Randy Johnson’s Path To Mariners Immortality Started With A Trade Nobody Could Fully Grasp

The Mariners didn’t know they were trading for immortality on May 25, 1989. They knew they were trading their best pitcher for possibility. On that day, the Mariners sent Mark Langston to the Montreal Expos and got back three young pitchers: Randy Johnson, Brian Holman and Gene Harris.

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