Something could be accomplished tonight in MLB that may never happen again (or at least not again for many years):
On Wednesday in Washington,
Randy Johnson will get his first crack at earning career win No. 300. Only 23 men have accomplished the feat. The last man to win No. 300 while with the Giants was Christy Mathewson in 1912 for the New York Giants. Gaylord Perry, who spent 10 years with San Francisco, won No. 300 with Seattle, Johnson?s longtime former club.
Many believe that Johnson will be the last man to accomplish the feat, though similar things were said before others, such as Glavine, earned their 300th. Johnson would be just the sixth left-hander in the bunch.
Giants Team Report - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Johnson Quietly Nears a Defining Moment
WASHINGTON ? Anticipation shot through the visiting clubhouse Tuesday, briefly interrupting the video games and the card games that occupied the San Francisco Giants.
.
.
.
continued
.
.
.
To win his 300th on Wednesday would be fitting, considering that Johnson is pitching for the Giants, a team near where he grew up in Northern California, and against the Nationals, the franchise that drafted him in 1985 when it was the Montreal Expos.
.
.
.
continued
.
.
.
Still, reaching 300 has become such a rare feat, and it would place Johnson in exclusive company. Only four active pitchers ? Andy Pettitte, Pedro Martinez, Jamie Moyer and John Smoltz ? have won more than 200 games, and none of them are likely to reach 300.
Entire article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/sp...hnson.html?hpw