally went away and even some of his "bad" outings were 7 innings 3 run games.

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I didn’t get the impression that he choked at all when looking at the box scores. He got absolutely nothing from his offense in that Padres NLDS dude had a sub 2 ERA if that’s choking then I guess we need to redefine that word 💀 😂

I got to watch him pitch in the Kingdome when I was 5 in 95'. We played the A's. He was so scary, man.

The Big Unit! nothing but high-velocity fastball & sliders with a wide sidearm delivery. Diamondbacks trade was the most valuable trade ever in baseball, 4 years 4 CY young awards and a World Series.

He's my favorite ever. Baseball, wrestling, actors, Randy Johnson is truly the purest hero a kid could have. I have such admiration and respect for him. And spoiler alert, his prime was literal insanity. Randy Johnson was the best pitcher during the era of juiced balls, steroids being used by guys who were already the best hitters, and he did the most dominant work while he played in the same division that claimed Colorado when everyone in their lineups were hitting 30 bombs and hitting over .300. The Big Unit is the greatest pitcher to ever throw a ball in baseball history. My nostalgia and rose tinted glasses makes it so my mind cannot be changed 😎🤣

@tastetherainbow9643

6 ай бұрын

Anyone who would argue that would be an assclown!

Like, I love the strike out clips back to back too. Especially the ones against the Yankees in the 01 series. The way rightys back right knee buckles. I could watch Scott Brosious back leg jiggle all day. These are professional hitters, they track sliders for a living and they can't decide whether it's gonna hit them or usually catch them low and practically middle for a called 3rd. It's so fun to watch

If we are doing pitchers now, you gotta do the Ryan express. Though it might be a 40 minute video.

As a left handed batter Randy Johnson is nightmare fuel

Your the most underrated baseball KZreadr

I watched live Johnson, Clemens, Gooden, Maddox, Steib, Halladay, Ryan and McDowell. What a time. Mcdowell was underrated asf.

After getting into baseball this year. Randy was a player that immediately grabbed my interest. Glad you've made a video about the Big Unit

@sammylogic1313

9 ай бұрын

Welcome, and enjoy the game, there’s 147 years of MLB history for you to enjoy 👍👍

@Cam23

9 ай бұрын

If you’re learning about baseball, The Big Unit is the perfect place to start in terms of all time great pitchers! I’m glad you enjoyed the video 🤙🏼

I love all your videos. These are all the dudes I grew up watching. I don’t think although I could be wrong that you didn’t see these guys live but you are amazing. The research is great. Don’t stop

@Cam23

9 ай бұрын

That’s very kind of you, thank you so much! I never watched any of these players but I’m an old soul. I love the ‘80s and ‘90s eras of baseball! Your support of the channel is much appreciated 🙌🏼

@dukedematteo1995

8 ай бұрын

The pitching crop from that era, the guys I grew up watching, was amazing. Maddux, Unit, Pedro, Clemens, Glavine, Mussina, Smoltz, Schilling, K Brown, Cone. Just unreal starting pitching talent in the same era.

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

@@dukedematteo1995 Absolutely! It’s hard to fathom that list of guys all played in the same era 🤯

You have done such an amazing job covering the BIG UNIT.. thank you for your hard work. I'm so very grateful for the job you do. Keep up the hard work .... Thank you again ❤❤

Quite possibly the greatest mullet in MLB history

@elizabethgeorge168

8 ай бұрын

Definitely the scariest dude with one 😂

Todd Helton would be a good one. He’s one of 4 players with multiple 100 xbh seasons and he did it in back to back seasons

I think the next pitcher should be Pedro

@potentially__9445

9 ай бұрын

AGREE

Loved watching him pitch one of my favorite pitchers ever

Tremendous video, loved every second! RJ is truly one of a kind; Diamondbacks fans such as myself have so much to thank him for. LEGEND

Cam you did it again. Congratulations on doing the first pitcher

@Cam23

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Favorite new channel on YT, please keep it going

I prefer my own "Unpossible Inning" to the "immaculate inning" where you hit two batters then on the first pitch of the third you turn a solo triple play.

