Headline in NY Post on Randy Johnson

by SA on Jan 11, 2005 5:58 AM PST

After Randy Johnson's first day in New York, the headline this morning in the New York Post read: BIG JERK

It seems the first thing Randy did on his way to taking his physical was to push a NY cameraman out of the way. Of course, about 3 hours later there was the expected "apology."

Do people think Randy Johnson will last three years in New York?

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winning

shuts up a lot of critics. if he stays healthy, i expect people will not worry about a bad attitude towards the media.

imagine if he put up the same numbers last year with the yanks offense. whew.

by Eric in Atlanta on Jan 11, 2005 8:42 AM PST reply actions

RJ is nearly guaranteed to win 20+ games next year with that kind of an offense behind him, barring injury of course. He somehow managed to win 16 with the pathetic Diamondbacks offense behind him last year.

With or without the media on his side, he'll produce big time.

Go Beach.

by Dirtbag Pride on Jan 11, 2005 8:48 AM PST reply actions

Wrong. RJ reacted to that cameraman just

the way he'll want to react everytime the media says he is not worth George's money. First trip to the DL, etc.
Circus time!

" ...the exit was accompanied by a 5-year plan ending an exciting era of unique and innovative competition"

by Billy Ball 2005 on Jan 11, 2005 10:28 AM PST reply actions

BIG UNIT MELTDOWN

The big news in New York will come when the team and city learn the team-policy required shearing of Randy Johnson's famous mullet will adversely affect his pitching. RJ will have a career-worst ERA and W-L record in 2005.

Legions of New Yorkers will wonder aloud, "why, Randy, why?" The light will be revealed upon the mystery of the BIG UNIT MELTDOWN when TCM airs its annual Biblical Highlights Festival. Only then will people realize that the rumors are true...The Unit is a direct descendant of Samson. (This will be confirmed through DNA analysis that is made possible when King George buys the Holy Lands in order to locate and exhume Samson's body.) Cutting off the mullet had the unforeseen effect of turning off the Unit's power supply--rendering him a tall, rather geeky looking Jamie Moyer clone...only without the talent.

Even New Yorkers surmize the easy antedote...in four-part harmony that makes the Chipmunks seem comparatively masculine they squeal, "YO! GROW BACK THE #%@! MULLET!"

In a rare sign of support for an underperforming New York sports celebrity, all of New York buy first class tickets upon the Mullet Mania Express. Even Steinbrenner sports a Mullet. (As a sidenote: it is determined that New Yorker Donald Trump has been sporting a mullet for years...he just wears his backwards.)

Through a strange twist, just as this is discovered, and hope is on the way, exposure to excessive heat generated by the New York media's constant camera lights will cause a previously dormant genetic trait lying deep within the Unit to activate...rapid, premature and total hair loss. Will the gloom never end....? Stay tuned to AN for updates.

by conniemack on Jan 11, 2005 11:15 AM PST reply actions

approval

The preceding post gets my 100% endorsement. Seeing the Yankees collapse due to a mullet-related controversy is probably by greatest baseball-related dream.

The mullet is the reason why people hate you.--Wesley Willis

by Cutthemullet on Jan 11, 2005 2:20 PM PST up reply actions

*my

typos rank right behind mullets on my list of dislikes, so I felt compelled to point out the obvious correction

The mullet is the reason why people hate you.--Wesley Willis

by Cutthemullet on Jan 11, 2005 2:23 PM PST up reply actions

Imploding

I have read off and on about a prediction and/or hope of the Yankees imploding, mainly because of the age of their players and their suseptibility to injury and dementia. The Big Unit seems more than willing to get the ball rolling on the implosion.

I think the combined age of the NYY manager + pitching coach is now over 140 years also.

by robertmelvin on Jan 11, 2005 11:47 AM PST reply actions

i'd love to see the unit backfire

and the mullet shave will definitely help. as an a's fan in new york, i read the local media all the time, and they are scathing. the post and the daily news are the most opionated papers i've read (although sometimes in a good way). my sister laughed out loud when she read the post on her visit here.
methinks the unit will crack under the NYC scrutiny and go to work as a truck driver in stockton.

by brothersky on Jan 11, 2005 11:54 AM PST reply actions

Wait, have the Yankees outlawed mullets?

Say it ain't so!

by AlamedaAphid on Jan 11, 2005 2:05 PM PST up reply actions

on unloading freight

for the Stockton Ports

by robertmelvin on Jan 11, 2005 11:57 AM PST reply actions

Jerk

I loved the video of the altercation. Not only is Johnson pushing the camera away, but he's telling the guy "don't talk back to me". That's hilarious. New York beat writers will crucify him. Those guys will egg him on in the hopes of getting punched in the face. That's a weeks' worth of backpage headlines.

by boilerdan on Jan 11, 2005 12:03 PM PST reply actions

And this

before he's even signed! What a circus.

The triple of Jeremy Brown's imagination was, in reality, a home run.

by ArakSOT on Jan 11, 2005 12:05 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah...

Who does that guy think he is?

That "Don't talk back to me" statement just drips of arrogance. I think the NY media will send him through the wringer until opening day where RJ better shut down the Sox, or it could get really nasty with the media.

Go Beach.

by Dirtbag Pride on Jan 11, 2005 3:19 PM PST up reply actions