“Davante Adams Better Watch Out” – MLB Hall of Famer Randy Johnson Leaves the NFL World Buzzing With His New Role

While most of the MLB Hall of Famers step into the world of business and broadcasting after their retirement from baseball, former Seattle Mariners pitcher, Randy Johnson had separate plans. Today, Johnson is pursuing an esteemed career in America’s most popular major league, the NFL.

Throughout his 22-season MLB career, Johnson played as part of six different teams. And while his MLB career was a massive success, surrounded by various accolades, he is making a mark for himself in a new, unexpected world after he retired in 2009.

What is Randy Johnson doing in his second innings?

Notably, as reported by Ben Verlander, Randy Johnson is pursuing a professional career in NFL photography. However, this isn’t a whim or hobby that the lefty pitcher is tailing. It’s been his passion for a long time, something that he studied as well.

And the World Series Champion from 2001 spoke about this on his photography website called ‘Randy Johnson Photography.’ He said, “I studied photojournalism at the University of Southern California from 1983-85. Baseball became my occupation for two decades but my love of photography never left. Following my 2010 retirement, I was able to focus my attention back to this passion.”

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This is how fans reacted to this massive revelation:

Very humorously, the logo of a photography page displays a dead bird, which is symbolic of the time when one of his pitches hit a bird during a game in 2001.

The Big Unit’s playing MLB career

Randy Johnson made his MLB debut with the Montreal Expos (now, Washington Nationals) in 1988. Since then, the pitcher played for the Seattle Mariners for nine years, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, and New York Yankees. Again, he reached the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007, and finally, he came to the San Francisco Giants for his final season.

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During these 22 seasons, Randy “The Big Unit” Johnson appeared on 10 All-Star teams, won five Cy Young Awards, World Series MVP in 2001, the bowling Triple Crown in 2002, pitched a perfect game in 2004, and a no-hitter in 1990. Moreover, his jersey number 51 was retired by the Arizona Diamondbacks, and he concluded his career as an MLB and Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame member.