Editor’s note: This week azcentral sports is remembering the legacy of Randy Johnson as he prepares for enshrinement in the baseball Hall of Fame.
Randy Johnson and Mike Tyson have much in common. They are teddy bears in retirement. They were terrifying in their prime.
Pound for pound, they might be the most fear-inducing athletes to ever walk the planet.
Not much can scare a professional fighter. Tyson did. Not much can rattle a major-league batter representing a profession of hit men. Johnson did, and then some. In a sport full of fake tough guys, he was a legitimate heavyweight.