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I covered Randy Johnson as a beat writer for eight seasons: 1999-2004 with the Diamondbacks and then 2005-06 with the Yankees. (We both moved East the same winter, by coincidence.)

So I figure I saw about 230 of Johnson's starts – hey, I deserved a day off once in a while – and more than 100 of his 300 wins. Off the top of my head, here are the top 10 Randy Johnson moments I witnessed in those eight years:

1. Perfection (May 18, 2004)
Twenty-seven up, 27 down at Atlanta. And after this game, Johnson even smiled. His 117th and final pitch, a called strike to Eddie Perez, was 98 mph. His 14 strikeouts were second-most ever in a perfect game, and at 40, he was the oldest ever to be perfect. "I don't think my stuff has been any better than it was today," Johnson said.

I have no idea how I randomly stumbled upon this (making it the truest form of "random you tube magic") ... but I'm glad I did. Check out former Braves catcher Eddie Perez see his life flash before his eyes as Tim Hudson pops out of the hotel closet in a Scream costume to give him a major scare.
Perez was then greeted by hysterical Braves teammates Brian Jordan, John Smoltz and others. I'm not sure which Spike TV show this originated on, or even when it was shot or aired ... but some research unearthed this little nugget: Eddie Perez was so freaked out by Hudson's stunt, he had to switch hotel rooms.