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Chapters: Randy Johnson, Félix Hernández, Ryan Rowland-Smith, Luis Oliveros, Rob Johnson, Stephen Kahn, Brian Fuentes, Joel Piñeiro, Freddy García, Matt Tuiasosopo, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Nick Hill, Julio Mateo, Marshall Hubbard, Chad Cordero, Adam Moore, Travis Blackley, Dámaso Marté, J. J. Putz, Ryan Franklin, José López, Kenn Kasparek, Greg Halman, Tyson Gillies, Chris Jakubauskas, James Jones, Michael Saunders, Marwin Vega, Doug Fister, Jeff Clement, Kuo Hui Lo, Gil Meche, Ryan Feierabend, Steven Hensley, Greg Dobbs, Mark Lowe, César Jiménez, Carlos Peguero, Ricky Orta, Edward Paredes, Justin Leone, Chris Widger, Austin Bibens-Dirkx, J. C. Ramírez, Robert Rohrbaugh, Leury Bonilla, Shawn Kelley, Jim Horner, Andres Esquibel, Justin Souza, Kevin Gryboski, Daniel Carroll, Denny Almonte, Chris Tillman, René Rivera, Allan Simpson, Charles Gipson, Aaron Taylor, Tim Davis, Aaron Scheffer, Mike Wilson, Brian Fitzgerald, Jaime Bubela. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 232. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed “The Big Unit”, is a former left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Over a 22-year career, Johnson played for six different teams. The 6-foot-11-inch (2.11 m) Johnson was celebrated for having one of the most dominant fastballs in the game. He regularly approached, and occasionally exceeded, 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) during his prime. He also threw a hard, biting slider. Johnson won the Cy Young Award five times, second only to Roger Clemens’ seven. Johnson finished his career first in strikeouts per nine innings pitched among starting pitchers (10.67), second all-time in total strikeouts (4,875; first among left-handed pitchers), third in hit batsmen (188), tenth in hits allowed per nine innings pitched (7.24), 22nd in…More: http://booksllc.net/?id=386384