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Really big deal: The Astros' trade for Randy Johnson, 20 years later
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Astros: Reviewing the 1998 Randy Johnson trade with Mariners
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MLB Rank 2023: Rating baseball's top 100 players - ESPN
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Things that make you cry: The 1998 Playoffs. - The Crawfish Boxes
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The best trade made by every MLB franchise
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Astros' deal for Johnson launched Big Unit's NL run of excellence
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Randy Johnson traded to the Astros! The Big Unit has DOMINANT 2nd half in Houston!
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Randy Johnson traded to the Astros! The Big Unit has DOMINANT 2nd half in Houston!
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Randy Johnson traded to the Houston Astros! He was ABSOLUTELY DOMINANT down the stretch in 1998!
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Analyzing the unprecdented brilliance of Justin Verlander - Sports Illustrated
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Randy Johnson has 5 of the top 17 pitching seasons (fWAR) since 1901. No other pitcher has more than 1. : r/baseball
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Randy Johnson traded to the Astros! The Big Unit has DOMINANT 2nd half in Houston!
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The Orioles pulled off another unbelievable win - Camden Chat