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In 2001, Johnson struck a bird with a pitched ball, resulting in what ABC News described as a "sea of feathers". [ 34 ] In a freak accident on March 24, 2001, at Tucson Electric Park , during the 7th inning of a spring training game against the San Francisco Giants , Johnson threw a fastball to Calvin Murray that struck and killed a dove .
Today marks the 21-year anniversary of one of the most improbable plays in baseball history. 21 years ago today, MLB all-time great Randy Johnson threw a pitch. That pitch wound up hitting a dove.
Randolph Klaus Johnson (June 17, 1944 – September 17, 2009) was an American football player. He was the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons in their inaugural season of 1966. He also had brief stints with the New York Giants , Washington Redskins , and Green Bay Packers .
As far as weird sports anniversaries go, today is one of the more odd ones. It is 20 years to the day Randy Johnson killed a bird with a fastball. The incident happened during a spring training ...
Johnson's perfect game was the first in MLB since David Cone on July 18, 1999 for the New York Yankees, [8] and the first in the National League since Dennis Martínez of the Montreal Expos on July 28, 1991. [8] Johnson, who was 40 at the time, surpassed Cy Young as the oldest pitcher to throw a perfect game in MLB history. [2]
Randy Johnson, the Mariners' starting pitcher, later pitched for the Yankees. As per normal MLB practice at the time, [26] the home team for this game was determined by a series of coin tosses held on September 18 to determine home teams for all potential one-game tiebreakers. [27]
Randall Glenn Johnson (born June 10, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. He played three full seasons in the Majors, from 1982 through 1984 , for the Atlanta Braves . He also played two seasons in Japan, 1987 and 1988, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp .
TODAY.com has reached out to Willmon for comment about the intentions of his statement. Jack Clarke, Trent Willmon and Cody Johnson at the CMA Awwards. Online, some viewers thought the joke was ...