This is day 25 of the “7th Inning Stache”s 100 days of MLB mustaches. All of the Staches will be cataloged in our MLB Mustache Hall Of Fame. If you have any tips on some fielding first basemen follicle follies please email us the tip @ NESWblogs-at-gmail.com.
Since ace pitcher Randy Johnson announced his retirement (today: January 5, 2010), a lot of sportswriters and analysts are referring to him as a future Hall of Famer. Well kids, the future is now.
Welcome to the MLB Mustache Hall of Fame, Randy Johnson; you truly earned this honour. While staring down mere mortal batters from just beyond your bristling stache, your MLB Mustache Hall of Fame entry now sits on a mantle of accomplishments that includes 303 wins, 4875 strikeouts (most ever by a lefty), about a million Cy Young awards (Ed: it’s five, but that seems like a million), a perfect game at the age of 40 against America’s self-proclaimed team, a 3-0 record in an absolutely epic 2001 World Series win (even with Yankee luck1 stacked against you), an important lesson to doves everywhere about staying away from ballparks, and a pair of great nicknames – one you gave to your slider, Mr. Snappy, and one from your Expos teammate Tim Raines, The Big Unit.
Randy Johnson’s stache = Dominant
In special recognition of Randy Johnson’s retirement, 7th Inning Stache is proud to post a second Randy Johnson Mustache picture!
1George Vecsey, Baseball: A History of America’s Favorite Game (New York: The Modern Library, 2006), p.155.
