“In Memory of the Bird That Unfortunately Lost Its Life”: Hall of Fame MLB Pitcher Known for His Iconic ‘Bird Strike’ Randy Johnson Sets NFL Twitter on Fire With His New Occupation

A lot of athletes have passions they keep aside to give their all to the game. Some are able to pick right up after their sporting careers are over. Some are not so lucky or abandon them altogether for other pursuits. Well, it seems MLB Hall of Famer Randy Johnson has managed to convert his passion into a second career.

Randy Johnson played 22 seasons as a pitcher in the MLB, mainly with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Seattle Mariners. He has 4,875 strikeouts to his name and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015. But he was well into his secondary career by then. Having retired in 2010, Johnson started his own photography company, ‘Randy Johnson Photography’. And recently, Business Insider’s Sophie Kleenan shared a photo of Johnson in an official NFL photographer attire!

This revelation of a second career surprised a lot of fans, but some already knew about his foray into the world of photography. Some even correctly pointed out that the photo was not recent, rather it was from 2011.

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On his official website, Johnson says, “My career as a Major League baseball pitcher has been well documented, but what is not as well known is my passion for photography, which began when 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.”

A lot of fans used the opportunity to express their surprise at this new information.

Fans sarcastically bring Davante Adams and the bird incident into the conversation

But the conversation quickly turned into a humorous one, as fans quickly brought the Davante Adams issue into this, building an interesting and funny scenario of Adams pushing Johnson.

And not to miss out on a critical part of the reaction to this news: his eye for birds. For the ones who are lost, we go back to 2001. At a spring training game, a dove flew low and straight into the path of Johnson’s 100 mph fastball. He has since embraced the moment, and his photography company’s logo is an upside-down bird, seemingly in memory of this incident. It did not take long for fans to bring this to the conversation either.

Randy Johnson has a stellar career in the MLB, and it seems he’s having success in his photography career as well. Although no one knows if he’s still an NFL photographer, fans will now be eagle-eyed in their attempt to spot him if ever he should pop up.

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