ANGELS BACK TO PITCHER QUEST.Byline: Joe Haakenson The Big Unit made a big decision Monday and in the process forced the Angels and Dodgers to go to Plan B. Both local teams were in the hunt for free-agent pitcher Randy Johnson
Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "the Big Unit , but Johnson picked the Arizona Diamondbacks This article is about the baseball team. For other uses, see Diamondback. The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of the National League. , who will pay him $52.4 million over four years. His average annual salary of $13.1 million is second in baseball to Mo Vaughn's $13.33 million (six-year, $80 million deal). Ultimately, what the decision came down to was not money. All four teams in the running - Dodgers, Angels, Rangers and Diamondbacks - made similar offers. But the Diamondbacks' Bank One Ballpark is in Phoenix, about a half-hour drive from Johnson's Paradise Valley Paradise Valley may refer to:
The Angels, believed to be one of the two finalists for Johnson, are disappointed but will move forward. ``Hey, we made a good, honest effort,'' Angels general manager Bill Bavasi William J. Bavasi (born December 27, 1957, Pasadena, California) is the current general manager and vice president of baseball operations for the Seattle Mariners. The son of longtime Major League Baseball executive Buzzie Bavasi and the brother of Peter Bavasi, also a former MLB said. ``We made an effort right out of the chute. We talked to him the first day we were allowed to.'' Now, Jim Edmonds can be used as trade bait to get an ace. Roger Clemens and Pat Hentgen of the Blue Jays and Francisco Cordova Cordova, Spain: see Córdoba. of the Pirates are reportedly available for the right price. |
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