I'm an old Mariners fan so I remember watching him before the control light went on and after. It was always there but walks and misses right down the plate shackled him until *poof* he became The Randy Johnson, one of the GOATs of the modern era. Ironic that Nolan Ryan pointed him down the path of not walking the world. Mariner Management at the time thought he was getting long in the tooth and traded him away for not all that much. He then proceeded to enter his prime. #MarinerMoments

Can we get a video on JR Richard? Dude was a monster and even though his career was cut short, he's one of the best pitchers that isn't often brought up.

I was waiting for this video after the big hurt. Really great video!

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Tapir! I appreciate you for giving me this suggestion, he was a fantastic player to research.

My all time favorite. Thank you

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed!

Been waiting for this

What a great channel keep em coming

@Cam23

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great video! I've been hoping for this one!!😃👍

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, I hope it was worth the wait! 🙌🏼

@thecoolcreativebuildchanne2613

8 ай бұрын

@@Cam23 Sure was!!🙂👍👍

Just imagine if he started with the control he had in his prime. He'd probably be number 1 in strikeouts. He was definitely my favorite pitcher back in the late 90's early 2000's.

Awesome video as always, and I think the Professor would make a great follow up.

Great video! Subbed

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Randy Johnson is my favorite of all time player.

I respect the hell out of Mariano Rivera, but if there's a pitcher that deserved to be selected unanimously it was Randy. What he brought to the game over an actual entire baseball game is mind boggling.

@joel8692

8 ай бұрын

Nah man if any pitcher deserved to get in unanimously into the hall of fame is definitely Mariano Rivera because he's without a doubt the best closer ever by alot. Mo Rivera is the best , greatest closer ever and its a fact that can't be argued and he's the only player in history that no other player has a case of being better than him at his position. For example: u can argue Pedro Martinez , Clemens , Maddox , Koufax and a few other pitchers where better than

I saw Randy’s prime, experienced it I should say, in Seattle. As amazing as he was in the emerald city, he was even better in Arizona. What a career!

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

To think that he saved his best act for last is incredible!

@dukedematteo1995

8 ай бұрын

I disagree. I think peak RJ was 1995 or 1997 Seattle. Back then, there was a noticable offensive talent gap between the leagues, (plus the DH difference) Quality pitchers often got better going AL to NL, and often experienced a dip in their numbers going from NL to AL. I do wonder if his 1999 to 2002 numbers would have been as outrageous if he stayed in the AL. I think they would still have been great, but not quite as mind boggling as his desert gunslinger years.

Love all yoour Videos THE BIG UNIT sure was one of a kind !! How about a video on Willie Stargell ??

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying the content! And great suggestion 🤙🏼

I know people have issues with him, but Roger Clemens had a similarly awesome prime run during 1986 to 1998, age 23 to 35. 11 years on the RedSox and the 2 years up North. Very similar to Unit's. Roger deserves a prime video.

Great video, being from Baltimore can i request a video on Mike Mussina! Youre killin it with this channel man

There will never be another Randy Johnson. He is the best and most dominant lefty of all time.

Randy Johnson was someone I always traded for in MVP Baseball 2004

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

It feels like Randy was extracted from a video game! Unreal talent, I used to love using his card in The Show back when I played.

When Randy got Mr Slappy under control, he became damn near unstoppable.

@dukedematteo1995

8 ай бұрын

Once he stopped walking so many people, the combo of his velocity, the tilt on his slider, his height and his utter neutralization of left handed hitters made him one of the greatest pitching specimens ever. 6'10, threw 98mph from a 3/4 arm angle with that nasty slider....lefties had no shot...no shot.

i would love a video on delmon young and his pinch hit double in the NLDS

@Cam23

9 ай бұрын

Here’s a link to a video I did a while back, it’s a bit different of a style to what I do now but hopefully this’ll do the trick! 😂 Delmon Young's Iconic Double (2014 ALCS) Baseball Storytime Episode 8 kzread.info/dash/bejne/f65opMVsgJXHgps.html

