Here's a nasty hit job on Randy Johnson by something named Filip Bondy of the New York Daily News. Johnson has no redeeming values as a pitcher or a human being according to this schmuck. Johnson is so bad that he even compares unfavorably to long-time jerk Pedro Martinez:
"Whenever we think of Johnson, we also think about Pedro Martinez, and about what it means to be a New York athlete. They were both future Hall of Fame pitchers on the downside when they came to New York in 2005, at extremely high market prices and at a great gamble to the buyers. Few will complain about Pedro, who pitched his heart out and helped to change the whole tone of the Mets' clubhouse. Martinez brought light and fun to Shea before he fell apart. The Big Unit brought only his dark disposition. He has won 34 games -- 10 more than Martinez in two seasons.. ."
So Martinez, previously a clubhouse cancer type, outperformed Johnson as a "New York athlete" as a leader and apparently as a pitcher even though he won ten fewer games than Johnson over two seasons. If Martinez is now a "clubhouse leader" it's only because so much of the Mets roster consists of Martinez's fellow hispanics.
Bondy never mentions that Randy Johnson is now 43 years of age. 34 wins in two seasons at that age -- especially from a flame thrower -- is remarkable, but the Yankees need to run the "scowling" Johnson out of town. (For every white athlete who "scowls" there are many dozens of black ones who seem to wear a semi-permanent one.)
It's the same "why the hell haven't you retired yet" attitude that the media has for Roger Clemens. The Sporting News' baseball writer argued two issues ago that the Astros should jettison Craig Biggio -- a great player and role model who is on the verge of achieving 3,000 hits -- because he has "lost a step." Duh, how many 41 year olds haven't lost a step? How many non-whites ever play baseball at a high level into their 40s?
All-time great white players are annoyances to the media. Instead of being honored and appreciated for their accomplishments they're to just get the hell off the stage and make way for the non-whites who are taking their place in sports and society at large.
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