Randy Johnson will be trying to win his 300th career win tonight against the Nationals. Have they been talking about it on ESPN at all? It seems like it's been fairly quiet even though it will be a huge achievement for a future hall of famer.
It will be quite an achievement, especially since no pitcher with a remote shot of three hundred wins is even halfway there yet. We may have to wait more than a decade to get the next 300 game winner. The five man rotation and a growing reliance on bullpens have made it more difficult in this era to get 300. I remember years when Wilbur Wood and Phil Niekro would win 20+ and lose 20+ games. They'd rack up more decisions than today's players get starts.
Jamie Moyer just won his 250th, but he's as old as Johnson. They went against each other in a game last year and it marked the oldest combined age of starting pitchers in a game in baseball history. I think it was 90 or 91.
