MLB NOTEBOOK: DIAMONDBACKS INTERESTED IN REACQUIRING `BIG UNIT'.Byline: Staff and Wire Services If the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. are serious about trading Randy Johnson
Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "the Big Unit , 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. would love to have him back. Arizona confirmed its talks with New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of about the BigUnit, who won four Cy Young Awards with the Diamondbacks from 1999-2004, but thus far the Yankees' asking price has been too high. ``There's no activity at this point,'' Diamondbacks general partner Jeff Moorad Jeff Moorad is currently the Chief Executive Officer, minority owner and managing partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He is also a co-owner of the Hall of Fame Racing NASCAR team. For many years, he was a player agent, and representing many baseball and football players. said Tuesday. ``The Diamondbacks as an organization have a tremendous amount of respect for Randy, yet also recognize he's under contract to the Yankees. If there's ever an opportunity that made sense to reacquire him, we'd be at the head of the line.'' The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era also have talked with the Yankees about Johnson, a baseball official who had been briefed on the talks said, speaking on condition of anonymity because no deal had been agreed to. Johnson, who lives in the Phoenix area, was 17-11 with a 5.00 ERA last season and is coming off Oct. 26 back surgery. Suppan brings intangibles: When Jeff Suppan suits up for the Milwaukee Brewers for the first time in spring training, manager Ned Yost expects other members of his pitching staff to watch the way the veteran right-hander goes about his business. ``There's no substitute for consistency,'' Yost said. ``He brings that to the ballpark every singleday.'' Suppan (Crespi High of Encino) agreed Sunday to a free-agent deal for four years plus an option, guaranteeing him $42 million. And while Yost has no first-hand knowledge of how Suppan prepares himself on a daily basis to do his job, he has seen the results on the mound. ``It hasn't been fun to watch from our side because he was always sticking it to us,'' said Yost, whose club went 2-12 against Suppan during the three seasons he pitched for NL Central rival St. Louis. |
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