Nats to celebrate Walter Johnson Day
 

Posted By: <b>Ray Piskadlo</b><p>August 2nd, tomorrow, is the 100th anniversary of his first start in baseball. Nice gesture!<br /><br />My favorite quote from the article:<br />"The first time I faced him," Ty Cobb wrote, "I watched him take that easy windup, and then something went past me that made me flinch. I hardly saw the pitch, but I heard it. The thing just hissed with danger. Every one of us knew we'd met the most powerful arm ever turned loose in a ballpark." <br /><br /><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070731&content_id=2120066&vkey=n ews_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070731&content_id=2120066&vkey=n ews_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb</a>

Nats to celebrate Walter Johnson Day
 

Posted By: <b>Steve f</b><p>Shouldn't it be held in Minnesota?.. The Peach could be nice when he wanted.

Nats to celebrate Walter Johnson Day
 

Posted By: <b>Ed Ivey</b><p>They should raffle a Ramly.

Nats to celebrate Walter Johnson Day
 

Posted By: <b>Joseph</b><p>From Jonathan Richman's "Walter Johnson":<br /><br />"...Now a record's just a record a book is just a book.<br />Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum.<br />This Walter Johnson that I speak of never so much as gave the<br />opposing team a dirty look.<br />Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum.<br />And a season's just a season and a game is supposed to be just a game.<br />Walter Johnson cared about people more than he cared about fame.<br />So all through baseball he was loved and respected.<br />Ah bitterness in Walter Johnson well it was never detected. HOO."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Nats to celebrate Walter Johnson Day
 

Posted By: <b>Max Weder</b><p>If Johnson in Minnesota, then should honor be bestowed on the 38th anniversary of Mike Wegener's 8th defeat for the Expos on August 2, 1969?<br /><br />Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR<br />Wegener L(4-8) 5.2 7 4 4 5 5 0<br />Face 2.1 1 1 1 1 1 0<br />Radatz 1 0 0 0 0 1 0<br />Totals 9 8 5 5 6 7 0<br />WP: Wegener (10).<br /><br />You have to love a team that lost 110 games when Face and Radatz relieved in the same game.<br /><br />Actually, I think it's a nice touch for Washington, and is something cities should do more often, particularly where franchises don't seem to owe any allegiance to a city and its fans.<br /><br />Max