Randy randy man the randster mr dandy randy ranmeister, big time randy pants…. The goat…. My first World Series I remember watching was the diamond backs vs Yankees….. and it blew my mind how randy and Kurt both won their games and won the WS 4-3 That was my first World Series I remembered and saw how baseball works as far as pitching rotations. Half goat half amazing

Can you do Mark Buehrle?? Guy would've been a 300 game winner on a good franchise. Was .1 inning away from a crazy streak of 200 innings pitched. Hall of famer with the eye test, but won't live to become one.

good pick - the big unit this guy was a monster on the mound. Historically, not many people can make the claim they dematerialized a bird. This dude and Maddux were even better then their numbers suggest carving through line ups during entire run of the steroid era.

Absolutely incredible career, now id love to see a video on one of the only guys to be at or above his level during that time, Roger Clemens

Got to see him strikeout 14 in person as a kid, electric

It's good to see Kevin Brown showing up a few times in this video. He's one of the most underrated pitchers, it'd be great to see a video highlighting his career. If it wasn't for Kevin Brown using steroids, he'd be one of the biggest snubs for the Hall of Fame.

Randy was unique like maddux. If you haven’t done the professor I strongly recommend you do one on him to. You’ll see similarities

Id like to think I inspired this. Thanks Cam 23

@Cam23

9 ай бұрын

You did my dude! Thank you for the suggestion 🙌🏼

@OH_MY_DOGGG

9 ай бұрын

​@@Cam23 I just wanted to share I felt more connected to the time he threw over John Kruks head at the all star game and I never really drew the connection between Larry Walker and Johnson on the Expos til this video.

@Cam23

9 ай бұрын

@@OH_MY_DOGGG I’m glad you walked away with a new fun fact! And yeah the Big Unit wanted to double down on his All Star shenanigans 😂

Keep up the great work Cam.. Btw, on the " Historic Level" vodoes can you give a rough estimate on how many man hours it tkes to produce the final product?

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! And to answer your question, it takes roughly 50-55 hours, as crazy as that sounds. Research typically takes a full day (sometimes more depending on the player). Making graphics and editing takes around 4-5 full days if I work all day.

@ousamaabdu794

8 ай бұрын

@Cam23 Man, that is a lot of Man hours .. People don't realize that this KZread game requires a crazy work ethic to make it. Respect!

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

@@ousamaabdu794 It gets to be a lot at times, but I love doing it so it doesn't feel like work! It's fulfilling to give these players the attention they deserve and do so in an entertaining way. It always shocks me that there's not many "career bio" videos out there on YT for players such as Randy. I appreciate you for supporting the channel, if it wasn't for people like you, I wouldn't be able to do this in the first place!

I wonder if you could do Pedro Martinez since you did Randy Johnson

One of the best to ever do it

I would love to see Bo Jackson, not only diving into his baseball career but his football as well.

@jmillshobbies6344

9 ай бұрын

Agree, Bo Jackson was so awesome, I think if he only played baseball he would rank among the best if he had a full career.

On this date, 20 years ago, The Big Unit hit his one and only career home run

I was born in 1991 My childhood and early teen years was prime time for him maddux Clemens and Pedro

Watching a randy Johnson start at bank one ballpark in the early 00’s meant you were gonna see something special.

The machine pujols next? Btw now my go to series before bed I love it!

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

Albert would make a great video, he's someone on my radar. And it's an honor to be apart of your routine haha that's awesome thank you for supporting the channel!

@yosavvy8597

8 ай бұрын

@Cam23 No problem bro keep it up!

I love randy. Always fun to watch. The most amazing part of his career was hitters knew what was coming as he always tipped his pitches. They still couldn't hit him.😂😂😂

Big unit was sick but Maddux should have 7 Cy Young awards.

Have you done a video on the prime of CC Sabathia yet?

Ooooh you gotta do Maddux

4:17 this shows how such a great person randy was. Checking to see if his opponent is okay

@Cam23

4 ай бұрын

I agree. What amazes me is how rare it is to see pitchers do that!

