Comments on: BDD: Randy Johnson a LOOGY?

By: Ernie

Ernie — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:23:40 +0000

Yeah, i knew it wasnt the same year. I didnt realize it was four years later, though. I looked for a youtube video of it, and apparently there is none.

By: Bill B.

Bill B. — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:14:16 +0000

I decided to look it up and apparently it was in 1997. Their fear of Johnson most likely comes from the combination of his ability to throw biting fastballs over the inside part of the plate, and his tendency to throw them at a batter's head. In the '93 All-Star Game, Johnson brushed Philadelphia's John Kruk off the plate with a ball that might have been a strike to a giraffe. Kruk proceeded to strike out in a fairly embarrassing manner. A similar pitch thrown a few feet above Colorado's Larry Walker in an All-Star appearance four years later caused Walker to jokingly turn his batting helmet around and switch to the other side of the plate. Link

By: Ernie

Ernie — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:06:57 +0000

No, they were seperate All-Star games. The larry Walker incident happened the year after. the reason it was so crazy is because they showed a replay of Kruk getting a ball over his head, and then after that, the same thing happened to walker. I remember watching it with my friends, and we all had that “what the fuck” look on our faces. I keep calling them incidents, when nothing tragic really happened. Oh well.

By: Bill B.

Bill B. — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:12:07 +0000

Oh yeah, I do remember that now that you bring it up. That may have been the best All-Star Game ever, just for those two very entertaining at-bats.

Thanks for reminding me!

By: Ernie

Ernie — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:33:04 +0000

I dont know if you remember this, but, the all star game after the john Kruk incident, they showed the replay, and immediately after they showed the replay, he did the same thing to larry walker. Walker then switched sides and put his helmet on backwards, and I believe he struck out. It was weird timing.