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Birthdate

The Arizona Diamondbacks : Player Information page for Randy Johnson lists his date of birth as September 9, 1963. His page here currently gives the date as September 10. A quick Google search also reveals many other websites that give the date of the 10th Any idea where the September 9th date came from? The Diamondbacks' website seems to be wrong... -- TomPreuss 20:01, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

John Kruk and Larry Walker incidents

I have included some unusual incidents involving Randy Johnson in the 1993 and 1997 All-Star games, but some other Misplaced Pages member insists on deleting it. I think it should be left alone. Dodgerdave 02:11, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

It is borderline "fluff" as far as being encyclopedic goes. It does not specifically reveal anything notable about the player himself, it is more a description of Kruk or Walker's reactions to those incidents, whether or not they were practical jokes on Johnson's part. The information would stand up more effectively if there were some sources of material that elaborated on any specific notability of those incidents, or a documented history of practical jokes or personal feuds/inside jokes between the aforementioned players. At least, that's my take on all this; I might be way off. KirinX 02:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

They were certainly "unusual incidents" just like the bird incident of 2001 and the cameraman incident of the 2004-05 offseason. I did provide some sources from retrosheet.org. It included boxscores which clearly states on the play-by-play accounts and it gives discriptions of the incidents (written in boldface letters). My opinion is that if the Kruk and Walker incidents don't stay up there, then the cameraman and bird incidents should not be up there as well, since they are not "encyclopedic" material according to your opinion. Dodgerdave 05:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Screwed

Sorry for the term, but Randy Johnson was really "screwed" out of a Cy Young award this year. He beat Roger Clemens in 75% of the categories that matter. He may have lost 14, but most of those losses he had 2 or less runs of run support. And now Johnson wants out of Arizona, and I bet it's because people say he would've won the Cy Young Award if he would've went to New York. So.. Arizona's getting "screwed" out of the best pitcher in baseball because the people who pick the Award winners picked the old guy who "screwed" over his former team while "retiring?" What a bunch of screwing.

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== Stats table? ==

Is that confusing table really necessary? There is no way you can understand it... the link to his baseball reference page is sufficient, no? Zellin 03:59, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

longest span between no hitters?

It also gave him the longest span of any pitcher between no-hitters–14 years, although the span between Nolan Ryan's first and last no hitters was 17 years.

Well, if Nolan Ryan's was 17 years, then Randy's wasn't the longest... can someone look into this and make this sentence consistent. Themindset 07:59, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

• What it means is that the 14 years was the longest amount of time between CONSECUTIVE no-hitters.

Inconsistent mph

The first section states that Johnson has a 95-100 mph fastball. In the later section, Pitches, his fastball speed is reported to be between 94 and 99 mph. Has he ever actually hit 100mph on the radar gun? --SeanMon 00:18, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, he has, on numerous occasions. Sadly, I cannot recall any specific examples, but I have been watching him for years as an avid pitching nut, and in his prime (96-01) he was almost always between 97-100. Ubergenius 14:28, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Off the field section

So he is Bi-sexual? Just browsing the article and wondered if it was slander?

i like this

Randy Johnson

my bad--Bucs10 21:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)Bucs10

REQUEST FOR A CHANGE.

The proffessional information on the main page now needs a change.. since RJ is now traded back to Diamondbacks from the Yankees. So the person who can edit the article can do it. since I am a new member i am not able to do so!

Until the trade is actually official (finalized, not just a tentative agreement, as is the case now), the article must remain as it is. -- KirinX 01:11, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

he plays for dbacks

yeah so he plays for dbacks now, can someone change it, i am not eligible to change this71.62.10.130 02:24, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

No, the trade is still not official. Official means the commissioner's office has given the OK. Have no doubt, it will be updated as soon as that is so. -- KirinX 02:30, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Who Cares

who cares that it is not official, there is about a 0% chance the trade wont go through. Even if it doesnt you can always just change it later.--Bucs10 03:11, 9 January 2007 (UTC)Bucs10

Misplaced Pages policy cares. And there's always a chance that a trade won't go through. Thinking otherwise is pure folly. And if the trade does go through, you can always change the page later. -- KirinX 03:17, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

The deal is finalized because he passed his physical, and if you dont believe me read this --Bucs10 05:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)Bucs10

Considering this article (posted 3 hours after yours, and from the same source) says the trade is still pending approval from Bud Selig (the Commissioner), my feeling is that the page should remain the same. From all indications the deal will become official first thing tomorrow morning. Somebody will edit the page then. Please just be patient until then. -- KirinX 05:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Agreed there is no panic. Not a primary source for news. -- No Guru 05:29, 9 January 2007 (UTC)]]

As I'm the person asked for the FProt, I'll ask for the UProt when it's a done deal. You have my word. -Penwhale | Blast the Penwhale 10:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

No worries, I've done so. -- KirinX 21:05, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Problems

For Pete's Sakes Johnson is not a Yankee anymore change it!! Iam banned for trying to change it so change it!! Garth 187 20:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

{{editprotected}}Yes the deal was finalized earlier today so Johnson is now officially No. 51 on the Arizona Diamondbacks.

I've already requested unprotection; there's no real need for the {{editprotected}} -- KirinX 21:07, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Article is now no-longer full-protected, but simply semi-protected. See for an explination by the (de)protecting admin. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant 01:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Citations needed!

I have added a bunch of {{fact}} templates to the article in the places I feel are most needing a reference. I may do some of the work, but I'm not an RJ or Diamonbacks fan so let's just say I don't have a giant desire to. If people can source these and place them, it would be fantastic. -- KirinX 17:09, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

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