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Article: Don't fault Randy Johnson for wanting out.
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- East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2004
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Byline: Scott Bordow
MESA, Ariz. _ Randy Johnson wants to win another World Series before he retires.
Apparently, that's an act of treason.
Johnson is getting bashed nationally for his perceived willingness to leave the Diamondbacks in their darkest hour.
ESPN's Peter Gammons wrote, "There is something superficially offensive about a great player asking out the first time he's on a bad team."
Bob Klapisch of The Record in Bergen County, N.J., all but called Johnson a Benedict Arnold.
"It sure says plenty about the Big Unit's character that he wants to quit on the team that took him to the World Series just three ...