Randy was huge for those Mariners teams

Anyone else wonder why at 5:38 dude was arguing with the ump about a pitch right down the middle

I was at that perfect game as a young Braves fan and I was in awe at what I saw. It was honor to see the dominance in person.

I know you've done a player from both the Mets and the Twins, but you need to make a video on Johan Santana. That dude was a dawg during his prime.

Can you make a video about The INSANE Prime of Jim Thome?

Randy Johnson was good at throwing a baseball fast into a mitt

I rank Randy Johnson as my 1 or 1A on my list of liveball era pitchers. He has one of, if not the best, the "long prime" runs of any liveball pitcher. I like judging all-time great pitchers by their best circa 3000 - 3500 innings (depending on era). Aka "long prime" It's usually about 11 to 14 seasons. I like this better than career numbers bc many alltime greats, like RJ, had mediocre years after their long prime when their skills have receded due to age/mileage and injuries. Unit's 1993 to 2005, 13 yrs, a little under 3000 innings is one of the most impressive runs in the liveball era. 89.3 WAR, avg of 214 IPs and 6.9 WAR per yr (241 IPs & 7.9 WAR based on a 162 game avg). 160 ERA+, 11.5 K/9. 2.77 FIP. 5 Cy Youngs. Only Roger Clemens circa 3000 inning run from 1986 thru 1998, (age 23 to 35) is basically equal to Unit's run. Also 5 Cy Youngs...155 ERA+, 2.76 FIP 96.3 WAR, 234 IPs and 7.4 WAR per yr. (250 IP & 7.9 WAR per 162). Unit struck far more guys out (11.5 per 9 to 8.7 per 9) but Roger was damn near impossible to take deep.

Could you do sandy koufax as another dominant lefty?

1 of the greatest, no doubt

I feel as though Bert Blyleven needs a video. Don't think he won a Cy Young or 300 games but man he struck out a lot of batters. Herb Score had a short but amazing career for the Indians. Injuries led to a 5-7 year career but his numbers were great for that run

@THERetro_Savage

8 ай бұрын

Bert had 287 wins..and struck out the fifth most batters all time.....no Cy young award

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

He's got an interesting career, I'll definitely consider doing one on him in the future!

Can you do one on Eric Gagne? If I remember correctly he won the Cy Young as a relief pitcher

I saw a game on television where he was throwing 100+ mph in the ninth inning.

This is what modern baseball needs to convince their hurlers they need to look like if they want multiple pitches at 100mph. Having guys hovering around 6’2 is not the body frame you want hurling 100 mph+ with movement. This is the recipe to rip that arm right off. Randy had that long whip, and he used it to launch 100mph with movement for nearly 20 years.

you should do brian giles, one of the most underrated players of all time

Can you do Roberto Alomar

I noticed that nobody ever dared charge the mound... i wonder how many players peed their pants a little. I know that Kruk probably pooped his pants in that all star game. He played for the Indianapolis Indians AAA before he went to Montreal. My dad saw him pitch for Indy and said "There is a big bastard pitching for the Tribe, watch out for him in the future." He was so very right

My favorite pitcher. My favorite player is the cobra Dave Parker

do one on warren sphan or johnny bench?

is Randy the last dominant workhorse starting Pitcher? like not just good but elite and arguably in the starting rotation of MLB's all time team?

Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Ichiro.

Randy was the greatest LHP ever.

Please do ernie banks hes always slept on because he never won because he was in the cubs but he was insane and definitely deserves a video

Do one on beltran

Hey man can you do Cal Ripken jr 😅😅😅 in waiting on that one

@Cam23

8 ай бұрын

Cal is coming very soon. Orioles I haven’t done one on yet and I’m an O’s fan so I’m due for one haha 😂

If you ain’t done one yet you should do a video on Nolan Ryan or Mickey Mantle

Imagine if Seattle kept them all Griffey randy and Arod. Not sure if it was possible, but an all time Seattle team could compete with any other

I think that nobody ever considers he retired before the Giants 2010 run because he was absolutely done. But he could have maybe reunited with Griffey in Seattle maybe thats just fan fiction but he could have also made his career span 4 separate decades with Vizquel, Moyer and Griffey