one cringe in his back and he is done.

He’s 45 years old. Done and done. Forget it.

Randy Johnson has to stoop over in the dugout and clubhouse runway at Wrigley and has forever hated it. For good reason given his plethora of back issues.

He’s 6 wins away from 300 in his brilliant career. 1 World Series Championship, 5 Cy Youngs, 2 no-hitters (to include a perfect game at 40), 2nd all-time in strikeouts… What a monster he was in his prime.

…would ensure that he couldn’t beat the Cubs – AGAIN. But, other than that, I see no reason to get him. To be honest, I’d love to Sean Marshall get a rotation spot, assuming he isn’t traded. More important, the thought of Randy Johnson’s shambling, lurching, mummy-like form darkening the mound at Wrigley Field – in Cubbie blue no less – makes me want to douse myself with Holy Water.

I’d love to be able to root for him once in my life, and I think he’d be a great addition to the tail end of the rotation. Heck, why don’t we get Trevor Hoffman while we’re at it and make this our Ray Bourque year?

RJ is coming back this year because he’s six wins away from 300. Despite what others are saying in this thread, he’s not “done” – he’s still very talented, and while he is old and has to deal with chronic injuries, he was absolutely dominant at times last year.

Still, Arizona needs him, and he needs Arizona. He’ll sign with Arizona for some bargain-basement amount, and he’ll probably set his schedule to pitch only at home, to avoid long flights. He’ll get his 300 wins, and in six years, he’ll go into the HOF as a Diamondback.

Gary Sheffield, Barry US not worth so much now Savings Bonds, Junior Griffey and Adam Dunn to one-year contracts. And try to talk Maddux out of retirement for just one more year. And change the NL rules to have a DH and an extra-hitter and a 10th fielder.

Seriously, I feel bad Mr. Johnson did not get his win this year. He certainly pitched well enough. I just hope it is NOT against the Cubs.

Don’t want to start a fanpost on this but the latest according to Olney is that any deal for Peavy with the Padres starts with Vitters. That’s really nothing new or nothing that hasn’t been speculated. Cubs getting used as leverage for the Braves to up their offer obviously and the idea of Peavy in the CUbs rotation excites me but not for Vitters, the only legitimate position prospect the Cubs have. Time to move on.

I don’t normally post on the trade rumor threads, since I haven’t the brain to keep track of 30 teams and their rosters…

…but NO. Seriously? The guy has been going downhill for two years.

has been on the arguably the worst team in baseball I remind you.

jim hendry shouldnt go after a 27 yr old cy young winner who is tied up for 3yrs to come at a price cheaper than were paying big z because the wind blows out at wrigley and we need to keep our prospects for the future.

I mean since we’ve had so many cy young winners and all. pause oh I just remembered we havent had any in quite some time. Oh yeah and I highly doubt any of next years projected starters will ever win any. that jim hendry I just cant believe he would be even wasting time on such a pitcher. I mean we already have enough cy young pitching why add another? you can always have to much pitching of that caliber.